Or, as NPR bumpers would have it, Hyde Park on the Hudson. Even they don't care about it enough to get the title right.

Hey, Tom Brokaw actually used this rhetoric when he gave a commencement speech here at the University of South Carolina in December 2011. That's straight from the Generation Estimator's mouth.

It's odd, but to me, the writer Sean O'Neal looks more like child actor Sean O'Neal than grown-up actor Sean O'Neal does.

It's odd, but to me, the writer Sean O'Neal looks more like child actor Sean O'Neal than grown-up actor Sean O'Neal does.

Mrs. Digital and I are drinking the remainder of our half-growler of Stone Vertical Epic 12.12.12. It's the last in an annual series of special brews. Our favorite beer seller had 09.09.09 through this year's in stock, but we liked the latest one the most. It's spicy and 9% ABV—very much a winter kind of beer.

Mrs. Digital and I are drinking the remainder of our half-growler of Stone Vertical Epic 12.12.12. It's the last in an annual series of special brews. Our favorite beer seller had 09.09.09 through this year's in stock, but we liked the latest one the most. It's spicy and 9% ABV—very much a winter kind of beer.

"Every day it's my unbelievable privilege to survey the genuine accomplishments of other people, then construct increasingly absurdist, often-indulgent ways in which to use them in order to amuse myself. That so many return, day after day, to read them is nothing short of a miracle to me, and I thank you, as always,…

"Every day it's my unbelievable privilege to survey the genuine accomplishments of other people, then construct increasingly absurdist, often-indulgent ways in which to use them in order to amuse myself. That so many return, day after day, to read them is nothing short of a miracle to me, and I thank you, as always,…

[various vocal tics, bass slaps, cartoon sound effects]

[various vocal tics, bass slaps, cartoon sound effects]

He could dress like The Shadow.

He could dress like The Shadow.

"Alabama Shakes—Coming Soon to a Cook-Out® Near You!"

"Alabama Shakes—Coming Soon to a Cook-Out® Near You!"

I've moved on to a half-cursive, half-print hybrid. I usually connect letters when it's easier to do that rather than pick up the pen(cil). I suppose I set off down that path when I stopped using true cursive capitals.

I've moved on to a half-cursive, half-print hybrid. I usually connect letters when it's easier to do that rather than pick up the pen(cil). I suppose I set off down that path when I stopped using true cursive capitals.

I thought this was a reposted article. I guess the last bad news for Spin made my mind skip ahead to this news.

I thought this was a reposted article. I guess the last bad news for Spin made my mind skip ahead to this news.

Tip o' the Neill for the link.

Tip o' the Neill for the link.