Catching up on blogging

And the easiest way to do that is with some free association:

• North Korea: Close to being fried chicken
• Kim Jong Il: Should soon be eating Cup-o-Noodles
• Ban Ki-moon: As big of a wuss as Kofi Annan
• Pope canonizes new saints: Sorry, Kofi, you're not one of 'em
• Mark Foley: Destined to become a substitute teacher at John Mark Karr's old school
• Gerry Studds: Speaking of legislators and teen congressional pages...
• Congressional elections: Kim may beat Foley for being foremost in voters' minds
• Iraq sectarian violence: Can anybody serious tell a Shiite from a Sunni on the street?
• Madonna adoption: Someone save that kid quick

And the headline everybody's dying to click on (from Reuters):

Disney says 'non' to Mouse orgy