no, matt yglesias is not a particularly sweaty man. this picture was taken after i, horror....threw a cup of water at him. no doubt he had said something VERY objectionable at susan's going away party, as any social gathering where susan and i are at lately turn into a raging, screaming debate about women, men, and why men are retards, but really. catherine. i have NEVER done something like that before. i mean, i hit a lot, and yell, but throwing water had, up until this point, been a line of incivility that i had not dared cross. oh well, too late now. actually, this could serve me well. i've always wanted to throw an alcoholic drink in a man's face after he does something particularly rude, and i think the water-throwing incident may help me gain courage towards that end. now i just need a particularly rude man to say something terrible to me in a bar where i am drinking a martini.

anyway, yes, we were at susan's going away party, and it pains me to write it, but she heads off to the wilds of georgia (republic thereof) tomorrow. the authors of this blog had thought about writing some sort of tribute to her awesomeness, but the inarticulateness sure to accompany it wouldn't have done her justice. but you should all know that if you haven't known susan, your life is probably lacking. we'll miss you, dear. make 'em eat shit and die in georgia!