Do we rage or do we lol?

Cognitive dissonance: econocrushboy Paul Krugman catches one scary-ass quote. Is the correct reaction to swoon or to curl up in the fetal position and shiver?

But speaking of crushboys, don't forget that this Saturday is the Library of Congress Book Festival. No word that I've seen on whether Michael Dirda will be introducing, though it seems like he rarely misses the event. It's not a terribly strong roster this year, unfortunately, but hey, Neil Gaiman. For added random points, the black-flowered feather-in-the-hat crowd will be smushed in around the Children's pavilion this year. In what appears to be an effort to keep the man's feng shui powers of coolth from focusing too hard in any single tent, they shuffle him to a different area each year—fantasy/SF! fiction/mystery! children/teens! DIY shoggotheterica!—which to date has done nothing from keeping his signing lines from outshowing every other author's by orders of magnitude. Sure, size doesn't matter in theory, but tell that to the seven hundredth person in the Gaiman area looking wistfully at the 50 hardy souls fidgeting in the Rocco DiSpirito queue. We'd repine but it's me legs except that so many of the hardcore fans are at least worth chatting to. Wear the right button and you could even get a date out of it.