I dropped by Joyce and Arnie Katz's last night, and found that Arnie, Linda and I seem to have independently arrived at the conclusion that our nation's next ex-ally du jour will be Turkey, unless it was our plan all along to deliver Kurdistan from one oppressor merely to deliver them unto another. Linda was first to observe to me that we won't be able to have turkey next Thanksgiving, although Arnie and I differ over whether we'll be having Victory Bird or Liberty Fowl.

Linda is quite disenchanted with the miniseries of Children of Dune, in part because it doesn't offer any explanation of the backstory of, say, Duncan Idaho. (She also swears she heard the shapeshifters referred to as "facesitters," but I think that may just be Linda.) I told her what they need is a good theme song. I suggest one set to the tune of Eddie Grant's "Electric Avenue":

I'm gonna go and clone a Duncan Idaho
And hope it turns out better

Happy birthday to me.

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