Month: September 2006
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Nonsense
I like nonsense—it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. It’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope…and that enables you to laugh at all of life’s realities.Theodor S. Geisel, aka “Dr. Seuss”
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Compassion
As I walked down the busy sidewalk, knowing I was late for an important interview, my eye fell upon one of those unfortunate, homeless vagabonds that are found in every city these days. The poor person was wearing what can only be describes as rags, carrying every worldly possesion in two plastic bags, my heart…
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Laugh if you can
When I was younger I hated going to weddings. It seemed that all of my aunts and the grandmotherly types used to come up to me, poke me in the ribs, cackle, and tell me, “You’re next.”They stopped after I started doing the same thing to them at funerals.via email Wed, 21 Feb 2001 18:08:47…
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Software
It’s hardware that makes a machine fast. It’s software that makes a fast machine slow.Craig BruceSoftware Engineering might be science; but that’s not what I do. I’m a hacker, not an engineer.Jamie ZawinskiSoftware development is technical activity conducted by human beings.Niklaus Wirth
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My son, the veterinarian…
One Sunday, in counting the money in the weekly offering, the pastor of a small Florida church found a pink envelope containing $1000.00. It happened again the next week and the week after that. Deciding that the next time he would watch carefully as the plate was passed around, he saw a little old lady…