Thoughts: How To Tell Your $20 is fake, John Hart Ely RIP, Paper Trails in Touchscreen Voting, and Justice Janice R. Brown.

The NY Knicks started their season with an overtime loss, after blowing a ten point Fourth Quarter lead. Join the NY loser brigade, guys!

As to tv ... Norm Macdonald was great on Conan O'Brien earlier this week, rambling on and on with his convoluted (and ultimately hilarious) stories. His humor had less edge on "A Minute With Stan Hooper," (FOX Wed 8:30PM) which the NYT feels is unfortunate, but I found the show often very funny. This is not as easy as it sounds given most sitcoms today. It was good that I saw it, since this week's "West Wing" was totally depressing and felt as long as the last class before vacation. The show really needs some work.