Noted & quoted.

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'We're orthodox in belief but unorthodox in practice.'

--Reverend Mark Batterson of Washington's National Community Church, on his use of podcasting, or, as he cars it, "godcasting," to publicize his congregation and reach a wider audience. [The New York Times, August 29]

'People want to protect their investment, and a gallon of gas is an investment.'

--Ray Pohlman, a spokesman for AutoZone, an auto-supply store, on the nationwide increase in demand for Locking fuel caps to stave off gas siphoners. (The New York Times, September...