US to hand over blame on June 30

From the Borowitz Report (via Unqualified Offerings):

In a nationally televised address, President George W. Bush revealed that the blame for the Iraqi prison abuse scandal would be transferred from the U.S. to the new Iraqi government on June 30.

“Accepting blame for the prison abuse scandal is an important step in Iraq’s evolution towards democracy,” Mr. Bush said, adding that accountability for the scandal must go to the highest levels of Iraq’s yet-to-be-appointed government.

[...] Prior to the president’s announcement, Mr. Rumsfeld had been bracing himself for the release of the Abu Ghraib Golden Edition DVD, including never-before-seen footage and special tormenters’ narration.

Scratchy-scratchy

I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m just better at the fine-line cross-hatching thing than at the chunky brush-pen thing. <sigh> Though I am acquiring some aptitude with the brush-pen, it’s just never gonna dance in my hands like in some folks’.



Had another day off today, which I managed to spend remarkably little of doing anything useful or productive. I’m about a third of the way through Mason & Dixon, which is turning out to be very funny (dry and ironic wit, but I like that sort of thing), and it’s an effort not to slip into pseudo-18th-century writing style.