"For example, the report makes much of a nonexistent word 'colocate,' which supposedly has a meaning different from the word 'collocate,' a genuine word that still exists in the Defense Department's 'collocation rule.' This is the silliest debate since 'potato' vs. 'potahto,' and someone needs to call it off."

Distinguished guest

Frederick "Fred" Booker Noe III, great-grandson of spirit-legend Jim Beam, will arrive in Washington's Adams Morgan tomorrow to toast the end of summer and the beginning of September — National Bourbon Heritage Month.

Mr. Noe also will take the opportunity to unveil the new Jim Beam bottle when visiting Bourbon, a watering hole on 18th Street Northwest.

Alive to roast

We learned yesterday that ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff, who was seriously injured by a roadside bomb while reporting from Iraq, will be the guest of honor at the 19th annual Roast for Spina Bifida on Oct. 29 in Washington.

Organizers tell us that a who's who of news media and political leaders will "roast" Mr. Woodruff, while raising funds to further the fight against spina bifida, the most common, permanently disabling birth defect in the United States.

The annual roast was founded in 1989 by Judy Woodruff (no relation) and Al Hunt, whose 25-year-old son, Jeffrey Hunt, was born with spina bifida.