Pumas.

I have the best conversation starter in the world: obnoxiously flashy shoes. See, I own these Pumas. They're high-tops-- olive green snakeskin with gray stripes and neon yellow piping and laces. Almost everyone I've met this first week at AQ has opened a conversation with me by complimenting my shoes. Sometimes obnoxious is good.

Well, how delightful!

Fun fact of the day: Apparently, according to Fox News, "Britney Spears’ Set Designer Built Obama’s Invesco Stage." That's some news!

What's hot on the Campaign Trail

This photograph of Obama flip-flops is surely one of those images that can easily-- and distatefully-- speak for itself.

Kilpatrick cutting deals?

Is it not apparent by now that Kwame Kilpatrick is an asshole? Yet, Detroit ministers only recently stopped supporting him, and as we speak, his legal team is negotiating, with partial success, to lessen the allegations against him. Politics.