Tales of a Shrink

Last night was pretty standard in the Matt-verse.

However, I did finally get around to watching the clip of Jon Stewart on Crossfire. (See it here if you haven't already.) It's pretty cool to hear someone actually say that shows like Crossfire are hurting America because they substitute political theater for real debate. Read what The New York Times says about it here.

The truth is that CNN (and by extension, Crossfire) is pissed because of news reports like this one, which shows that: 1) Viewers of The Daily Show are more likely to have more education that viewers of network news, and 2) Daily Show viewers also know more about politics than viewers of network news. So Jon Stewart does a better job either educating or attracting the more informed citizen. Or, possibly both.

But of course, we knew that.

The rest of the world has something to say:

This is the most fun I've had all day. (For those of you who need a preview--it's a little program where you drag letters around. The problem is that other people are also dragging letters around. Try it. You'll see.)

Small Town America tries to sue a big company for taking advantage of tax breaks, and then relocating. This is one to watch.

Fuck you, butter lady! Thanks to Craig's List for giving voice to the crazies.

And a note to all my bloggie-friends: The lack of commenting has been unacceptable. I need validation, people! As of this writing, I have received one comment from yesterday's post, saying that "I look evil." This is just not sufficient. We all need to do our part to stroke my ego. This means you.

Thank you.