[Ousted campaign manager Patti] Solis Doyle recently returned home after two months on the road to find a family accustomed to her absence, she told colleagues. When her 6-year-old son cried out one night recently, he rebuffed his mom, saying, 'I want Daddy.' Ms. Solis Doyle flew out of the room in tears and told her husband: 'Joey doesn't want me. S- this campaign, I'm quitting.'

"On top of it all, Mr. Obama beat out Bill Clinton for a Grammy, winning the spoken word award for the audio-book version of his memoir, 'The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream.'" [NYT]

McCain and Obama: Are they very different? The same, but different? Kinda the same? It's a magical media world of imagination where anything's similar or different in critical ways if you believe in yourself! [NYT, NYT, Slate]

So many creeps on Craigslist's classifieds just want a quick lay or a dark affair ("No one has to get hurt — just let me lie to my wife"). "Strictly platonic" poster Jay just wants to have lunch.