« I'm not smart enough for that, » she protested.

« Yes, you are, » he insisted. « You're really, really smart. » He wouldn't have said that to a man of comparable intelligence, but she had a cute little ass.

„Sagt mal, was ist eigentlich der Sinn hinter Clint Adams' blog?!” fragte sie.

„da gibt es keinen sinn”, meinte er.

„das scheint mir auch so”, antwortete sie.

I am impressed by the ability of someone to distinguish on sight a Missouri resident from an Iowan.

Phil,

You've left the apostrophe in; some people say that this is incorrect.

I'd like to thank Phil and everyone else who has contributed relevant information regarding German grammar, to those who have sent fanmail, and to those who have used the word Müll or otherwise indicated their displeasure.

Not too long ago, a strangely amazing person showed me a unique facet of the power of simple expressions of gratitude. Or perhaps I hallucinated that.