let's play "oddball." >>> happy birthday sid caesar.gin in the land of 10,000 lakes with minnesota's junior senator al franken entertaining folks at the state fair by drawing a map of the united states freehand and from memory. we have speeded it up, i think. his map-making skills prove senator franken an accurate alternative to rand mcnally as well as a great party guest. later on norm coleman dropped by and he drew a spiral representing his career options. >>> to the state fair in texas, where the treat that clogged a very hard "oddball" last week, fried butter, has headed home with a blue ribbon. takes the prize for the most creative new fried food of 2009. flavors include sweet cream, cherry and garlic. hmm. honorable mention goes to the peach that was dipped in batter, rolled in graham cracker crumbs, filled in grease or fried in grease and topped with whipped cream. talking about a piece of fruit there originally. this year's victory course setting up an arms race for next year's contest where somebody will need to offer butter fr