MrsBlue has gotten quite used to my grumbling over the ridiculous overuse of the tired phrase "at the end of the day" whenever we hear it. This is pretty often, as it has come into great favor in recent years for news stories and such, in spite of the fact that it's one of those idioms that doesn't really make much sense. She therefore thought of me immediately when she came across a Mediabistro article tracking the use of such blather that shows that this term is like the Babe Ruth of clichés, almost tripling the frequency of abuse of the runner up "in the black." I guess "time and time again" the "unsung heroes" of the press "level the playing field" by picking this "low hanging fruit" in a refusal to "think outside the box."

Clichéd Links!	Thanks Mike Martinez and Ant.
Play:	Drunk and Dismembered.
Links:	U.S. Dedicates $64 Billion To Undermining Gates Foundation Efforts. Thanks Neutronbeam. Frets on Fire Controller Hack.
Story:	What Baseball Can Teach Those Who Dream of Creating the Next Silicon Valley (registration required).
Science!:	Voyager 1: 'The Spacecraft That Could' Hits New Milestone. Go V'Ger! Plutons? Brown dwarfs? A new crowd in the solar system.
Media:	Samuel L. Jackson on the motherf*ckin Daily Show. Amazing Lung Capacity. The Shredder.
Auction:	NFL Quarterback Club '96 for PLAYSTATION. Thanks Jason.
Teh Funny:	ActionTrip Comic Strip: A Worthy Alternative. FoxTrot.