Since JJ’s plugging a CD, I feel compelled to announce that They Might Be Giants has a new CD out today, and they have a cool site at tmbg.com. They’re goofy, silly, nerdy, and have done an entire song about James K. Polk.

I also heartily endorse Atlantic Beach, North Carolina for your next vacation, especially if you want a beach that’s a little less crowded. I’d recommend it to all workaholics (ahem, K-Lo), but I don’t think it has a bus system. You’d have to hitchhike. My heaviest beach reading ended up being Paul Berman’s A Tale of Two Utopias, a sensible lefty (which means the rest of the left must hate him.