Off to see the wizard

Gandalf, that is.

Wife and I have tickets tonight for "Two Towers." Expect a review tomorrow.

Speaking of epic campaigns and great works of fiction, it looks like Saddam Hussein isn't going to be the pushover the U.S. military wants him to be.

With war possible soon in Iraq, the chiefs of the two U.S. ground forces are challenging the belief of some senior Pentagon civilians that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein will fall almost immediately upon being attacked and are calling for more attention to planning for worst-case scenarios, Defense Department officials said.