Odds 'N' Ends

• John McCain has missed more Senate votes than Senator Tim Johnson, who you may have forgotten, was felled by a stroke and out of work for 10 months.
• Apparently, gentle readers, you have saved me the cost of therapy.  A recent Newsweek article says that many mental health experts consider blogging to be therapeutic for their patients.  But please, don't send me a bill.
• Only 202 days left of the Dubya presidency, so as we head into this patriotic holiday weekend, reflect on this, one of my all-time favorite quotes from our fearless leader: "There's an old saying in Tennessee—I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee—that says, fool me once—shame on—shame on you. You fool me, you can't get fooled again." Au contraire, Georgie-boy, if 2004 showed us anything it is that we are most definitely capable of being fooled twice.