Intergalactic House of Paisley

"Have you filled your tank lately? Do you miss your first-born?"

--Rachael Maddow, subbing for Keith Olbermann on Countdown

From Charlie Stross:

conclusion #1 from the Japan trip was this: when the Singularity comes, the first AI to transcend will be a Panasonic toilet seat. No, really ...

Keith Olbermann, asked by David Letterman about his tendency toward acrimonius departures from jobs:

"I don't burn bridges, I burn rivers."

And from the lovely Belle Waring, writing in Crooked Timber on the subject of Fred Thompson's sex appeal and how this will help him in his run for the Presidency:

"First of all, are women voters, taken as a whole, really so much like retarded kittens in our motivations? And secondly, doesn’t Fred Thompson pretty much look like a basset hound who’s just taken a really satisfying shit in your hall closet? Finally, even if we restrict our field of play to Republicans who have played prosecutors in the later seasons of Law and Order, I would much, much rather have sex with Angie Harmon, even though I’m not gay. Think about it. So, no sale."

I'd personally put Elizabeth Rohm and Jill Hennessy ahead of Angie, but the principle remains.