Dr. Metablog

Dr. Metablog is the nom de blague of Vivian de St. Vrain, the pen name of a resident of the mountain west who writes about language, books, politics, or whatever else comes to mind. Under the name Otto Onions (Oh NIGH uns), Vivian de St. Vrain is the author of “The Big Book of False Etymologies” (Oxford, 1978) and, writing as Amber Feldhammer, is editor of the classic anthology of confessional poetry, “My Underwear” (Virago, 1997).

Bring Me the Head of Alberto Gonzales

It's public knowledge that Bush recently underwent a colonoscopy, but the doctors' reports have not been widely disseminated. It appears that, in addition to the polyps, way up high, lodged against the pyloric sphincter, was found the entire head of Attorney-General Alberto Gonzales. Until this discovery, it was not generally known that Gonzales' head was missing; according to received Washington wisdom, it was only his brains. A second smaller mass, puzzling at first, has now been definitively identified as the nose of Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn).

(August 16)  Spike Schapiro adds: "Not the whole story. Bush's head was also found in there. It had been missing since late in his last term as Texas Governor." 

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