Enervated by a summer cold, I have little energy for posting this week, but here are a few things to gawk at if you're bored.

"Our goal would be an Iraq that has territorial integrity, a government that is democratic and pluralistic, a nation where the human rights of every ethnic and religious group are recognized and protected."
--Dick Cheney on war with Iraq. So, that would be just like our democratic, pluralistic ally Saudi Arabia? Or Kuwait?

"Chapter 3: Quick Answers to Beginners' Questions: Am I qualified to teach my children?"
--If you're buying a book with this title, that question has already been answered for you. (This similarly unfortunate title is one you should be sure to put in a drawer when your kids' friends come over.)

"I'd hate to take a bite outta you. You're a cookie full of arsenic."
--As we were savoring the poison-pill dialogue in The Sweet Smell of Success last night, Theresa kept seeing something familiar about the actor playing upstanding jazzman Steve Dallas. Finally, it dawned: he went from acting in a stylish black and white to driving a stylish black and white.