Connections

Rob Hansen, commenting on Making Light (#25 in The joy of continuity), writes:
"I think it was Nick Lowe who called the Marvel and DC universes the largest fictional constructs in human history."

Which suddenly makes me identify Ovid's Metamorphoses as an attempt at rebooting the Greco-Roman franchise....

Move Over, Parricidal Orphan

There's a new definition of "chutzpah" on the block.

Paul Ryan - Paul Ryan! - is accusing the Obama administration of practicing "trickle-down economics".

I can't even.

Sickening

Apparently, newly-elected Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) would be fine with the repeal of regulations mandating handwashing at food-service businesses, as long as the businesses post signs declaring that they don't have that policy.