I have a really bad case of Palin fatigue like everyone else, but this was too good to pass up.

Quoted: We have asked questions this week that we should never have asked. We have asked pathetic questions like: Who is Sarah Palin? What is her record? Where does she stand on the issues? And is she is qualified to be a heartbeat away from the presidency?

Quoted: Evidently MLB's accountants determined this predatory strategy to be a more cost-effective method of sending a message than leaving a burning bag of dog poo on every single baseball fan's doorstep.

This is amazing. Get lost in Detroit without any fears at all.

Quoted: See the virtual map that displays photo galleries, videos and panoramas on certain points of the Google map. The assignment was extreme, even a little preposterous: a 4-month, 2,700-mile odyssey through Detroit's 2,100 or so streets. From downtown to 8 Mile -- and all points in between -- we took a street-level survey of all 138 square miles to bring you a unique view of the Motor City.

Chelsea: The Clinton Everyone at Work Can Agree On.

Quoted: In the past few weeks, Chelsea has become perhaps her mother’s most effective and mistake-free surrogate, sometimes even drawing bigger crowds than her father, whose ability to attract attention, sometimes for the wrong reasons, is decidedly a mixed blessing for his wife.

Quoted: “Another person might have gone through the same things and come out extraordinarily bitter,” says Clinton loyalist Paul Begala. “Does she strike you as a woman who got bitter or got better?”

I really liked this story. It's hard to know whether all the happy childhood stories are true, but her dedication to her parents is obvious.

An interesting idea from Pittsburgh.

Quoted: a site for the collection and hopeful reunion of Pittsburgh's dropped gloves.

Quoted: With no end to the writers' strike in sight, charmingly weird Internet shows, from "The Maria Bamford Show" to "Clark and Michael," take center stage.

I watched the Maria Bamford Show and the Professor Brothers on the author's recommendation and wasn't disappointed. Maria Bamford used to annoy me a little but the show works well for her.

Interesting story on the Gawker empire and its culture. Two of the main sources for this story quit Gawker since the story was published.

Quoted: The Gawker.com editors stand mostly to the side, in a cool-kid clique. Although they may in some sense be outsiders with their noses pressed to the glass, horrified by a world of New York that doesn’t quite want to have them as members, in the bubble of blogs, they’re the elite...

I read this a few weeks ago and thought I'd dot it since Huckabee's momentum seems to be growing. Very interesting. Makes one wonder if he could survive the scrutiny that would come with early success.

Quoted: The national media seems to have a crush on our
ex-governor, but here in Arkansas, we know better.

Quoted: Before we begin, though, a word of warning to any reporters who might want to repeat, on air or in print, any of the facts recounted below. Huckabee does not take kindly to journalists who practice journalism.

Quoted: Huckabee revealed an enduring weakness as glaring as that other Arkansas governor's fondness for women. Huckabee seems to love loot and has a dismissive attitude toward ethics, campaign finance rules and propriety in general. Since that first, failed campaign, the ethical questions have multiplied.

(Just a heads up, you might have to endure an ad for "Iconoclasts" to read the whole article. Worst show ever...)

Quoted: Fox lards its playoff broadcasts with postseason majesty. The postseason majesty is oozing from the speakers as Billy Bob Thornton narrates this year's high-concept movie tie-in opening sequence. Postseason majesty sucks.