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It's probably too late to worry about piling on with Sarah Palin, but this story might just be the final word for me. At least, until the debate.

It's a WaPo piece about how Palin has gained her understanding of the world. She points out that as she only got her first passport two years ago, she has had to gain most of her experience through reading. However, on what must have been the least interesting episode of Charlie Rose ever, she reveals that her favorite authors are:

1. CS Lewis (the poor man's Tolkien)
2. Dr. George Sheehan (Runner's World)
3. Garfield. From a desk calendar.

Yes, that's right, Palin's worldview has been shaped by a desk calendar. Never mind that Garfield isn't, properly speaking, an author, or that calendars sort of stretch my understanding of a medium capable of sustaining literary narrative. I can't claim much acquaintance with Sheehan, but once upon a time I read both Garfield and Lewis. Neither was exactly "The Prince." Maybe this explains why having seen Russia counts as international experience- everything is relative.

*update 1 October 2008, 8:20am*

Katie Couric also discovers that journalism major Palin can't name a single news source that she reads, well, ever. Continue to be amazed here.