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Smart alecky goodness from Derb @ NRO:

Legislative Onomastics   [John Derbyshire]

This has nothing to do with politics, but I’m justifying it because it’s desert-related and I live in southern Nevada (not all that far from Death Valley).  You must check out this article.  I’m filing under “Unsolved Geological Mysteries” because I’m not sure I buy the favored theory.

Hat Tip:  This + That

K-Lo @ The Corner just posted a fun email I sent her.  My day is now complete… 

(And I think I’ll stop waiting for Obama’s announcement; it’s obviously not happening today.)

BUT WAIT:  An emailer on The Corner thinks they were avoiding announcing while Rush was on the air and are now waiting for Hannity to go off air.  Which is 5 minutes from now so we’ll see…

OR MAYBE (another Corner e-mail):

Since Obama’s doing the texting thing…he’s going to release in the next two hours, as all the 20/30 somethings start going out with their friends on the East Coast—that way it will dominate their evening festivities, as each member gets a text at various times. Probably stupid if true, but that’s how they think—that everybody is a metrosexual hanging out like its an episode of Sex and the City or Friends, or going to wine-tasting parties….

If you’re a reader or writer of conservative books, an aspiring author or publisher, or a left-wing bookhound with an open mind, don’t miss Harry Stein’s piece The Future of Conservative Books.

It’s a look at how mainstream publishers have gotten on (and may soon be getting off) the bandwagon of conservative publishing, and how smaller publishing houses are stepping in to fill the gap.  The article also remembers those who forged the way for today’s conservative bestsellers and offers thought-food to conservative writers thinking about their next (or first) book.

Stein is an editor for City Journal and the author of How I Accidentally Joined the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy (and Found Inner Peace).

 I don’t follow NASCAR much and I know it has nothing to do with politics, but this story about cheating on Joe Gibbs’ NASCAR team is notable.  Everyone involved was suspended and fined, and Tony Stewart and Joey Logano were stripped of their points.