Gosh, those folks at evite.com are covered with mud. First they sent out an email reminding me of all the fall holidays I might want to celebrate with a party. Then they sent me an apology, that they couldn't get the date of Labor Day right, and that "we also wish to apologize for having listed Yom Kippur as one of our 'Reasons To Party'. We understand and respect that Yom Kippur is a Day of Atonement, a day to be taken seriously to reflect and fast, and as such, one of the most important Jewish Holidays in the year."

Of course, if they were stand-up people, the CEO would have put his name on the apology instead of "The evite team".

Now this would actually make the election in California a more internet-age event: Am I governor or not?. Instead of a simple choice, you get to rate candidates 1 to 10. And a dog is leading the race, instead of Arnold. (I'm not sure why I have such a visceral anti-Schwarzenegger feeling. But I do.)

This is the most bizarre praise of the Monitor that I have ever encountered (in the July 31 post). But hey -- any link is welcome.

My capsule review of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time was published in the Monitor two weeks ago, although it got edited fairly heavily.