East Beast to West Beach

OK, so I'll take any excuse whatsoever to reprint this poem:

Upon an island hard to reach,
the East Beast sits upon his beach.
Upon the west beach sits the West Beast.
Each beach beast thinks he's the best beast.

Which beast is best?...Well, I thought at first
that the East was best and the West was worst.
Then I looked again from the west to the east
and I liked the beast on the east beach least.

--Dr. Seuss

I'm heading to LA for a few days...won't have much time to check, let alone write anything here. Meanwhile, I have to point you to this well-considered dissection of recent discussions here over at ModernKicks.

Have a great weekend, all...see ya next week.