...goes to Salman Rushdie, an amazingly likable guy. In response to Ben Affleck's reference to "fighting for free speech," which was itself in response to one of Bill Maher's less wholesome jokes, Rushdie — with a sly smile — had this to say:

That's not free speech. That's cheap speech.

Nice! He's an intriguing guy, and not just because of the fatwa. Now we're interested in checking out The Satanic Verses, which we've heard is also a laugh riot.

Am I missing something? Why does this "Thank you for your site.......blah, blah, blah" keep getting posted on here? I am sure I saw it at least once before and it got deleted. Now it's here twice? What is the deal?

Sadly it's the latest brand of spam that we're getting pelted with (we've since deleted them all). We have been out of communication most of the day, so they stayed up longer than usual.

If you ever saw the full extent of the spam that gets thrown at us on a daily basis, it'd probably make you cry. It makes us cry.