REALITY RESUMES THURSDAY: As school begins, and I get a heaping helping of basic science. Biochem. Microbiology. Genetics. Histology. Woof.

So: another random points post. Like talking about how the Bush twins were so terrible and in-jokey tonight. And how cringe-inducing Arnold's references were. Did he say the phrase "girlie-men"? Isn't that from people parodying him, and not from Arnold proper? I missed the Mike Steele speech, which Dean said was really choice. Laura was as wooden as ever. I guess you really do have to marry your opposite to get a chance at the big presidential brass ring.

A preview of the Olympics stat dorkery I want to come up with: alternate ways of calling the "true" winner of the Olympics. Well, it's going to be the US no matter how you do it, but maybe more the "true" results of the Olympics in terms of medal count. One system: a 5-3-1 point system for gold-silver-bronze, and a 3-2-1 that does the same thing. And something that contrasts the actual results with the Bernard-Busse predictions, and maybe the PriceWaterhouseCoopers thing Daniel Gross mentioned in Slate. Bernard and Busse were not as spot on as they were with Sydney, apparently. The question is: how much were they off? And so on. Good old fashioned stats dorkery that I despise in baseball fans but will forgive in my Olympics-love.

So can Dick Cheney stand up?

Anyway: no more posting in the early A.M starting tomorrow. Duty calls.