I’m declaring email bankruptcy:
If you’ve been waiting for internet legal visionary Lawrence Lessig to reply to your e-mail, forget about it.
In a script-driven note sent out last week, Lessig wrote: “Dear person who sent me a yet-unanswered e-mail, I apologize, but I am declaring e-mail bankruptcy.”
Unlike Lessig, I am not going thru the 10K [...]

So, the Wonkette post I just linked to has a link to this Newsweek article called Dunce-Cap Nation, which paints a depressing picture about what the hell Americans actually know about things.
That said, if you click on the actual poll, some of the questions aren’t really that trivial. Like, sue me for not knowing that [...]

I was just thinking to myself, “self, it’s been too long since you have blogged.” And I was thinking like, “well, what the hell is worth blogging about lately?”
Then I came across the following (thanks Wonkette!) while catching up on bloggers who actually write stuff.

Nuff said!

Let me pile on with Mark, Liz, Kathleen, and Mike.
It is no consolation to me that I’ve been congratulated, by some, on escaping these turn of events (by leaving myself before the bomb dropped). Although I’ve moved on, I’m distressed for friends. And I’m at a loss to figure out what’s WORLD CLASS about all [...]

What nice things to say!
But she’s right…I haven’t yet decided to invest the time in LinkedIn. So don’t take it personally if I’ve ignored your invite :).