Today's Quickie, one of the best in a long time:

HuffPo is reporting that Rachel Maddow was nominated for Best Spoken Word Album with her book, "Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power." She's up against Ellen DeGeneres, Bill Clinton and First Lady Michelle Obama.

That's awfully good company.

Flashback: The Best New Thing in the World: I met Rachel Maddow last night (a personal fangirly account of the Big Book Signing Event).

More details about the nominations here at Deadline.com.

My signed "Drift". Meeting Rachel was a joy.