Please stand by

Column updates will be a little scarce for the next half day or so. This column is recovering from some minor dental surgery. It's minor because it didn't happen to you.

Things should be back to normal by Wednesday afternoon.

By King Kaufman

King Kaufman is a senior writer for Salon. You can e-mail him at king at salon dot com. Facebook / Twitter / Tumblr

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