This weekend, as thousands descend on D.C. to protest just about everything, it seems, I'm leaving for New York to see my buddy Mike's off-broadway show. And you know what? I bet I'm gonna have more fun.

Besides, the Bush II administration will heed protesters... when? When hell freezes over? Nah, that's too likely. I'm trying to think of something witty, but it just isn't coming. Maybe it's because, if I were protesting, I'm not sure which side I'd be on. A lifelong Democrat pacifist favors a Republican war... I never thought it'd happen.