Huckleberry Maddow

In a brief but wonderful Q&A in the "Domains" section of the NYT Magazine, Rachel Maddow comes across as a charming combination of Huck Finn and one of the ad executives from Mad Men.

Favorite recent gift: A very old friend of mine gave me a fishing pole. I’d done a little fishing as a kid. Now, I have started fishing in the rivers around my house. I have my Massachusetts fishing license in my wallet and my pole in the shed.

Hobby: I am a hobbyist bartender. I have a liquor cabinet. I research classic drinks from the golden age of American cocktails and I make them for me and Susan.

This makes the longer NYT Magazine profile on Chris Matthews a few months ago look all the more humiliating for Chris Matthews.