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8:51

Megan - Hey, Spencer, what's up? The Washington Post readers' start to the Cheney memoirs are out, but I still think mine was better. Plus, mine was illustrated.

8:54

Spencer - We'll come back to this in a second, but I can't take it anymore: readers, do I need to start watching Tru Blood? Over the past seven days I've been pulvarized with references and recommendations from friends co-signing for the show. But most of them acknowledge that it's not actually very good, just basically softcore. I'm not going to buy HBO. What should I do? Do you watch the show? Why? Help.

8:57

Megan - I don't watch it, as I don't have HBO (or Showtime, or anything, really). Also, I saw Interview with a Vampire in theatres opening weekend lo those many years ago and thought it sucked so much ass that I read the book because I knew it had to be better. That's debatable. Basically, I liked Bram Stoker's Dracula with Gary Oldman, I enjoy the true cheese of Van Helsing and not just because Hugh Jackman runs around all muscle-y (ok, maybe that's why) and I loved Blade. Other than that, I don't get the whole sexy-vampire thing.

8:59

Spencer - Still, Cheney should recognize that his memoir will have less oomph in print if he wants it to live for the ages. Why not have musical accompaniment? For his alleged transformation from sensible Bush-41 guardian of the elite consensus to Bush-43 radical -- I've written that this is actually a misunderstanding and Cheney has always been as extreme as contemporary circumstances would allow -- he could use:

9:00

Spencer - And for explicating his general Weltanschauung:

9:02

Spencer - Even Doug Feith's memoir went multimedia, and he's not supposed to be very bright.

9:03

Megan - See, I don't believe that's nearly evil enough. To really get across Cheney's evil, only Andrew Lloyd Weber is annoying enough.

9:04

Megan - (I'm sorry for perpetrating Cats on a Crappy Hour. Don't feel anyone needs to listen to it all the way through, as I couldn't.)

9:04

Spencer - Nothing is as evil as musical theater, so I concede that you have won this game.

9:05

Megan - Musical theatre is a scourge for the generations. Sort of like the Obama birthers. On the other hand, it's fucking awesome to be able to call other people unpatriotic for once.

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