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I'm not naturally an early riser, and for some time I have, inexplicably, felt slightly guilty about this. So I have developed a philosophical principle which can enable all 'evening people' to, well, sleep soundly at night. Here it is. Read it, learn it, tell your friends, and it will change your life:

The late worm avoids the early bird.

I noticed a sign in town yesterday.

Quinns of Cambridge - the orignal Irish pub

Well, yes.

An NYT article today quotes Tina Fey, "Let us not forget the brave Halliburton executives that stormed Baghdad..."

Sir Tim Rice on the radio this morning:

We have youthful enthusiasm, which declines as we get older, and experience, which increases. The two lines on the graph cross at about 31 - that's when we're at our best!

Very nice quote seen on somebody's email signature:

"Never ask a man what computer he uses. If it's a Mac, he'll tell you. If it's not, why embarrass him?" - Tom Clancy

One morning the girl was very thoughtful, and answered at random, and did not seem to Toad to be paying proper attention to his witty sayings and sparkling comments.

`Toad,' she said presently, `just listen, please. I have an aunt who is a washerwoman.'

`There, there,' said Toad, graciously and affably, `never mind; think no more about it. I have several aunts who OUGHT to be washerwomen.'

We're always told, by the publishers of trendy dictionaries, for example, that language is a fluid and fast-changing thing. But yesterday I found myself using a phrase which, for millions of people, would have had exactly the opposite meaning only a few months ago:

"...as elusive as a weapon of mass destruction."

All men are mortal. Socrates was mortal. Therefore, all men are Socrates.

(Woody Allen)

I'm a bit too busy to have many inspiring thoughts of my own at present, so here's another from Quotes of the Day. Laurence J. Peter:

"Every man serves a useful purpose: A miser, for example, makes a wonderful ancestor."