Well, it was a heroic notion indeed.

But self-acknowledged, heroic BS--the kind that Mom loves dearly -- is only the best of breed, so to speak.

Mongrel BS still permeates the echoing high halls of The Forum. Half-blood, addlepated, dewlapped and cross-eyed, BS of every stamp and kind, tatterdemalion and nitwitted, ragtag BS with no glory in it.

Still, we must carry our BS cross...