Seen coming down Saginaw at 7:25 this morning:
It’s been a long time since I did any school-supply shopping, but I do generally make a little seasonal arrangement on my foyer table:

And I generally treat myself to some new pencils at the store just for old time’s sake.

It does seem a little sadly ironic, however, that the day after all the supplies have been bought, everything goes on sale!

Roxie and I filled up today.  Can you see the three cuties in the car next to us?  They do give out doggie biscuits to hungry customers.

I like a number of things about Stephen Colbert.  He’s cute, bold, funny, ironic, very smart, and seems to be a practicing but thinking church-goer. (Gee, if I were looking for a boyfriend, that is how I would describe him!)

I will miss watching his re-pour.  I don’t watch late night, but I can catch him online at a more convenient time, I’m sure. I have admired a number of his very bold and ironic remarks.

The Colbert Report regularly satirized the George W. Bush Administration and the White House Press Corps with such lines as:

“ I stand by this man. I stand by this man because he stands for things. Not only for things, he stands on things. Things like aircraft carriers and rubble and recently flooded city squares. And that sends a strong message, that no matter what happens to America, she will always rebound – with the most powerfully staged photo ops in the world.”

Until he came along, I was, as is well-documented, a sucker for a man in a uniform. Smirks, not so much.

I guess I’m over it now though, thank you very much, Mr. Bush.

Never much liked action toys, though.

(Naval aviator?  I don’t think so.)

Or bobble heads.

But I might get me one of these:

But here’s how:

But why, when you can afford the world’s best wigs or transplants, would you risk this:

And I don’t even want to think about what he looks like when he gets up in the morning.  Of course, maybe he sleeps in a hairnet, another charming thought.  Have any studies been done to address what inhaling too much hair spray does to one’s decision-making abilities?