There's a bad joke about a music scholar who visits Beethoven's grave in Vienna.  As he nears, he hears the Ninth Symphony being played backward.  He turns to the cemetery caretaker and asks, "What's that strange music?"  The caretaker answers, "Oh, that's just Beethoven de-composing."  That joke pops into my mind every time I see photos of Joe Biden or hear him speak.  On the one hand, Biden is holding up better than I would have expected a few months ago.  On the other hand, no one can deny that the man is aging with incredible speed Today, several people emailed me the same meme.  I looked at it and saw a photo that purports to be Joe Biden, placed next to a picture of a monster character from Mattel named Skeletor: You'll note that I said a photo that "purports to be Joe Biden."  You see, when I first saw the photo, I assumed that it was a...(Read Full Post)