powdermilk biscuits and popcorn

Be still, my beating heart: Robert Altman is working on a film version of A Prairie Home Companion. The screenplay is written by Garrison Keillor, who also stars. How freakin' cool is that?
I'm a little nervous, though. Kevin Kline as Guy Noir?
And let us pray that talent like Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Lily Tomlin and John C. Reilly will make up for the appearance of Lindsay Lohan. Ew.
Further reading: The News from Lake Wobegon

And, another fun (for nerds like me, at least) story from today's NYT:
In Search of the Characters of New York