DOUBLE SUPER SECRET MISSION TO THE DARK SIDE….I’ll be spending the rest of the day up in Pasadena at a get-together of local bloggers. It’s a pretty conservative bunch, so perhaps when I get back I’ll have harrowing tales of my penetration deep into enemy territory.

Or not. In any case, I’ll do my best to uphold the honor of liberal blogdom. Back tonight.

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