The "words to a like effect" quote is one which I remember from a rare appearances in my English Lit. class at Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio 45750.

The M1A1/2 Abrams main battle tank is manufactured by General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS). 4,796 M1A1 tanks were built for the US Army, 221 for the US Marines and 555 co-produced with Egypt.

The main armament is the 120mm M256 smoothbore gun, developed by Rheinmetall GmbH of Germany. The 120mm gun fires the following ammunition: the M865 TPCSDS-T and M831 TP-T training rounds, the M8300 HEAT-MP-T and the M829 APFSDS-T which includes a depleted uranium penetrator. The commander has a 12.7mm Browning M2 machine gun and the loader has a 7.62mm M240 machine gun. A 7.62mm M240 machine gun is also mounted coaxially on the right hand side of the main armament.

The M1A1 tank incorporates steel encased depleted uranium armour. Armour bulkheads separate the crew compartment from the fuel tanks. The top panels of the tank are designed to blow outwards in the event of penetration by a HEAT projectile. The tank is protected against nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) warfare.

Mullfoto of the Day

This is a photo of a covered bridge in Connecticut taken yesterday morning which spans a babbling brook.

Hey! A photo of a babbling brook taken by a babbling idiot.

Catchy Caption of the Day

I went to see the new Harry Potter film on Friday. The secret to not having to stand in line for a movie like that (assuming you don't want to wait until it's the movie o' the month on an airplane is to (a) Not have a real job, you can (b) Go to the noon show on opening day, when (c) The little darlings with whom you would otherwise have to stand in line are still in school.

The theater to which I went in Arlington, Virginia has 20 - count 'em folks - 20 showings of the film per day,

As the movie started, I took this illegal photo of the title.
I felt so, so, Snape-ish!

(2005 Warner Bros. Ent. Harry Potter Publishing Rights J.K.R./Handout/Reuters)