The Fredösphere

Vice President Cheney's shooting accident recalls all kinds of fascinating historical trivia, for example, this is the first time a vice president has failed to kill the person he has shot.  I was going to riff on the theme, recalling the vice president whose lack of responsibilities while in office allowed him also to serve as organist for a Washington D.C. church.  But ....

But I was unable to get google to confirm this "fact," even though it has been bouncing around in my head for years.  I kinda, sorta think I heard it on the Prairie Home Companion, which might mean mean this fact is simply a product of Garrison Keillor's sense of humor.  Or it could be purely a product of my disturbed imagination.  Which is sad, because I was going to propose a slight modification to the U.S. Constitution that would require all future organists of that church also to fill the VP office.  Which would be cool, and would also completely solve so many of the political problems we have in this country now days. 

Anyway, my research lead me to the Carbolic Smoke Ball, which is filled with lots of great Cheney jokes, plus obscure references to Pittsburghian "celebrities," and a report on Van Cliburn who is still seething "after having been bypassed for the fortieth time to perform at the Super Bowl half-time show."  Wow.  This blog's got it all.  I'll just give up now and redirect all my traffic to it.