I want a doctor to take your picture

And from the Leftist Commie Liberal Rag, breaking news from Ancient Greece. X-rays discover previously unavailable writings of Archimedes.

Something's telling you to wake up and salute

And here's a toast to Neal Stephenson who has grown into an author who can tell a proper story--a delightful story--and has just thrown a plot twist at me that, despite its being obvious and perfectly logical, I completely failed to see until he hit me with it. I approve.