Surreal

I've never understood the sense of the alleged Chinese "curse" - "may you live in interesting times." Regardless, these times are not without interest, are arguably cursed, and are just plain weird besides.

While making dinner tonight, I had the television muted. I looked up at one point to see that "Larry King Live" had come on CNN. The caption onscreen read: "Bob Woodward - on the CBS News Scandal, Bush & Kerry, and Americans Beheaded in Iraq."