To digress for a second, French and German banks will also have to raise capital.

BBC: Southern European banks need most capital

I'm going to digress to a business backwater of the region, but one with a gripping tale being told in the press's back pages: Sri Lanka.

FORBES: Magazine Article

To digress for a moment, it was biologist Felix Meerson who showed that high-altitude chambers where oxygen supply is limited, triggers an adaptive response that produces humans with profound mental capabilities and resistance against disease.

FORBES: Is Ethical Human Genetic Enhancement Possible?

Allow me to digress for a bit.

FORBES: Phil Mickelson: Is Moving From California a Mistake? Actually, He Should Have Moved Sooner

One of the fears expressed by non-Galaxy and Red Bulls fans as the number of designated players increased from the original 1 to now 3 was that championships would simply be bought. (Cynics might point out that would finally put MLS on par with the big European leagues but that would be to digress).

FORBES: Has The "Beckham Rule" Worked For MLS?

To understand why I wrote that report, let me digress to give you some information about my background.

FORBES: The Future of the Consulting Industry Speech, (September 19, 2005)

They meander and digress to fill the allocated time.

FORBES: Boycott A Meeting Day Is A Revolutionary Idea

Most of them see it as a way to sell their newsletters about gold, but I digress.

FORBES: Economic End Times Not So Near, U.S. Seen Surviving 'Fiscal Cliff'

By the way, our first guest who came to us directly from the Howard Stern show, but I digress.

NPR: BPP Jukebox: Blues Traveler

To re-emphasize how forward-looking Ford really was in 2007, a quick search of Google News shows zero stories about BYOD, at least related to mobile devices (there were stories about Bring Your Own Dog and Borrow Your Own Dancer, but I digress).

FORBES: How Ford Motor Deployed Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)