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OMG. Richard is out of town this afternoon, and he's left the Commies to me. It's both a responsibility and a privilege. Each week, scores of people comment, sharing your thoughts and fears, hopes and joys. Sharing your snark. Yet each week, only a few are chosen as the best. Um, not that winning really matters! This week, it's all about how you feel.

  • From I Think Its a Pomeranian in Incarcerated Rapper Blogs Against Racism:
    "I grew up watching only captain planet, so this is all shocking to me."
  • From Hughman in A Field Guide to 2008's Douchiest Cliques:
    "Where's the chart of where they all sit in the cafeteria?"
  • From BullfightsOnAcid in Hipster Kickball Scandal: Dive Bar Served with List of Demands:
    "What's this"
    "It's a laminated free drinking card"
    "It's like 30 years old"
    "My father willed it me and it was held up in the courts for several years but after a lot of lawyering I was finally able to pry it away from my brother"
  • From lawyergay in Katie Couric Leaving: Report:
    "Not to pile on, Katie, but you did wear white after Labor Day that one time. America wasn't ready."
  • From Lucia Toledo in : It's 10p.m. Are Your Housewives at Taco Night?:
    "YEAR: 1945
    PLACE: the library of a sprawling estate in Westchester
    TIME: after dinner
  • American Patrician #1: Suppose, instead of trying to prevent a revolution, we engineer one— just give the common folk the whole damned country.
    American Patrician #2: Give it to them? How?
    #1: Television. Instead of operas and plays and discussions about bridge, we broadcast their world.
    #2: The news!
    #1: Not even the news. There's an entire world lower than that.
    #2: And that would prevent revolution and keep our kind safe? What would that world look like?
    #1: Well, we could still own everything and keep the best houses, but the tenor of everyday life would be theirs— loud, common, course.
    #2: Hmm. Yet on the whole, better than militias hunting down the rich.
    #1: Oh, much."
  • Good work, everyone! Your real Dad, Richard, will be back next week.