»In which we get all cheery about the vocabulary

Mike Solomon points out this gem of a phrase: Cream of the crap, from a pretty damn funny IM exchange with someone who, looking for a thug to settle someone's hash, stumbled instead upon Mike's homepage. Mike develops cool software, such as SIMBL, the Smart InputManager Bundle Loader. But he doesn't wallop wiseguys.
(That photo isn't Mike. It's Frank, from a poster advertising a 1972 show at Cal State Fullerton, co-headling with Alice. The advertised show didn't take place in '72, but in '68.)