Acknowledging -- and moving right past -- the fact that I have chased off my readership with over two months off, I humbly submit the comment of the day. From Reason Hit and Run:

What, pray tell, is the means of halting [a hovercraft]? Does one drop anchor, or shut off the fan and scrape along the ground?

See comment from "P Brooks" on August 3, 2007, 11:55am, after two taps of the Page Down key.

I'm not even ashamed to admit it.

Link: 100 words you should know.

I was on a roll with the O's: obsequious, oligarchy, omnipotent, orthography, oxidize.