Rip van ....

... so one falls asleep for roughly 12 hours and awakens to find that the world has changed dramatically.

Mel Karmazin is out at CBS (say whaaaat ?).

Democrats win a special election in a Republican-held Red State - South Dakota !

Some model chick gets shot on the W (???) on her way to Times Square.

And a former editor of the (notoriously left-leaning) NYT publishes a delicious screed nailing Kerry. In the (UK) Guardian, no less ! Best quote: "...Kerry has an 'Addams Family' face - as if Lurch had gone to Choate."

From now on one might be advised to sleep with one eye open......