Does anyone else find it funny that the day after HBO's The Wire came down, Gov. Eliot Spitzer of New York became entangled in a prostitution ring scandal because of a wiretap on his cellphone? Apparently Mr. Spitzer didn't watch the show; apparently he's not as smart as Stringer Bell. 

I met the Governor once, a few years ago.  I don't know if he does this all the time but when he shook my hand, he grabbed only the fingers and shook those. In essence I couldn't shake his hand back, he could just shake mine. I felt oddly impotent. I don't know if all alpha males do this but it's effective. You should try it sometime.

The loss of The Wire is worse than the loss of Spitzer. I wrote an appreciation of the show yesterday for HuffPost. I urge everyone to watch it. It's more than a cop drama; it explains why the world is effed up. You thought it was just your office, your job, your boss? Watch the show. Keep watching for the characters but keep in mind the overall theme of who rises and who falls and why; of who's in trouble and who isn't and why. It really does explain the world.

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