Dr Wingnut

Month: August 2012

  • Creativity

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    If you would create something, you must be something.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  • Dust Storm

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    When I was a kid, I lived in Phoenix and these kinds of dust storms were a regular summer occurrence.  The used to be called dust storms, but now they have a fancy middle eastern name, “Haboob.”  They were always a drag because the dust got everywhere; all the pools were filled with muck for…

  • Face

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    My mother used to say, “You should be careful, your face might just freeze that way.”In Qin Kai’s case, that would be bad. from Time Magazine, 20-Aug-2012

  • Courage

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    Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose.Tom Krause

  • Tech support

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    First line tech support is like having this conversation all day long:“The engine is making a funny noise…”“Really, what noise is it making?”“Oh, I don’t know, but it’s a funny noise.”

  • Friendship

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    The world is round so that friendship may encircle it.Teilhard de Chardin

  • Vision

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    The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands but seeing with new eyes.Marcel Proust