Barry Christmas, And A Happy New Football

      From the desk of Dave Barry: this and this. This blog's favourite bits: from the former, the "magic" police helicopter; from the latter, the description of Bob Seger's "passion of a man who has a rabid shrew in his undershorts" and the ever-so lurid wink-wink around a certain commercial image. Good fun. Jesters do oft prove prophets.

      (By the way, this blog really likes the design of the IHT site. Nice format, very clear, very quick, and minimal advertising.)