I've been away for a couple hours. I had to catch the final episode of Farscape. After a four year commitment, even war couldn't pry me away.

Fourtunately, no big events have been made public in my absence. The event I'm watching most closely is the situation in Basra. Reports are that Allied troops are within miles of the city. Both the Iraqi 51st Mechanized and 11th Infantry divisions have supposedly surrendered whole. MSNBC was saying a "3rd Brigade" was still holding the center of the city.

Is this the 3rd Brigade of the Special Republican Guard? I hope not. Talking those fruitcakes down is gonna be tough.