On the subject of Pussy Riot

Tonight's The Colbert Report is an encore of its February 3 show. Two things strike me about the interview: 1) the two members being interviewed who supposedly know no English responded more than once to Stephen Colbert's questions without their translator relaying the question to them first, suggesting that they understand more English than they are letting on in public; and 2) Mein Gott those activist ladies are gorgeous.

The payoff of the show comes with the closing scene, where Stephen Colbert sends a message to Vladimir Putin on camera--"You leave those girls alone!"--right before donning a Pussy Riot-style neon lime-green balaclava.

I'm tempted to get me a balaclava, take a selfie and give it the legend, "I stand with Pussy Riot."

Happy St. Valentine's Day Massacre Memorial Day

I believe this is the day we celebrate St. Valentine by transubstantiating somewhat melty chocolate and fragile flowers into the blood and body of St. Valentine. And then we eat the chocolate, but not the flowers unless we were lucky enough to get some of those edible flowers you can find in a few backyard gardens or some nice little corner restaurants. Chocolate blood makes most of us give in to our inner cacaoic vampiric urges. On an unrelated note, "cacaoic" is now my new 3 C Boggle word. Seriously, I had no idea it was a word until the chellspecker didn't flag it.

To those who celebrate it as a serious holiday, I hope you have a good Valentine's Day.