The war against my car, Kool-Aid, and Calormen

On Wednesday evening, I was stopped at a stoplight, and someone crashed into the back of my car. It looks like the bumper sustained most of the damage, and the car can still be driven. I'm probably going to take it to a garage and get the damage assessed tomorrow.

Bill O'Reilly had an entire segment on his Wednesday night show about the David Letterman interview the night before. As might be expected, when back on his own turf, he was totally defensive and (whether purposely or just because he's an idiot) missing the point. On the same show, he discussed the War on Christmas, the War on Marriage, and (for a little while, anyway) the ACTUAL war.

Last night, he showed some e-mail messages he'd gotten about the interview, and, as usual, did his stupid "Kool-Aid Alert!" bit. I'm not particularly fond of that expression anyway. I don't think what they drank in Jonestown really WAS Kool-Aid, and even if it was, it was hardly Kool-Aid's fault that their product was utilized in this manner. So people who use this expression publically are essentially slandering a tasty beverage. It's a good thing for O'Reilly that the manufacturers apparently aren't litigious. But fair or not, the expression has entered the vernacular, so that's not the main issue. The bigger concern is that O'Reilly uses it to describe anyone who disagrees with him, whether or not they're going along with someone else's ideas, and never in regards to people who mindlessly agree with him. I guess it's beneficial for someone like O'Reilly to present those who agree with him as intelligent thinkers and the opposition as brainwashed, but whatever happened to "no spin" and "fair and balanced"? I mean, does anyone still BUY that crap?

Finally, I finished re-reading The Horse and His Boy yesterday. ( SPOILERS )