Remember when I used to have news quizzes? Okay, me neither. But Emptywheel has thoughtfully put together a list of the bare minimum of questions that our lawmakers should be able to answer.

And no, there are no answers provided.

I’ve been spending quite a bit of time over on LiveJournal recently — not only have I been doing Deathless Pose (errr….or I will be doing it again, as soon as I get my proverbial excrement together), but there are a number of fansites over there for all sorts of things, like Veronica Mars (after much urging from Tamar, Darin and I finally sat down and watched our Season 1 DVDs… which quickly led to us buying and watching the Season 2 DVDs… which led to us watching all of Season 3 to get caught up… it’s a good show, check it out) and Heroes and Battlestar Galactica. Yes. I know. I need a life.

Anyhow, since you can do things like have extra-special bffs over on LJ, I’ve posted my recent writings (short stories and plays) behind LJ locks. If you’re interested in finding out whether I can, in fact, write worth a damn, let me know and I will add you to the friends category so you can peek behind the curtain.

The kids were watching Batman and Robin again when Darin came home from work. “Daddy! Daddy! Did you know Batman is now the President of our country?”

I guess something got lost in the translation there. “No, kids, it’s Mr. Freeze, and he’s our Governor. Not Batman. I’m sure we’d all prefer George Clooney to be President. But that hasn’t happened. Yet.” (Okay, I didn’t really say that last part.)

I swear, it’s like living in the comic strip “Baby Blues” around here. (Is that the funniest strip in the world or what? Okay, maybe you have to be a parent of young kids to truly appreciate it…)

(And how hard did Joel Schumacher work to make George Clooney almost completely charisma-free in this movie? I saw that this is still bobbing-head Clooney, before someone told him “Stop moving your head when you talk!” It truly was distracting.)