I have been honored by a communication from Mr. Arbuthnot, the worldโ€™s leading expert on fashionable cliches. Mr. Arbuthnotโ€™s email reads as

follows:

Mr. Derbyshire,

Donโ€™t worry, Iโ€™m all over it like white on rice! We are totally on the same page with the Miers person โ€” I mean, thereโ€™s no there there, is there? But โ€” wheels coming off the presidency? Nah, just a speed bump. W just needs to pull back and regroup. Oops, breaking upโ€ฆ

going through a tunnelโ€ฆ cul8rโ€ฆ

From my Blackberry