Very funny video of Katie Couric interviewing Sarah Palin:

Couric: What newspapers and magazines did you regularly read before you were tapped for this, to stay informed and to understand the world?
Palin: I read most of them, again, with a great appreciation for the press, for the media...
Couric: But, like, what ones specifically, I'm curious, did you...?
Palin: Uh, all of them. Any of them.

Sadly, her answer reminds me of Homer Simpson:

Horst: You have been safety inspector for two years. What initiatives have you spearheaded in that time?
Homer: Uh...all of them?

Oh yeah, and when Terry Tate tackled her. That was funny, too.

Again, normally I'm not a fan of McSweeney's, but there is the occasional gem. Like New Texting Acronyms for the Elderly. I love the new meaning for OMGWTF, but the sad thing is I could probably actually use BIMD...

Undecided

To put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. "Can I interest you in the chicken?" she asks. "Or would you prefer the platter of shit with bits of broken glass in it?"

To be undecided in this election is to pause for a moment and then ask how the chicken is cooked.

(via Daring Fireball)

Surviving Grady pretty much sums up my feelings about the Sox:

Wanna know the strangest thing about today?

It's not that the goddam Tampa Bay Devil Rays are about to play in the World Series, giving their legion of faux fans at least a few more hours to learn all the players' names before first pitch.

It's that just little more than 48 hours ago, the Boston Red Sox lost game seven of the ALCS, and I feel perfectly fine.

Good for the Rays (except for the crappy theme song). Obviously I would've wanted the Sox to win, but what can you do? (I mean, besides pinch hit for Varitek...WTF?) TB just played better tonight. That said...go Phillies!

A friend of mine noted that while the Red Sox won the world series in 2004, the presidential election didn't work out as well. Maybe this year we'll "win" the election instead...

I loved the Scandinavian reaction (both the bartender and the patrons) to Bart Simpson's prank phone call...

Amazing game last night, and it was very cool to have been there for it. I obviously didn't watch the game on TV, but it's amusing to read the differing opinions on the announcers' alleged bias:

"...I could bitch about the absurdly pro-Boston telecast..." -- Halos Heavens

"Then I watched the game and saw the ridiculous anti-Boston bias among the announcers..." -- Surviving Grady

So I'm guessing it evens out and was an unbiased telecast?