Edwin Starr

So the war has started.

I'm going to try to avoid commenting on the war. As regular readers of this blog know (and those who know me personally know), I'm not a huge fan of the war. In fact, I think it's a terrible idea. However, as Bob Herbert says,

"we should get rid of one canard immediately, and that's the notion that criticism of the Bush administration and opposition to this invasion imply in some sense a lack of support or concern for the men and women who are under arms."

Anyone who believes or implies that my opposition to this war in anyway means a lack of support for the (brave, unlike the men who ordered this war) men and women of our military are more than welcome to meet me outside for some re-education.

So that's pretty much my piece on the war. And as I try to avoid commenting on the war, I will likewise attempt to avoid posting links to bellicose articles or posts (I know that it's the kind of promise that just begs to be broken, so I plead your forbearance in the event that I breach it). I figure that you guys can get enough of that elsewhere at all the usual suspects.

Having said that, here are some non-war-related links:

• To protest the war, the great Tony Pierce promises to "post pictures of models in bikinis and lingerie like never before".
• Jessica points us to a blog full of Swiss cheesecake. Apparently Zurich, a city famous for banks and chocolate, is full of 22-year-old model-types with lesbian tendencies. Who knew?
• Elizabeth Spiers resurrects her own blog with a long discussion of certain people who just don't get it.
• Doesn't this movie look like fun?
• and finally, (for now), Margret Berry suggests that you release your inner slut.