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Awesome column by William Safire in today's New York Times, and a good one by Christopher Buckley. Also an article on feeding seaweed to grass for cattle. And an obit for Jean-Louis Palladin.

Home Depot's installers are coming by this morning to "measure" the basement for a floor. Hope I can get a year to pay it off interest free. Then the TV goes down and the pressure's on Thong for the big fish tank. I'm supposed to be down there straightening the place up instead of sitting here tapping the keys.