And my imaginary stable of men grows by one more...

So. Last night's Okkervil River show was amazing. You know it's gonna be a great show when it starts out like this:

Bass player to audience: "I'm sorry folks, but Will Sheff can't be here tonight. He had to fly back to Washington to fix the financial crisis."

Laughter from the audience, not least in part because earlier, Sheff joined Zykos on stage for a Dylan cover.

Sheff walks on stage to a massive amount of cheering.

Sheff: "It's cool, I figured it all out. Just forgot to carry a one..."

Sigh. Yet another man I want to marry someday. Which resulted in this:

L: you're such an imaginary slut
me: only with men i truly respect

But seriously. I have more faith that Sheff could fix this crisis than McCain. Or Palin, for that matter.

Palin's interview with Katie Couric:

McCain flakes on Letterman for Couric, NOT to fix the "cratering" of the economy: