Good baseball game last night. The Astros had a two-run lead and were three outs away from their first World Series. Then they were one out away. Then they were one strike away. And then they gave up a single, a walk, and a 3-run home run to force a Game 6. It sure got quiet real fast in Houston.

Did you hear that George W. Bush's approval rating among African Americans is two percent? Two percent! Jefferson Davis had a higher approval rating than that.

Funny joke that was e-mailed to me yesterday : According to the Jewish calendar, the year is 5766. According to the Chinese calendar, the year is 4702. That means that for 1,064 years the Jews went without Chinese food. These were known as the Dark Ages.