Nostrum on hiatus, but still manages to produce!

This has been the week from hell. A rumor that Sarah Palin was going to appear at the bookstore for a signing had people lined up out the door, clutching their Going Rogues to their breasts in hopes of getting that miraculous signature (who knew that the woman was able to write her own name?), Then it turned out that, in fact, all of the people on the line were plants hired by the Palin organization, which had provided the books, which meant that the store wasn't going to make a penny out of this, plus they were blocking traffic for the books that would make a penny. Then the news broke that Palin was disguising herself as a Canadian and sneaking across the border to get free health care, and well, there you were. panic in the self-help aisle and riots down by the James Pattersons. When I went to ask the Mite if all of this had sent him into a state of permanent depression, I couldn't find him: the Mate told me that he had disguised himself as a Canadian and snuck across the border to have someone look at his hemorrhoids. This is understandable, as what true-blue American would ever want to look at the Nostrumite's hemorrhoids, so what alternative did the lad have? The only thing that perplexes me about any of this is where one gets these Canadian disguises. Do they actually sell kits that put "eh" at the end of all your sentences? Amazing.

Because of all of this activity, the Mite and I were not able to get an episode out this week. The good news is that we were able to substitute an entry from our favorite blog instead. Avail yourself of the audio or pdf, as you wish. Note that both of them are misnumbered, which is SBO's fault and not ours.

We'll be back next week with a return to our regular scheduled programming.