An explanatory note:

I've decided to start posting to The Purple State again (though mostly without Adam [which, admittedly, pretty much makes this "The Blue State," but as that name is banal and gauche, I will stick with The Purple State, which is witty and clever, or at least was when we first thought of it]). It'll be sparse at first, but I'd like to eventually (post-summer) get back to the five-to-seven-links-per-day pace that I was on before laziness and political disappointment (mostly laziness) caused me to drop the ball back in January or February (or whenever I stopped the first time). So to all my loyal readers (ha!): sit back, relax, and get ready for some infrequent, mild amusement.