Thursday evening roundup

Kristof on Israel.

Just when you thought the $hit oozing out of RL's and GB's mouths couldn't get any dumber.

Thanks to the World Cup, there will be no octopus at a good tenth of the restaurants within walking distance of my office.

Slate slams the Times' penchant for overblown trend stories. Speaking of trends, and of my office, there was a cupcake truck parked outside around lunchtime, with no shortage of deranged people in line (it wasn't comfortable outside).

Maybe I do need an iPhone. Even without the app, I could send pictures of myself in the proposed outfit to my mother. KIDDING!

Gag.