Message of the Day for Sep 1, 2006

You have a deep appreciation of the arts and music.

Message of the Day for Aug 31, 2006

An honest politician is one who when he is bought will stay bought.
-- Simon Cameron

There are honest journalists like there are honest politicians. When
bought they stay bought.
-- Bill Moyers

Message of the Day for Aug 30, 2006

"I shall expect a chemical cure for psychopathic behavior by 10 A.M. tomorrow,
or I'll have your guts for spaghetti."
-- a comic panel by Cotham

Message of the Day for Aug 29, 2006

A manager went to his programmers and told them: "As regards to your
work hours: you are going to have to come in at nine in the morning and leave
at five in the afternoon." At this, all of them became angry and several
resigned on the spot.
So the manager said: "All right, in that case you may set your own
working hours, as long as you finish your projects on schedule." The
programmers, now satisfied, began to come in a noon and work to the wee
hours of the morning.
-- Geoffrey James, "The Tao of Programming"

Message of the Day for Aug 28, 2006

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
-- H. L. Mencken

Message of the Day for Aug 27, 2006

Would it help if I got out and pushed?
-- Princess Leia Organa

Message of the Day for Aug 26, 2006

Committee Rules:
(1) Never arrive on time, or you will be stamped a beginner.
(2) Don't say anything until the meeting is half over; this
stamps you as being wise.
(3) Be as vague as possible; this prevents irritating the
others.
(4) When in doubt, suggest that a subcommittee be appointed.
(5) Be the first to move for adjournment; this will make you
popular -- it's what everyone is waiting for.

Message of the Day for Aug 25, 2006

I just forgot my whole philosophy of life!!!

Message of the Day for Aug 24, 2006

The light of a hundred stars does not equal the light of the moon.

Message of the Day for Aug 23, 2006

We're living in a golden age. All you need is gold.
-- D.W. Robertson.

Message of the Day for Aug 22, 2006

He who fears the unknown may one day flee from his own backside.
-- Sinbad

Message of the Day for Aug 21, 2006

I have to think hard to name an interesting man who does not drink.
-- Richard Burton

Message of the Day for Aug 20, 2006

"If you own a machine, you are in turn owned by it, and spend your time
serving it..."
-- Marion Zimmer Bradley, _The Forbidden Tower_

Message of the Day for Aug 19, 2006

HUMAN REPLICAS are inserted into VATS of NUTRITIONAL YEAST ...

Message of the Day for Aug 18, 2006

"One Architecture, One OS" also translates as "One Egg, One Basket".

Message of the Day for Aug 17, 2006

A person with one watch knows what time it is; a person with two watches is
never sure. Proverb

Message of the Day for Aug 16, 2006

God help those who do not help themselves.
-- Wilson Mizner

Message of the Day for Aug 15, 2006

"I never let my schooling get in the way of my education."
-- Mark Twain

Message of the Day for Aug 14, 2006

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
-- Oscar Wilde

Message of the Day for Aug 13, 2006

"You show me an American who can keep his mouth shut and I'll eat him."
-- Newspaperman from Frank Capra's _Meet_John_Doe_

Message of the Day for Aug 12, 2006

There's a trick to the Graceful Exit. It begins with the vision to
recognize when a job, a life stage, a relationship is over -- and to let
go. It means leaving what's over without denying its validity or its
past importance in our lives. It involves a sense of future, a belief
that every exit line is an entry, that we are moving on, rather than out.
The trick of retiring well may be the trick of living well. It's hard to
recognize that life isn't a holding action, but a process. It's hard to
learn that we don't leave the best parts of ourselves behind, back in the
dugout or the office. We own what we learned back there. The experiences
and the growth are grafted onto our lives. And when we exit, we can take
ourselves along -- quite gracefully.
-- Ellen Goodman

Message of the Day for Aug 11, 2006

Totally illogical, there was no chance.
-- Spock, "The Galileo Seven", stardate 2822.3

Message of the Day for Aug 10, 2006

Don't despise your poor relations, they may become suddenly rich one day.
-- Josh Billings

Message of the Day for Aug 9, 2006

Kill Ugly Processor Architectures
- Karl Lehenbauer

Message of the Day for Aug 8, 2006

It is an important and popular fact that things are not always what
they seem. For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed
that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so
much -- the wheel, New York, wars and so on -- whilst all the dolphins
had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But
conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more
intelligent than man -- for precisely the same reasons.

Curiously enough, the dolphins had long known of the impending
destruction of the of the planet Earth and had made many attempts to
alert mankind to the danger; but most of their communications were
misinterpreted ...
-- Douglas Admas "The Hitchhikers' Guide To The Galaxy"

Message of the Day for Aug 7, 2006

It has long been known that one horse can run faster than another --
but which one? Differences are crucial.
-- Lazarus Long

Message of the Day for Aug 6, 2006

There is no choice before us. Either we must Succeed in providing the
rational coordination of impulses and guts, or for centuries civilization
will sink into a mere welter of minor excitements. We must provide a
Great Age or see the collapse of the upward striving of the human race.
-- Alfred North Whitehead

Message of the Day for Aug 5, 2006

O'Toole's commentary on Murphy's Law:
Murphy was an optimist.

Message of the Day for Aug 4, 2006

What soon grows old? Gratitude.
-- Aristotle

Message of the Day for Aug 3, 2006

So, is the glass half empty, half full, or just twice as
large as it needs to be?

Message of the Day for Jul 19, 2006

I stood on the leading edge,
The eastern seaboard at my feet.
"Jump!" said Yoko Ono
I'm too scared and good-looking, I cried.
Go on and give it a try,
Why prolong the agony, all men must die.
-- Roger Waters, "The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking"