In discussing an episode of inter-blogosphere name calling and the Sheehan blog coverage on the right, The Editors at Poorman.net wrote this absolutely hilarious piece. They’re always funny and nearly always insightful so add them to your aggregator now! (though I found this link via Atrios, to be honest. )

… Cole responds, pointing out that Sheehan was not called a “whore” literally, but actually a “media whore”, which is a metaphorical kind of whore that doesn’t necessarily fuck people for money (Jeff Gannon nonwithstanding.) No, I won’t get out of here - that’s what he said. Go see for yourself. So if anybody thought that Erick was literally saying that Sheehan fucks people for money, please disabuse yourself of that notion forthwith! He merely meant that she behaves analogously to a whore in her dealings with the media. Please adjust your views accordingly, and remember to always beware of metaphors.

He also asks:

Hey [The Editors] - when you start out as a lying asshole, why should we waste any more time reading you?

I would like to stress here that Cole is not saying that this weblog is literally edited by some kind of giant, hyper-intelligent, dishonest anus, but merely that The Editors are analogous to a fibbing cornhole in our dealings with him. Now, as long time readers have no doubt suspected, this weblog is literally edited by an enormous, mendacious, disembodied anus - but that’s not what Cole was saying, so please don’t be confused about that. Anyway, to get back to his original question, the answer is “free candy”.

(Am I a bad person because I am singing “enormous, mendacious, disembodied anus” to myself to the tune of the Beach Boys’ smash hit single “Kokomo”? Or am I a bad person in spite of it? Discuss.)

Careful… it kinda gets stuck in your head.