SNIPPET OF THE DAY – AT 11:20 A.M. ET:

From a New York Times piece on health concerns over a new electric meter in the San Francisco area: 

"Hypervigilance on health questions has long been typical of Bay Area residents; some local schools ban cupcakes or other sugared treats for classroom birthday celebrations in favor of more nutritious treats like crunchy seaweed snacks, for example."

The day this country replaces cupcakes with "crunchy seaweed snacks" will be the end of American civilization as we know it.  They'll have to pry my stiff, cold hands from around those cupcakes, and I hope you real Americans out there feel the same.

January 31, 2011