Russ McBee

Via the mighty Joe Powell, Matt Taibbi said this about Sarah Palin's address to the GOP convention: It was like watching Gidget address the Reichstag. That, my friends, is priceless.

From Cathy, on her husband Doug (seen in comments here): Doug would pass a drug screen. Crazy doesn't show up in body fluids. (He may be drug-free, but I'm reasonably sure Doug never sleeps.)

Maila Nurmi, the actress who played Vampira from the 1950s onward, passed away on Friday at the age of 86. This comment, seen at Newscoma's place, may qualify as the quote of the month: May you rest, but get back up and do it all over again. Hilarious.

A Twitter update by the inimitable Newscoma: Must go shopping or my family will be getting Tampax and batteries for Christmas. I should probably create a Newscoma tag.

From John Carney: It seems like all I've done this week is link to stuff that Newscoma has posted. I know the feeling, John.

Newscoma cracks me up sometimes. Go read this, which brings us the quote of the day (and probably the month): It will be a bad thing and not a good thing, this peeing. Indeed.

Here's a recent Twitter from Newscoma, which I've been laughing about for the last couple of hours: I just sneezed on my dog. It was unexpected for both of us. I've had several Quotes Of The Day from her. Maybe I should create a Newscoma tag.

On tourists in Barcelona: Why do they call it tourist season if you can't shoot them?

Arianna Huffington is preparing a Q&A with Al Gore and is contemplating how to ask him the ''Will you run?'' question in such a way that he might actually answer it this time. Here's what she said: Because, as for me, when it comes to putting forth this question I feel a little bit like Elizabeth Taylor's sixth husband: he knew what to do, ...