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Madonna turned 50 yesterday!!!!!

And there I was frittering away the hours with a blog about the Caucuses. Where are my priorities?

Last night, a string of videos: The whip of her body, lavender lycra. Jeans riding low, American flag. Her duet with Justin Timberlake, beige rouched bodice.

Say what you will: She is an empty vessel, a half-talented chameleon of pop ephemera, more materlialist than feminist. But: I was enchanted.

Besides, I owe the Divine Miss M a lot. And I will be honoring her with a reading of my very own prose in (god help me don't let me garble the umlauts or the rolling r's) German on Friday night.

Completely unrelated: Happy Birthday tomorrow to the other formidable Leo in my life. You know who you are.