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This is from Heidi McDonald who is right now attending the Comic-Con in San Diego:

The oddest incident of the night was a Hyatt bartender telling two English guests that their passports weren’t adequate ID to get a drink. “You’re going to need to fix those,” said the vigilant barkeep. “In California you need to have ID that gives a description. You need a driver’s license.” He took pity on them and gave them one drink “this time.”

The English drinkers were understandably daunted by the prospect of having to get Californian driver’s licenses before the end of the show, and quite sensibly went back to their room to drink.

Is this a Californian speciality, or even just one of the Hyatt in San Diego, or do I have to apply to drivers’s licences in all 50 states now, just in case I want to drink in a bar? That wasn’s the case in the last decade, but times might have changed.

Speaking of evolution, Beautiful Atrocities traces the great adaptive tree of perkiness that culminates in Katie Couric.

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Entertainment on a lazy summer weekend: Harry apologizes for the crusades; since he posts today, he did not “fall into a pit full of spikes” and “die miserably, howling like an animal.” BlameBush sees Bush as issuing a pre-emptive strike on Hilary:

Hundreds of breathtakingly beautiful homes destroyed by landslides, which were caused by excessive rains, which were caused by global warming, which is a direct result of Bush’s refusal to sign Kyoto. A score of big money donors to the DNC are now homeless, and on the eve of a Hollywood fundraiser for Hillary, no less.

Manalo has found a picture of Lagerfeld before he sold his soul. And the Crack Young Staff of the Hatemonger’s Quarterly have hired a clairvoyant; this “Rent-a-Prophet” projects “Unfortunate Statements Soon To Be Stated by Stately Howard Dean.” Chris Muir figures Amnesty International’s aim is to get “close enough for government work.”(10) And notes that Dean may be afraid Rove is going to take away his “medical stash” (9). (The link is always to newest but calendar at the bottom gives access to previous ones.)
ScrappleFace’s wit is deepened as he talk of duty to the press. And Iowahawk asks for prayers & thoughts.

Exhausted blogger hatchlings rest on the sand as two of their nest mates fight to emerge from their shells.

First known photo of the bottom of the Internet.