The bad news was that the yard contained a dog. A very, very large dog, wide and hairy, like a cross between a rottweiler and a Goodyear blimp.

Today's scientific question is: What in the world is electricity? And where does it go after it leaves the toaster?

Megahertz: This is really, really big hertz.

I walked out of the movie "Lincoln" and bought the book [of Doris Kearns Goodwin] at the bookstore next door.

This is true; virtually all edible substances, and many automotive products, are now marketed as being low-fat or fat-free. Americans are obsessed with fat content.

If the security personnel do their job properly, they just might cause you to miss your plane, thereby possibly saving your life.

People in the computer industry use the term 'user,' which to them means 'idiot.'