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Bourdain's not just breeding, he's getting MARRIED! (So there's hope for an affair yet. :P) It's going to be a girl, and this fills me with delight:

Maybe I'm being a bit naive, but I always loved the idea of raising a little wild child. You know, somebody who grew up playing with Vietnamese kids and Indonesian kids. I love the idea of a kid who grows up speaking both Italian and English and maybe a little Bahasa. You know, a street smart, tough little ragamuffin with sunburned hair who suddenly shows up in the American school system with kung fu skills and multiple languages.

I feel that my globetrotting as a young child did me well, and if I had the resources, I would do that with any hypothetical n00blets.

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Asked if he agreed with the Kaballah evolution conspiracy theory and the earth's lack of motion, he told the Atlanta Journal Constitution, “I agree with it more than I would the Big Bang Theory or the Darwin Theory. I am convinced that rather than risk teaching a lie why teach anything?”

—Talking Points Memo

Josh Marshall is right. It is times like this I miss Molly Ivins.

*adds heliocentrist to list of non-negotiable positions elected officials must hold, and facepalms while doing so*