Pen-Elayne on the Web

Hump Day

Okay, perhaps a poor choice of words considering our President's presumptuous behavior among decidedly non-consenting adults. Lots of bloggers have had interesting things to say about the latest reasons why our country continues to lose world credibility by the hour; this one by Melissa is my favorite. I'm waiting for the YouTube video that shows the President looking all around and under his podium not for WMD but for his dignity and the US' moral high ground; both have been missing for ages. Elsewhere in the blogosphere:

• Karen Healey passes along some advice about one of my pet topics, Writing the Other.

• I've now missed the second Carnival of Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy Fans as well... *sigh*...

• Michael Bérubé reports that birthday girl Lindsay Beyerstein is entertaining the fabulous Amanda Marcotte, and I'm bummed 'cause I'm not there. At least I'll be able t0 make it to the Ampersand gathering if the participants ever figure out where to dine...

• Speaking of birthdays, Bill Maher uses Arianna Huffington's blog to wish her a happy birthday. In other celebrity news, Ken Jennings pens a love letter of sorts to Jeopardy!, and Cookie Jill passes along an update from Anthony Bourdain, still in Beirut.



And just like that, it's getting on time to clear things up for the day...