Edward Champion's Return of the Reluctant

The Bad Pun Morning Roundup

• GalleyCat has one-upped Rex, crossing his tees by collating several major top ten lists, but referring (and rebirching and even 'oking again) to each title by number of citations and moving violations. The Plot Against America is, predictably enough, in the tops for proper gravedigging.
• Sean Connery's ghostwriter needs to watch 65 films and die in the act of writing as part of his work. And, yes, that includes The Presidio and Highlander 2, which means dismarkharmony and shitheads all around.
• Local boy done good well done medium rare Daniel Handler talks with the Chronicle about the Lemony Snicket movie, snickering a bit over a few ades on what it's like to hand over the reins, dear enough for the holiday season.
• Stephen Ambrose? Doris Kearns Goodwin? You're just scratching the surface and applying the iodine when the skin breaks, sweetheart. The Chronicle of Higher Education has four more plagiarists. Which is a little late because the presidential election was last month.
• The Detroit Free Press sees recipes everywhere. Better than dead people, I suppose. Of course, any steady spatula user knows that they can be found most frequently in the kitchen, often sinking beneath Khartoum.
• The position for the California poet laureate is now open. Qualified candidates must bench-press 250 pounds and pump you up.
• Bob Bernie spends a weekend with Cynthia Ozick.