"Overheard" in son's e-mail:


Now is the time to strike! While the bigwigs security forces monuments etc are off doing nongovernmental things anyone should be able to just walk right on in and seize the presidential crown! This, of course, is the perfect opening for our country's navy! We  shall rule the world within a matter of days! Within a fortnight, men on mars! Those fools!  Show them all!