Theatre of the absurd.

I have been told I have a Marxian (the brothers, not Karl) sense of humor. A heightened sense of the absurd. I usually respond by telling people I have no sense of humor, I just tell the truth.

Well, here's one for you--direct from the pages of The New York Times.

The highest paid person on McCain-Palin's campaign staff for the first half of October was a woman called Amy Strozzi.

She was paid $22,800 as Sarah Palin's "traveling makeup artist."

In addition, a woman called Angela Lew was the fourth highest paid, earning over $10,000. She was Palin and Cindy McCain's hairstylist.