A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.

Ham's substantial, ham is fat. Ham is firm and sound. Ham's what God was getting at When He made pigs so round.

That's American English for you: more roots than a mangrove swamp.

In the beginning, Atlanta was without form, and void; and it still is.

Usage ain't always a matter of ought.

When I was a little kid, of course, I was brown all summer. That's because I was free as a bird- nothing to do but catch bugs all day.

It was easy to make fun of Bush, but it was sort of like shooting fish in a barrel and it didn't really feel all that good because it was so easy to do. I would much rather live under a thoughtful president. Even if it makes it harder to be funny about politics, it makes it more interesting to be funny about politics.