The best way to start a work week, especially after the Blog Sabbath, is with a hearty breakfast. Remember, remove pajamas before eating. Here's what I'm having today:

-Toast. Damn! Why'd you have to burn it? No problem, just spread the denial jelly on real thick.
--Mushroom omelette (South Korean style), covered with Feta cheese.
--Pepsi. For breakfast? That's crazy talk, Al. (Al-"We think it would be in your best interest.....")
--Ginkgo Biloba tablets
--Kosher bacon.

And that's all the breakfast that's fit to blog. I'll be in class. Page me if the fit hits the shan.

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What's for breakfast in the blogosphere?

-Coffee-black, no-sugar coating this one JFK (via morning prayer)
-Huevos Rancheros, make sure the eggs are scrambled and throw some baked beans on for good measure.
-A side of cowbell.
OJ-gots to keep regular, dude.
-Check please.

Was that a bomb that just went off or did the food not agree with me? Warn me next time before I eat one of those babies.

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Jane's NY Post column was cut for this one from John Podhoretz which describes yesterday's big blog event: the Fisking of CBS:

THE populist revolu tion against the so- called mainstream media continues. Yesterday, the citizen journalists who produce blogs on the Internet — and their engaged readers — engaged in the wholesale exposure of what appears to be a presidential-year dirty trick against George W. Bush.

What the bloggers and their audiences did was call into profound question the authenticity of four documents proudly trumpeted by CBS News in a much-heralded investigative report on Wednesday night's edition of "60 Minutes" about the president's National Guard service in the early 1970s.

The Minneapolis lawyers who run powerlineblog.com were on the case early. Two of the blog's readers directed their attention to a note left on an Internet bulletin board on the freerepublic.com Web site — the 47th posting on the topic there.

Post No. 47 pointed out that there was something off about these documents from the 1970s: The spacing between the letters and the words was proportional, and only a few IBM electric typewriters could achieve that effect back then.

From there it was off to the races. Once anyone who had had experience writing and typing in the 1970s began examining the documents, it was impossible not to see some weird anachronisms that suggested they had been crafted not on a 1970s typewriter, but using Microsoft Word.

Charles Johnson, who runs the wonderful littlegreenfootballs.com, simply typed one of the memos over using Microsoft Word's New Times Roman font and, lo and behold, the document came out exactly identical to the one on the CBS site, down to the letter spacing.

By 3 o'clock, the very careful and honest Jim Geraghty, who produces invaluable material every day on nationalreview.com's Kerry Spot, was saying flatly, "CBS had better have one heck of a defense for this."

Ok, so the Rupert Murdoch lackeys over at the Post dissed him, but not the Chicago Sun-Times.

Another blogger, Bill Ardolino at INDC Journal, who had read Powerline, said, "I decided to find a top typeface expert and ran his analysis on my Web site."

Still reeling from yesterday. Stayed up late to see how the old media covered it. Some good roundups out there of yesterday's happening. Pixy Misa is a good place to start. Possible light posting day.

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This is a photo of Wonkette with Steve the Llama Beetcher (must be said in faux Scottish accent) at the American Political Science Association meeting in Chicago last week. If you look closely, though, you might notice Steve wearing a name tag that says Dr. Rusty Shackleford . The thing is, Wonkette looks a lot like my wife. Seriously. I'm happy to report, though, that they don't share the same penchant for using the phrase 'anal sex'. more...

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Blog-sister Jane has a piece published in the Washington Times. Congrats. PS-I am highly offended that the Moonies don't want me in their cult!!

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Ask and ye shall receive. Thanks everyone for such insightful advice (except Rick James). The general consensus seems to be that bloggers like me, who write ten or more posts a day, ought to take a day off devoted to other activities. I know Mrs. Shackleford sure appreciated the fact that the computer stayed off all day. For lighter bloggers this might not be the case. The risk of course is that the sitemeter plunges when you do not post. I guess I'll live with that.

Just to clear up some confusion out there, I am a believer. On top of that I attend church regularly--every week in fact. And to add insult to injury I actually have some position of authority in the church--frightening, isn't it? So if I ever sound blasphemous you can be sure it's tongue in cheek. Besides, I think God doesn't mind people poking fun at all the dumbasses out there. Errr, well, at least I hope he doesn't.

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I've been feeling pretty guilty about blogging on Sundays. As a Sabbath observer, I'm thinking that blogging isn't the most spiritual activity nor does it add to my overall day of rest experience. I'm not going to blog tomorrow and I'll see how I feel. Any other Sabbath observers out there who want to chime in? Do you think it's something I ought to think about giving up one day a week? I'm looking for both the religious/spiritual angle and the strictly rational argument. Anyway, I'll check back in on Monday and see what the masses think.

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Something is truly wrong with the blogosphere.

Thank you everyone for linking me!!!! If you're not on my blogroll too, I apologize. Just send me an e-mail saying, "Hey, dorkwad, where's my link?"

PS-Don't expect this to last. These things have a tendency to change rapidly.

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Spin this:

Economy Adds 144,000 Jobs, Jobless Rate Dips to 5.4 Percent

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