Quote of the Day

"Please stop, I'm bored."

- The eight-year old mistress of ceremonies at the Ig Nobel Prize Awards ceremony, enforcing the one-minute acceptance speech rule. In fact, her job was to shout this, repeatedly, if people went over time.

Yin and yang

Bush nominates Roberts for the Supreme Court; both sides of the aisle are satisfied.

Bush nominates Meirs for the Supreme Court; neither side of the aisle is satisfied.

And thus balance is preserved in Washington.