If you want to know why I’m awake at 2 a.m., blame Joseph Wilson, who gave a fantastic speech to a packed Town Hall several hours ago. My take on it is here.

Meanwhile, I just want to post one bit of…

TODAY IN SPECULATION

* This is just to show what a speculative peak things have come to in the absence of real information: A blog is posting a transcript of a reporter for a weekly magazine who was talking on cable news and offered a “likely scenario” for what happened Wednesday in the CIA leak case. For those keeping score at home, that means: one reporter + one tiny bit of speculation + three mass mediums = no one knows what Fitgerald is really up to.

And keep checking back to find out if tonight will really be the night for celebratory drinks at The Stranger’s…