9/18/2008
9/18/08 
Having at one time worked for DF for several years, I think I know something about the way he looks at politicians. First of all, DF usually sees things from a psychological, even psychoanalytical perspective. He was always interested in everyone's parents and grandparents and how they grew up. He feels that extremists of the both the right and left are not in control of their thoughts and actions - that they're robots acting out the will of their mother or father, or in rebellion against them, or some complex combination of both. It follows that when DF watches a political speech, for example, he's not interested in the apparent content - he's watching for unconscious clues as to what's driving the speaker. J. Dubner

9/16/2008
9/16/08 
An email from Lewis:

DF, overheard in conversation:

"I'm really proud of Chase. Did you see the clip of Chevy on MSNBC? He said he hopes everyone realizes that McCain has lost his mind. When's the last time you heard anyone say anything true on television?

Although, what might be closer to the truth is not that McCain has lost his mind, but that he's just lost any last remaining shred of integrity. He's traded in "maverick" for "tough-talking, magical-thinking bozo who can appeal to all the stunted right wingers who think like 8 year-olds."

6/27/2008
BREAKING NEWS... JUNE 27 08 
(LF)

Wednesday, June 26
PROVINCETOWN MASS:

Sanitation workers discovered the headless body of a man in a construction dumpster on Commercial Street early this morning. An I.D. card from the Milton School for the Developmentally Challenged identified the deceased as John Black, a writer for the Cape Cod Times.



Said Detective Patrick Gillin, "Although we haven't located the head as yet, the fact that the cadaver's body weight is the same as noted in all recent medical records indicates that the head may be shoved up inside one of the larger body cavities."

Results of the coroner's autopsy should be available later today. So far, there are no suspects.

2/12/2008
2/12/08 
Louis (once again doing some sort of secretarial-type work for DF) has sent in another quote:

DF, Overheard in on a cell phone:

"Freddie called me from some dump downtown where he was having dinner with the whole rhythm section. Can you believe this guy Clay Aiken hired them to record as a unit? I mean, shouldn't they have to ask our permission before they go off and do this sort of high-profile mainstream moonlighting? ... Exotic, my foot! Doesn't it have something to do with television?"

See ya later,
L.

1/29/2008
1/29/08 
Here' a quote from DF, overheard in conversation 1/27/08:

" Incidentally - at this point, don't you think Obama should be wearing an armored suit and helmet at all his public appearances? I don't mean to be paranoid - I'm only mentioning it because of what happened to other nationally important black or left-liberal types the other... 12 or 13 times before..."