Now have there been missteps? Of course. Among them, he admits, Dick Cheney's happy talk about the insurgency in Iraq being in its last throes.

The band we went to see the other night was wicked loud!

Somewhat surprisingly, the average behaviour of quicksort is the same as the best behaviour.

Mess around, be D.O.A., be on your way / 'Cause it ain't enough time here