Have you heard the news? he said, with a grin,
The Vice-President's gone mad!
Where? Downtown. When? Last night.
Hmm, say, that's too bad!


Mel Bochner, Money, 2006, oil on black velvet

* Bush Administration fines the Bush Administration. excerpt:

"The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday fined the federal Energy Department $1.1 million over violations of an agreement to clean up the Hanford nuclear reservation, the nation's most polluted nuclear site.

"The fine involved operations at a landfill that is the primary repository for contaminated soils, debris and other hazardous and radioactive waste from cleanup operations across the site.

"After first shutting down operations upon discovery of the failures, the EPA has permitted the landfill to resume operations under strict oversight."

* College of Southern Idaho softball team promotion materials asks "shaven or unshaven."

* Wavy Gravy once asked a Zen Roshi, "What happens after death?" The Roshi replied, "I don't know." Wavy protested, "But you're a Zen Master!"
"Yes," the Roshi admitted, "but I'm not a dead Zen Master."