Many months back in a paper now forgotten, I clipped the snippet below from a column by humorist Ian Shoales, then lost it in the depths of my briefcase. It is now submitted for the monastery's enjoyment.

Of all the ridiculous ideas that come down the information highway, seat belt off, drinking heavily, veering into the sparse traffic moving in the opposite direction, there's none I find more ridiculous than this one: "The computer is our friend." -- Ian Shoales