Dr Wingnut

Month: February 2003

  • A Valentine Gift

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    Little Melissa comes home from first grade and tells her father that they learned about the history of Valentine's Day. "Since Valentine's Day is for a Christian saint and we're Jewish," she asks, "will God get mad at me for giving someone a valentine?" Melissa's father thinks a bit, then says, "No, I don't think…

  • Native American Wisdom

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    An old Cherokee is teaching hisgrandson about life. "A fight is going on inside me," he said to the boy."It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves.One is evil- he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt,resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.The other is good – he is…

  • General Motors vs. Microsoft

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    At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated, “If GM had kept up with the technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon.”In response to Bill’s comments, General Motors issued a press…

  • “Alternate Meanings”

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    The Washington Post publishes an “Annual Neologism Contest” in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings forvarious words.  The following were some of the winning entries from the most recent contest.Coffee (n.), a person who is coughed upon.Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained.Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of…

  • Let go…

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    To "let go" does not mean to stop caring, it means I can't do it for someone else. To "let go" is not to cut myself off, it's the realization I can't control another. To "let go" is not to enable, but to allow learning from natural consequences. To "let go" is to admit powerlessness,…

  • Signs of Induhvidualism

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    Here are some Induhvidual sign sightings sent in by observant DNRC members. Sign in front of a motel in Carson City, NV: STOP! WE BEAT EVERYBODY!On an auto dealership's marquee in Southern California, home of the Angels baseball team:"Go Angles!"(Or maybe they support geometry.)On the sign for a U-Haul truck rental center in Brooklyn, two…

  • News Flash

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    WASHINGTON D.C. (REUTERS)Early this morning a devastating fire burned down the personal library of President George W. Bush. Tragically, both books were lost in the conflagration. More poignantly, due to his hectic schedule, the President had not found time to color in the second one.From an eMail recieved 2 February 2003