Wel­come to 2007, right? Sor­ry for my extend­ed absence, but lets say that a New Year’s Day rain­storm com­bined with a post­poned Mum­mer’s Day Parade for an impromp­tu move to the new place that’s just about ended.

A few admin­is­tra­tive things:

• Over the course of the extend­ed absence, I’d hoped to post my Idol­a­tor Jackin’ Pop bal­lot. Due to a tech glitch, mine and sev­er­al oth­ers were lost. How much would Scott Walk­er have ben­e­fit­ed from the hang­ing chads we may nev­er know.
• The much talked about, lit­tle seen doc­u­men­tary The Shame of a City is more than a lit­tle ten­den­tious. Sure, May­or Street isn’t warm, cud­dly or eth­i­cal, but Sam Katz looks like such a doo­fus that you can see why he lost twice con­sec­u­tive­ly [see “strut­ting” down Two Street as evi­dence.] The tedious slow-motion mon­tages don’t help much either.
• Last­ly, this is com­plete­ly amazing.