  in praise of the nitpicker Terry Welch, one of my best friends from my Navy days (we first met about 10 years ago) is a hell of a guy, not to mention one of the smartest people I know.
His blog, urlLink nitpicker, is a shining example of erudite leftism. When a right-wing blog called "Right Thinking From the Left Coast" (I won't provide a link -- find it yourself) dubbed Nitpicker an "Idiot Leftie Blog du Jour," Terry one-upped the guy by linking the "award" onto the top of his site.
Bravo. The Right Thinking dude went so far (in his unfocused right-thinking rage, one would guess) as to call Terry an "asshat. " Am I the only one unfamiliar with this term? Asshat? I've heard of "assmunch," even "assface" (a personal favorite). But "asshat" is a new one for me. Perhaps it means "intelligent. " That would make sense in this context. 
