He said he was going to climb that tree, but he wussed out at the last moment.

For obvious reasons, one-day events are the easiest to set up, and it is recommended that the first LAN party you host be a one-day party.

'You hear that?' Gordon was saying. 'That distant pitterpatter, like tapdancing angels? That's rain, that is. My rain. My fault. You know why it's my fault?'

A friend of mine who runs an intellectual magazine was grousing about his movie critic, complaining that though the fellow had liked The Godfather (page 58), he had neglected to label it clearly as a masterpiece.