Uphill (both ways) in the snow

Hmm. I see the scholars over to Language Log were already kicking old Bill Safire around by midafternoon. Somehow, Safire-bashing on Saturday seems sort of like -- well, opening your prezzies on Christmas Eve.

Things aren't what they used to be.

[UPDATE: Did I just hear an announcer on ESPN say "one man gathers what another man spills"?]