Posted: 03/28/07

Pat Smith reads the news
Each week, Pat Smith will select one news story to read aloud in the modern vernacular. Think of it as the Vatican II for news writing.
Unfortunately, Pat has spent so much time speaking in the vernacular that he has laryngitis. For now, enjoy last week's PSRTN. It's a good one. Libby guilty of lying in C.I.A. leak case, from the March 7 New York Times.
Click here to listen.

Quotes of the Week

Donatello: We were awesome.
Michaelangelo: Yes, Dudes and Dudettes, major league butt-kicking is back in town.
-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)

Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home.
-Bill Cosby

You just have to keep trying to do good work, and hope that it leads to more good work. I want to look back on my career and be proud of the work, and be proud that I tried everything. Yes, I want to look back and know that I was terrible at a variety of things.
-Jon Stewart

Rachel Haven: Just wanted to be part of the gang.
Emma Long: I'm going to punch you.

Ted: I'm gonna do what that guy couldn't, I'm gonna take the plunge... Well, I guess that's not a perfect metaphor since... for me it's falling in love and for him it's... death.
Barney: Actually, that is a perfect metaphor.
- How I Met Your Mother

So long live the car-crash hearts / Cry on the couch, all the poets come to life / Fix me in 45
- Fall Out Boy - "Thriller"