Now will they stop referring to him as "the Boy President" or "the Young President"?

From where I sit, 61 is pretty geezerly.

Now Bill Clinton (it's all his fault!) is 60. When he took office in 1993, he was 46. When Bush took office, he was 54.

Who was the "Boy President" again?

(FWIW, JFK, I think, still holds the record at 43.)

Better yet, running said iPod through the wash and only noticing it when you hear bumping noises coming from the dryer - and finding that, once dried out, IT STILL WORKS!

Per slingshot5150's observation, Senator Clinton is our national Rohrsache test. What we think of her seems to reveal more about ourselves than about her.

That said, I was in grade school when Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as President. He and his wife received mainly contempt from the Washington media for his folksy ways and hick (i.e., non-East Coast) accent. First Lady Ladybird's beautification initiatives were similarly trashed as silly, superficial, and loathesomely feminine, a way to waste The Taxpayers' Money ™ (a trademark of the Republican Party.) Back in the early 1960s, we were all expected to be tough guys, in order to fight the Red Threat. There was no room for wimps, and having a military background was considered de rigeur for a political career.

My point is that we now know better, and I'm glad so many people are coming forward with warm, affectionate stories and appreciation for Mrs. Johnson's loathesomely feminine initiatives. It's about time she got some respect.

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Don't they use plastics/bisphenol A in other developed countries? Are there similar "obesity epidemics" elsewhere? Not to minimize the findings - and thanks, Slackie Onassis for your comments.

I understand that the Editors had to go with the "Make Us Fat" headline, to increase the reader eye count. Nonetheless, there are so many factors involved in making "us" fat - and not all of these factors apply to all of "us" - that it just seems ridiculous when yet another article pops up with some esoteric new theory that all of "us" fatties can now cling to, like a brownie with thick chocolate frosting, to explain why "we" can't lose weight.

Aside from the legal issues, which I admit may be considerable, how will reading the book "spoil" it?

If you picked up your Harry Potter at midnight this Friday and began to read it, would it have "spoiled" the book for the millions of people who didn't get theirs until Fedex delivered their copies from Amazon? How about those who were forced to wait six months longer until they could check out a copy from the library?

If you read a bootleg copy a few days before the official release, how will reading it early "spoil" the book for you?

Now, I can understand feeling some annoyance if someone were to tell you crucial plot details, like The Ending, before you had a chance to read it for yourself. But, if you skip right to the final chapter of your own legitimate book when you receive it through normal channels and read the ending, have you "spoiled" the book? Is it somehow no longer worth reading?

If I had my hands on a copy of Deathly Hallows at this moment, I would read it. Maybe I'm just spoiled.

Sounds like a good time for a nice slice of rhubarb pie. Nothing gets the taste of shame and humiliation, and a good vacation gone bad, out of your mouth like a piece of Hey Bop-a-Rebop™ rhubarb pie.

You can find them near the Powdermilk Biscuit™ display at your grocers'.

The sysadmin is the nameless, faceless geek nobody remembers when things are going well, and the brunt of everyone's hatred when they don't. Even when it's not his fault.

The sysadmin is the idiot that tries to get people to change their passwords and choose good ones for a change. He's the anal bastard who gets upset when your PC propagates viruses to the rest of organization. He's got a bunch of stupid rules about how to set up your PC and software, if you want to be on the company net. He appears to know far too much about what you're doing.

Really, the best a sysadmin can be is invisible. Forget the hugs; these guys no longer expect even a simple "thanks." And you can be sure they probably won't receive any.

Is Rove actually "leaving" the White House? Harriet Miers "left" to go back to Texas - meanwhile, attending all the major White House meetings and helping to orchestrate the US Attorney firings, and gawd knows what else over the next 2-3 years.

Mary Matalin "left" the employ of Dick Cheney - at least on paper; isn't she spotted at the White House all the time? Doesn't she still serve as one of the White House political advisors?

So Karl is "leaving" to spend more time with his son, who has gone off to college. (Frankly, that sounds even more bizarre than the traditional "spending more time with his family" bull. Has any bold reporter interviewed little Karl Junior about his take on this?)

My guess is that ol' Turdblossom will pretty much remain in DC for the duration of his patron's regime. Just not officially.

And the trick is to just not play this game. Why haven't the DC Democrats figured it out yet?

Karl Rove: "His most passionate, obsessive love -- after his wife -- is American history."

I'm still trying to come to grips with Mr. Rove having a wife. What's wrong with women, anyway?