I've been reluctant to blogroll Dave Munger because he's a bit of a live wire, but after the way his blog made me laugh tonight, I owe it to him to highlight his recent thoughts on the origin of "dork" and the wrongness of shooting feral cats. On the latter, he writes:

For one thing, I don't trust any legislation that benefits songbirds. We'd have eradicated malaria by 1960 if it wasn't for YOU PEOPLE and your precious songbirds.