Low Anthem:

Opening instrumentation. Hammond organ, clarinet, saw, standing bass.

Song of the Day:

Change of Time -- Josh Ritter

Overheard outside my door, MLK weekend:

Now I'm glad you you didn't invite me because I probably would have hit the nigga.

More from "Million Dollar Legs"

Minister:   I've brought you an ultimatum.


President of Klopstokia (WC Fields):   I don't want any.  I'm full.  I've just had goat stuffed with eels.

I hate to make fun of anyone's passions. The struggles from which they proceed are always real even when their manifestations are ridiculous.

Saul Bellow -- Letter to Melvn Tumin 1942

Million Dollar Legs

President of Klopstokia (WC Fields): Take this message to my Privy Counselor.

Major Domo: Right away. Where is he?

President: Now where would a Privy Counselor be?

Life in the Senate

"The procedural exchanges grew so dense that at one point we were voting on the following: a motion to table a motion to reconsider a vote to table an appeal of a ruling that a point of order was not in order against a motion to table another point of order against a motion to bring to a vote the motion to call up the resolution."

from "The Good Fight" by Walter F. Mondale, with David Hage.

Favorite Book

The candidates for chairman of the Republican National Committee are a literate bunch. And when asked to name their favorite book, their answers were revealing, to say the least.


Maria Cino's favorite is the classic To Kill a Mockingbird. Reince Priebus named The Reagan Diaries as his first choice. And current RNC Chairman Michael Steele's favorite is War and Peace.

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," Steele recited -- which is actually a line from Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities.

But the real highlight of the exchange came when Ann Wagner responded to the question, saying, "Probably my kitchen table." What was she referring to exactly? Her favorite bar, apparently, which she thought she was being asked. Her favorite book, though, is George W. Bush's new memoir, Decision Points.

from Talking Points Memo: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/01/ann-wagner-names-favorite-bar-not-book-at-rnc-chair-debate.php