Fun things you find

While sifting through the New York Times' archive to figure out how often Maureen Dowd has compared  public figures to Cassandra (of Greek mythology fame) (don't ask me why I was doing this, just accept it), I found this fun lead quote from back in 2001.

Maureen Dowd: "I usually avoid sweeping generalizations." Oh?

I've never read a statement as comically self-negating or as unintentionally telling as this one. And I'm somebody who usually avoids overstatement. Well, ok, not really.