Pearls of Wit

In the same issue of TIME, Ian McEwan is quoted:

Most of humanity gets by without reading novels or poetry. And no one would deny the richness of their thoughts.

Fresh out of jail, Martha Steward allegedly proclaims, "Pride in homekeeping creates serenity and pleasure." I wonder whether homekeeping differs from housekeeping.

A profile of John Bolton reports that, when asked if the UN Secretariat Building in NYC lost 10 stories, he replied, "it wouldn't make a bit of difference." That's Realpolitik!

Today Google Labs announced Google X. I wonder whether the cool facelift (JavaScript and DHTML hacks?) will replace the current minimalist interface, iconic of a practical and understated Google.

If this survey is credible, I can see why there are so many single IT professionals … Sigh, so needlessly sensational …

Tonight Sliding Doors (1998) is on TBS. I watched it years ago and plan to watch it again later. A related movie is The Family Man (2000). Both ask an unanswerable, "What if?" Is there really a parallel universe?