As you enter the lovely tavern in the Turpentine State, first you would notice someone dressed in flannel just inside the door. Who is it? It's The Flannel Avenger! You might not notice his cape, as it's also flannel-colored (is flannel a color?), so it blends in well with his clothes and the darkness.

So, what is he avenging this week? Well, he points out the church burnings in Alabama this past week -- and very quickly compares the reactions of those to what would have happened if they were a different kind of church burning...I have to agree with his premise there.

Stepping past the avenger, the next site to greet you in the Tavern is a lovely woman, quite buried in a huge stack of printed emails. It's Zha K, who is serving up A Fine Dish (that's the blog name) in the way of communicating with an educrat.

Now, if you had sent 96 emails to someone, and you knew they received and read them (because they replied), and then you were told that you were "not communicating" with that person, how do you think your day would go after that? Welcome to the largest, most powerful, most inefficient bureaucracy in the world, government education.

Sitting over at the end of the bar, typing on his laptop, writing the world's next great screenplay, you'll notice Anonymoses. This past week, he apparently took a break from his excellent writing to do some graphical works -- and you can see his results with How to make Alec Baldwin out of Claude Akins and Roy Blunt.

Well, you see, there's a reason he's sitting over there in the corner by himself...but he claims that the women keep asking him how to make Alec Baldwin, but when he throws up on his hands, well...there's that back in the corner thing again...

Over there in the middle of the bar, yes, the one surrounded by all the empty beer bottles, is Scrutiny Hooligans. And yes, that is Samuel Adams he is quoting while drinking Sam Adams beer. That's just his way.

You might overhear him talking there, he's talking about Britney Spears (not a pickle...spears? get it?) and her prime-time special appearance on the struggling NBC network. I'm wondering if they had to pay her, or if she paid them.

Seated right next to Mr. Hooligans, you'll notice the fellow with the goatee, shaking his head at every word, while trying to read his book (The Lord of the Rings). Sticking out his back pocket you'll see a paper with the heading, "Mecklenburg Libertarians Meeting Notes."

Of course, in the other pocket you might see a few tickets from the gestapo NC Board of elections for attempting to participate in an election as a member of a banned political party...

And sitting at a table over to the left, amongst a pile of books, notes, maps, and other such things, you'll observe the ever-quiet Moomin Light, reading from her notes and writing, longhand (remember when you used to do that?). She's transcribing her notes from the latest Harry Potter movie.

Now, if the internet is good for anything, it's good for finding movie reviews, isn't it? I'm not sure what movies are these days, as I personally haven't been to a moving picture show in a number of years, but hey, those people selling popcorn need to make a living, too, right?

Standing over to the side, there with the small crowd gathered around to hear his orations, you will notice Marcus. This week his philosophical meanderings are about Lifestyles. He is talking about all sorts of lifestyles and from whence they come.

And yes, that is a secret informer in the brown shirt over there in the shadows, watching Marcus closely -- Marcus said something about "exposure to toxins and infections," and they've been following him ever since.