One of my very few trips to the principal's office came about as a result of an elaborate joke I was telling about You Can't Do That on Television's Mr. Shitler. Rest in peace, Les Lye. (Sad news via MeFi.)

Drudge, reverting to form since the Palin pick, is trying to hype Obama's slim lead in the Nickelodeon.com primary, pointing out Kerry took 57% of that poll in 2004. And you know what? He's got a point: while the Nickelodeon poll is entirely unscientific, in this day and age of poll manipulation it might be the most accurate...