EN GARDE. One of my own personal quirks is that I am an aging epee hack. I have been fencing, off and on, since 1971, having picked it up again in 1993. To my friends who play other sports, I make note often of the very cool facts that, a) Neil Diamond was a sabreur and the fencing captain at NYU, and b) that Bruce Dickinson, the lead singer of Iron Maiden, is a world-class foilist. So, I have to admit that, while I was cruising along the various tubes of the Internets, this (from a few months ago) freaking alarmed me. You and me, Annie. Fifteen touches. The CNN studios. Book it.
--Charles P. Pierce