Dr Wingnut

Month: May 2004

  • Teen-itis

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    The condition in which a 15-year old boy cannot find the plumber’s helper (plunger) in a 6 foot by 9 foot room that has the total contents of: 1 toilet, 1 sink, 1 floor-standing toilet paper holder with roll, 1 garbage can, 1 box of tissues, and 1 plumber’s helper.  You’d think that you didn’t…

  • Who’s on first, Updated

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    ABBOTT: Super Duper Computer Store… Can I help you?COSTELLO: Thanks. I’m setting up an office in my den, and I’m thinking about buying a computer.ABBOTT: Mac?COSTELLO: No, the name’s Lou.ABBOTT: Your computer?COSTELLO: I don’t own a computer. I want to buy one.ABBOTT: Mac?COSTELLO: I told you, my name’s Lou.ABBOTT: What about Windows?COSTELLO: Why? Will it…

  • The early bird

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    Microsoft is not being caught napping this time.  They’re out to catch the jerk who wrote the Sasser worm, and they’re working with the FBI and Secret Service to do it (although I’m not sure why the Secret Service is interested).They have a $5 million reward fund in abeyance too, though they haven’t yet put…

  • You are looking at the problem

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    It only takes one person to change your life—you.Ruth Casey

  • Quit looking around for it

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    The seed of God is in us.  Pear seeds grow into pear trees, nut seeds into nut trees, and God seeds into God.Meister Eckhart

  • There is a big difference between service & serve

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    At one time in my life, I thought I had a handle on the meaning of the word “service.”“The act of doing things for other people.”Then I heard the terms: Internal Revenue ServicePostal ServiceTelephone ServiceCivil ServiceCity/County Public ServiceCustomer ServiceService StationsAnd I became confused about the word “service.”  This is not what I thought “service” meant.Then…

  • Think, think, think

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    Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity.  It’s self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy.  You cannot try to do things.  You simply must do things.Ray Bradbury