"It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power." - David Brin

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The biggest problem I have with Delifrance - a French cafe that doesn't serve wine? The so-called authentic French cafe-bakery indeed. [Addendum: For those not in the know, they used to sell themselves as "the authentic French cafe-bakery". Unfortunately, as my favourite lawyer-in-training informs me, even if they'd still been using that tagline, they wouldn't be able to be sued for misrepresentation.]

Some time ago I saw this sign: "Do not sit on kerb. By order". Reminds me of when I issued orders in the name of "L/3SG Tan Ban Xiong", like closing the smoking point (which got him screwed upside down by a smoker specialist).

I now have 9,421 quotes on my homepage. I would like to hit 10,000 by the end of this semester, but this seems impossible. oh well.