I promise to stop posting about The Big Lebowski soon, when the flood

abides… I mean *abates*.

Newspaper “Letters to the Editor” columns try to balance the range of

opinions they print in proportion to the actual mail. (Well, they **say**

they do.) If mail is running 3 to 1, pro-con, they’ll print 3 pro letters

and one con.

On a similar principle, we try to blog here in some rough proportion to

what, based on your mail, NRO readers care about. Well, you wouldn’t

believe how much they care about the Big Lebowski. “Care” is in fact too

feeble a word. There is a Church of the Living Lebowski forming out there

in the trackless wastes beyond the George Washington Bridge somewhere.

“Derb—I would highly recommend watching The Big Lebowski again, in an

estrogen-free zone. Women who appreciate this movie are few and far

between, but when you find a group of guys who like it the fun never ends.

My friends and I probably quote this movie more than Jonah Goldberg quotes

Animal House!

“These quotes (‘Lebowskiisms’ as we say) apply to all of life:

[There follows a selection of Lebowski quotes, none of them suitable for a

family website.]

“Sure it is a waste of your time (as is this email), but The Dude is taking

it easy for the rest of us sinners… and I don’t know about you, but that

brings me comfort.”