It's no "king pong", but...

The sport of chess boxing is on the rise. Check out this description of the 2003 world championship.

Ding, Dong, the Witch is Dead

There is dancing in the streets this morning as Harriet Miers withdraws her nomination and restores (some) of my faith in the functioning of the government. The interesting bit in all this politically is that the lesson Bush probably takes from this experience is that he needs to come up with a candidate that is more outspokenly conservative, though some modicum of judicial credentials would probably help. This would seem to bode well for some of the female conservative firebrands on the various Courts of Appeal.

A watery grave

Advice to potential cheese makers: leave your product on dry land.