Edge of the American West links to a Ben & Jerry's solicitation for ice cream flavors honoring George W. Bush. The current leaders:

Grape Depression
The Housing Crunch
Abu Grape
Cluster Fudge
Nut’n Accomplished
Iraqi Road
Chock ’n Awe
WireTapioca
Heck of a Job, Brownie!
Neocon Politan
Cookie D’oh!
Nougalar Proliferation
I broke the law and am responsible for the deaths of thousands . . . with nuts

My first thought was "Freedom Vanilla," but that's shooting fish in a barrel.

UPDATE: Pete's "Let Them Eat Cake" from the comments makes me laugh. Also, Jaimee came up with "Im-Peach-Mint," though she hastens to add it's a horrible flavor.

Ben & Jerry's for the win.

All is quiet on New Year's Day.

* As the Bush administration blessedly draws to a close, it's important to remember the casualties of the War of Terror, people like Alberto Gonzales. (via)

* More people get their news from the Internet than from newspapers. More importantly:

The percentage of people younger than 30 citing television as a main news source has declined from 68% in September 2007 to 59% currently.

That's good, good news.

* Howard Dean, Vermonter of the Year. Maybe next year, Ben and Jerry.

* Batman casting rumors you can believe in: Philip Seymour Hoffman as the Penguin.

* It's the future, and Microsoft still sucks.

* Top 10 space stories of 2008. A different 10.

* Top 10 cryptozoology stories of 2008.

* James Howard Kunstler's predictions for 2009. Prediction: Pain. Via MetaFilter.

* Thank god for philosophy grad students, the only graduate demographic upon Lit students can look down.