The Monk Bought Lunch

whiff of plot

As usual, Broadway B over at Titivil is right. This post by John Rogers puts it rather nicely, although B's no slouch in the putting of things either.
I especially liked this passage:

I am absolutely buffaloed by the people who insist I man up and take it in the teeth for the great Clash of Civilizations -- "Come ON, people, this is the EPIC LAST WAR!! You just don't have the stones to face that fact head-on!" -- who at the whiff of an actual terror plot will, with no apparent sense of irony, transform and run around shrieking, eyes rolling and Hello Kitty panties flashing like Japanese schoolgirls who have just realized that the call is coming from inside the house!

And, barely related, I've decided to stop trying to argue with this administration's abuse of the english language and employment of cheap NLP techniques and embrace such in my own life. For example, from now on everything is a "stark reminder".

*holding up empty juice carton* "This is a stark reminder that we are out of juice".
"Phew! I just got a stark reminder that the litter box needs changing!"

I wonder if there's a band called The Stark Reminders? They could cover Iron Man (if you got that last joke you're very,very nerdy).