I'M BACK - AND SO IS MAD COW

I was telling myself "tomorrow I'm gonna get back to blogging, no matter what." But I still might've blown it off without this impetus: A cow in Alabama has tested positive for mad cow disease, confirming the third U.S. case of the brain-wasting ailment.

Don't worry, though... "The cow did not enter the food supply for people or animals," officials said, waiting until the media glare subsided in order to issue a long-after-the-fact correction that the meat did in fact enter the food supply. Oh, wait, I just added that last part. Guess I was confused by the USDA's repeated history in these matters.