belabor the debate? nope.

instead, today's post, which I hope to get to later in the day, will be on tangential topics, some political, many relating to some really great podcasts I've heard this morning. Until then, I'll wonder outloud what I've wondered to many of my friends already: Is Murakami the book version of David Lynch? I'm 70% through The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, and its starting to sound like a Lois Cook novel. (Anyone get that reference? Anyone? Bueller?)