Memes of the day

I didn't watch Palin's speech live last night. I'm trying to maintain my Palin-free zone and didn't think I was going to bother at all, but the reviews have been so hilarious, I'm off to find the youtubes. So in the interim here's some quick reads on what I'm seeing on the intertubes today.

Worth breaking the Palin boycott for, snark of the day: Gettysburg Address by Sarah Palin.

Steve M. gets the award for blog post title of the day: "PALIN: EVERY TIME ANDREW SULLIVAN BLOGS ABOUT TRIG, A U.S. SOLDIER DIES." Read the post too.

GregMitch has the "fun" fact of the day, "via Bloomberg: U.S. now has enough surplus housing to house the entire population of the U.K., with room left over for Israel." Okay -- it's not that funny.

QOTD: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., long before he was on SCOTUS - when he was an officer in Union Army & President Lincoln came out to the lines around DC when Jubal Early was menacing them -- the Rebels started shooting & Lincoln wanted a better look & Holmes yelled, "Get down, you fool!" (Happened July 12 1864, Fort Stevens, DC.) [h/t Prior Aelred and Xan]

The Village idiocy of the day: WSJ strikes back against Sirotta's scrutiny. Demand "correction" for perfectly accurate quote.

Squee of the day: New baby at Franklin Park zoo. [via Lance Mannion]

Promos of the day: NTodd will be starting a new radio show on 105.9FM from 6-7pm. Today's start is delayed but coming soon. Also, support your local Vulcan. All proceeds will be used to take Mr. & Mrs. Spocko to dinner.

Photo gallery of the day: Storm pix in NYC. [via Rumproast]

Photoshop of the day: The Wassillabillies.

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