Overheard

"It's not unusual to see the collapse of empires. They're collapsing at the speed of FedEx these days. In my lifetime, I have seen the collapse of the Nazis, of the imperial Japanese, of the British, French, Dutch, Portuguese and Soviet empires. It's nowhere written that the American empire should go on forever -- especially as it makes classical errors. Like the Romans, we're creating a world of enemies."

"Putting dignity back in the white house"

"The graphics [of this the Atari 2600 game] look like two oatmeal robots humping..."

"The Bush administration has done bad things well and good things poorly."

"Where do you think you are going?"

"We don't even call them windshield wipers here. We call them parking ticket holders."

"I don't think she realizes that she's dealing with a blogger."

"Don't believe everything that you think."

"I've just sensed a great disturbance in the Internet--as if a million browser sessions timed out at once and were closed."

"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation."

"Even those who believe that dead people should not be involved in the political process have to agree that such litigation..."

"As leaders we do our best to teach excellence. We preach excellence. We strive for excellence in everything we do, recognizing that we often fail. But, what about helping others to be good?"

This is the funniest tech support story I've heard in five years. You must read the whole thing.

"Your mind is filled with ideas, make use of them."

"If carpools could include animals, do you think people who have 'car pets' that they kept in their vehicles all the time just so that they could always use the carpool lane?"

"The idea is that the unblemished truth is freeing (as a fundamental human right); with it, citizens can make informed decisions and take intelligent action, for themselves and for society."