Monday

Happy 4th! Well, Happy 4th Observance! The banks, courthouses, and post office are closed, so it's a holiday. Consistent with past practice, blogging will be light today. * * * * * * * Something different: Great whites seen off the Northeast coast. Let's hope the Kennedies are doing a lot of boating today. * * * * * * * That joke would've been a lot better if Ted were still alive. With him gone, the Kennedy jokes are getting kinda stale. Reminds me of Steve Martin's observation about Nixon jokes in the late 1970s: "They're so old. They're like making Ike jokes." * * * * * * * Some funny Craig Ferguson: I like the old vampire movies because they let the horror build up slowly. Things start out normal and then get creepier and creepier. Kind of like the Al Gore sex scandal." * * * * * * * And Kimmel: "Larry King is leaving 'Larry King Live' this fall and the truth is, no one can really fill his shoes – if he even wears shoes. I've never seen his feet, I don't know."