In other news...

(yeah, I know - I'm late to the headlines today.)

I'm pleased, as a former midwesterner, to note that scientists are working to recreate the prairies as they were before the Europeans arrived.

And vis a vis this story: Cheney warns against early pullout from Iraq - I can't be the only person to recoil at 'Cheney' and 'early pullout' in the same sentence, can I? Unwanted Mental Image Alert!