Tonight’s television schedule provides a nice set of ink blots with which one can easily judge the personality type of viewers based on their channel choosing behavior.

At the very least, it will provide a pretty decent filter to figure out who you would want to hang out with.

The 8pm ink blots:

Fox: American Idol.

That either looks like a flock of birds in a hurricane or Bo Bice’s hair.

CBS: Amber Frey: Witness for the Prosecution.

Wait a second, is the ink blot the black part of the page or the white part of the page? I don’t get it. Will I need a number two pencil?

ABC: Lost.

Get that ink blot out of the way. It’s blocking the screen.

Despite threats of a presidential veto, the House approved a stem cell research bill on Tuesday.

Does moderation have the momentum?

Senator Mark Pryor called it the revenge of the moderates as a group of middle leaning Senators helped the body to avert a humiliating and disastrous waltz into political nevermore.

Fourteen Republican and Democratic senators broke with their party leaders last night to avert a showdown vote over judicial nominees, agreeing to votes on some of President Bush’s nominees while preserving the right to filibuster others in “extraordinary circumstances.”

The dramatic announcement caught Senate leaders by surprise and came on the eve of a scheduled vote to ban filibusters of judicial nominees, the “nuclear option” that has dominated Senate discussions for weeks.

This was at least a tiny blow against the extremism that has increased its hold on both parties (let’s keep that momentum going).

It was also a blow to the leadership of both parties. Harry Reid got with the program and described the deal as “a significant victory for our country.”

Bill Frist, though, explained: “It has some good news and it has some disappointing news.”

The good news is for the Senate and the country. The disappointing news is all related to Frist’s 2008 presidential ambitions.

How can a dude who helps to mastermind products that bring me so much joy pop off with a quote like this?


Kara Swisher: “Would you have sued if the Wall Street Journal had done this?”

Jobs: “We might have. But the Wall Street Journal has serious thought behind it… the thing is today is that everyone can be a journalist… we are in a gray area and we are trying to help in some small way.”

Uh, um, thanks for the help?

Ever since Craig Ferguson got the Late, Late Show gig, everyone seems to think they’ve got what it takes to earn a spot on our all night TV watching schedule.

Something tells me the viewership over at C-Span will not see all that much of a bounce, the Senate’s scheduled all-night Filibuster Fight not withstanding.

Here we see a couple of Harry Reid’s staffers rolling in cots for the night. Washington hasn’t seen the demand for fresh beds skyrocket like this since Clinton was in his prime.

Pay close attention to the details tonight. You can always tell which Senators have the really good lobbyists because they get waterbeds.

Chalk this one up to zen and the art of dialogue boxes.

In these contentious times, I’m guess most people still wouldn’t be able to agree on a course of action.