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Glenn Reynolds is curious about Atrios. More precisely, since Atrios has unveiled as Duncan Black, who works for a group that's partially funded by George Soros, Glenn Reynolds wants to know why nobody's making a fuss about it. The money quote: "... if I were working for, say, Richard Mellon Scaife, I think somebody -- like, say, Duncan Black -- would be making something of it."

As it happens, Glenn Reynolds has a paying gig with Tech Central Station, which is funded by the DCI Group, which is a top-notch Republican lobbying organization. So I guess Glenn actually is working for Republican money-men after all. Funny how that works out.

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Tomorrow I begin the trek up to Montreal for FantAsia. I am so much looking forward to this I can't even begin to explain. Sadly, I won't make Porco Rosso, but Cutie Honey is an acceptable replacement.

To do:

• Pack (clothing, toiletries)
• Update iPod, get rid of 9/11 speeches (good but they take up room), add Germany 70s electronica
• Charge camera battery
• Detach USB cell phone charger from keyboard, tuck into laptop bag
• Detach Firewire iPod charger from home Mac, tuck into laptop bag
• Print maps

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What I'm doing during the interminable classic rock segments is cranking up Britney Spears' "Toxic" and pretending that's the DNC soundtrack. It works particularly well when CSPAN goes to a flag waving shot: the combination of flags and dance music has that edgy mechanical appeal that Madeline L'Engle ascribes to IT on Camazotz. The people dancing are a little out of sync with the music, but you can ascribe that to a failure of the controlling intelligence.