But most people, when you stop to ask them, will admit to harboring a strange sort of fondness for clouds.

That's the wonderful thing about evolution the predilection to believe that our child is best.

So he returned, most anxious to explain his long absence and to write the dreadful mistake that had imprisoned his wife for three months.

Animal fan Nellie McKay sings a sparkling tribute to her dear dog. She suggests we all do the same Just go right to the pound And find yourself a hound And make that doggie proud 'cause that's what it's all about.

There was even her absurd bake off against First Lady Barbara Bush, in which she had to produce her own cookie recipe in order to appease a lingering cultural demand for domesticity in the role.