I used to love listening to A Prairie Home Companion. Growing up, Dad and I would listen to it in the truck on our way back from wherever we were on Sunday nights (and we were always out somewhere that night).

And now, straight from Minnesota, he asks "What on earth happened to the GOP?"

University of Pittsburgh linguist contributes something useful: an examination of the word "dude."

Overheard in Target's electronics department:

Video Gamer Guy 1: And she wants to get Halo 2.
Video Gamer Guy 2: She likes Halo 2? Man, that's a keeper.
Video Gamer Guy 1: (mumbled protest)
Video Gamer Guy 2: No, man, she's a keeper if she likes Halo 2. But then she's not attractive. She can't like Halo 2 if she's attractive.

Thanks, jerks.

At least they had the grace to look abashed when I swung around the corner of the aisle, pile of video games in hand.