Noted parrot expert John Cleese shares his thoughts about Sarah Palin, whom he compares to a “nice-looking parrot.” He also apologizes to a former colleague: “I’m sorry, Michael Palin, to say you’re not the funniest Palin anymore. But you’re not.”

[via Andrew Sullivan.]

The October Vanity Fair is off the newsstands now, so I can finally post the page I wrote and designed for the issue’s Vanities section. It’s Rupert Murdoch’s profile on Richbook, the Facebook spinoff for the ridiculously affluent. (I’ve been angling for an invite, but my bank account isn’t anywhere near big enough.) Among Murdoch’s friends: Paris Hilton, Arianna Huffington, Charles Foster Kane, Dick Cheney, Pope Benedict XVI, Kirk Kirkorian, Joss Whedon, Leona Helmsley’s dog, and a handful of arrivistes. I think this is readable at this size, but just barely; you can click on the image for a bigger version.

John McCain and Sarah Palin have been drowning themselves in the toilet for the last several weeks, and it appears that their noses will barely be above water by November 4. But at least they’re starting to be upfront about their only remaining strategy for getting into the White House. Check out this poster from the surprisingly honest ad campaign they launched this morning:

More stuff like this is here.