Rev it up

HOCKEY!

2008-09-02T08:27:00.001-06:00

stuff

2008-05-08T10:27:00.003-06:00

So my son Daxton Drake Reid was born on April 15, 2008, at 9:12 PM. He's pretty cool.
Here is a link to some pictures:
http://picasaweb.google.com/rev.colreid/DaxtonDrakeReid
I don't want to be one of those gushy new parents that can't stop talking about their kid... but I will say that while many people claim their kid is the cutest baby in the world, they are all wrong because mine actually is the cutest baby in the whole world.

Anyway, I came here to talk about the new Donnas album, titled "Bitchin'". I have been listening to it lately, and while it doesn't quite reach the glorious heights of some past efforts such as, oh, "Skintight" or "Spend the Night" (OK, let's just go ahead and say it: all their albums except for the self-titled one and "Gold Medal" rock like crazy.... sit down and listen to "American Teenage Rock 'N' Roll Machine" and tell me you don't grin during the while thing) I am finding that I am really enjoying it quite a bit. The urge to try to "be serious" was expunged with the "Gold Medal" album and "Bitchin'" has the girls back to doing what they do best: turning cock rock on its head and having fun. Where "Spend the Night" explored cock rock of the late seventies, "Bitchin'" does the same with the same genre in the mid-eighties. I have read a lot of reviews that point out the obvious references to Motley Crue (um, the album cover is basically a purple version of "Too Fast for Love"), Def Leppard, and Joan Jett, but they all miss what I feel is the strongest similarity of them all: this album sounds like Judas Priest's "Turbo" album with less synth noises. And there is nothing wrong with this. The polish, the cheese, and the unapologetic straight-up dumb fun of "Turbo" suits the Donnas well. The lyrics aren't as entertaining as they were on earlier albums, but the songs are incredibly catchy and are full of musical
allusions to familiar songs, artists, and sounds of the mid-eighties ("Wasted", for example, has some distinct Billy Idol/Steve Stevens sounds in it). The only oddball track in the formula is the opener - the title track that opens feeling like "War Pigs" with some kind of back masking in it before pounding into something from "Love Gun" and then exploding into an all-too-short ball of ass-kicking fury. Anyway, if you like fun, dumb rock music, then I recommend this. I am finding this album incredibly addictive.

I just lost the game.

2007-09-26T13:32:00.001-06:00

....and now so did you.
http://www.losethegame.com/

totally hilarious

2007-09-17T13:07:00.001-06:00

Just click the link and get ready to laugh.

http://www.ricflairfinance.com/

The continued devolution of American Democracy

2007-08-16T16:08:00.000-06:00

I'm not American, but I keep a watchful eye on American political happenings because (1) they're next-door, (2) they sure do like telling other countries what to do, and (3) just because it's darn interesting. I saw this article today and feel compelled to comment. There is a proposal to divvy up California's electoral votes in future presidential elections by giving two electoral votes to the winner, and assigning the remainder by who won the most districts. The Democrats are fighting this because it would lose them around 20 electoral votes in a playing field that has all but 2 other states assigning ALL electoral votes to the winner. Now, let me say, I'm all for preventing the Republicans from stealing a third election in a row, but I feel that the idea on the table does have some merit -- IF the playing field is leveled, and EVERY STATE has to do the same thing. Then, all of a sudden, if you want to vote Green in a state where the vote is close, you don't waste your vote anymore, and you also don't help the Republicans win a close race. Or let's say you happen to be a Republican in California, or a Democrat in Texas.... wouldn't you feel more compelled to vote if you and your neighbours might actually conjure up one electoral vote? Isn't that better than feeling like "my vote is useless, so why bother?" If all states divided their electoral votes in some way, either by geography, or (my preferred idea) in proportion to the actual popular vote, wouldn't that generate more voter turn-out and be a better democratic model? The candidate with the most votes overall might even ACTUALLY WIN! Holy cow, what a concept. But since this will never happen, obviously the proposal on the table in California must die before another election is stolen.
Side note here: Given events that have taken place over the past several years, it has become increasingly clear that America needs a non-partisan body / committee in charge of electoral rules. It has been shown that those in power will mess with the rules, wherever possible, to keep themselves in power. What's scarier though is that they keep getting away with it.

a post

2007-07-13T15:59:00.001-06:00

Hi!
I've been crazy busy.
I've been working extra hours at work lately but I think that will be over soon.
So, right now I'm updating the world's least updated blog.
Blog blog blog.

I saw the White Stripes in Saskatoon on Canada Day. That was all kinds of awesome. It blows me away that something so raw, random, and real is so popular. I mean Jack White plays a completely random keyboard solo and the whole building goes berserk. I have never seen a more imperfect performance get such a great reception. It almost gives me hope for the world.

I think it's time to buy a bocce ball set. Megs and I played that game at the lake and it was fun. She suggested that we should get some outdoor games and use them as a way to make ourselves go outside to the park and be active. Great idea.
Hey, I've got golf clubs, and an idea: who wants to meet me downtown outside my building and start eighteen holes of downtown urban golf? I remember some sketch comedy show (possibly 4 on the Floor?) had a segment about that, and the juvenile mischief-monger in me has always found the idea appealing.

Cool people don't need medicine

2007-06-03T20:47:00.000-06:00

Have you ever noticed that in TV and movies, all the nerds always have asthma puffers? OK, fine, people are jerks and do actually ridicule others for stupid reasons. But the real kicker is this: in the movies, when the nerd is the protagonist, and at some point in the story they somehow become cool, all of a sudden they don't need their puffer anymore. Wow, becoming cool cures asthma!!

Bleorg

2007-05-23T07:56:00.000-06:00

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's watching my favourite hockey team lose to a goalie. Losing when you're outclassed is one thing, but losing because you can't get a lucky bounce like the other guys is just entirely frustrating. Oh well. Go Senators.

Coming Soon: LIVE CELEBRITY SUICIDES on Pay-Per-View TV!!!

2007-03-11T20:56:00.000-06:00

Hi. I haven't posted anything in a very long time. The internet seems to have continued its existence quite nicely without my wise words for quite some time now, so obviously few cared (or noticed) that I wasn't saying anything. And likely, even fewer will notice or care that I have triumphantly returned.
The thing that has me posting today is this: everywhere you go right now, you see pictures of Britney Spears' shaved head. Or articles about where Anna Nicole Smith is going to be buried this week. Or live footage of Lindsey Lohan and Paris Hilton getting drunk and/or drugged-up and screaming at each other.
A little while ago I saw footage of the night that Britney shaved her head. It was a continuous clip of something like 5 minutes, as the paparazzi literally followed her from place to place, waiting for her to react to them and say something as they followed her car to the place that she got the job done. At various points she yelled curse words at them and gave them the finger, until the journey culminated at the hair salon, where she rushed in and proceeded with the head-shaving, yelling to the cameras something along the lines of "this is because of you!"
Now, the reason I bring up this subject for discussion has little to do with Britney herself. The reason is this: as I was watching this whole thing go down, it became very clear to me that there are cameras following this person literally wherever she goes. I asked, why are the cameras there? More importantly, am I the only one wondering why the cameras are there? As entertaining as the descent of a former bubblegum-pop diva is, underneath all this nonsense is a human being, constantly harassed by idiots with cameras waiting for her to do something shocking or remotely amusing. Am I alone in finding this just a little offensive?
It has occurred to me that since those like Britney are constantly being followed by cameras,
not only are we able to watch these people literally disintegrate before our eyes, but as consumers of this we are actually responsible for their disintegration as well. One day one of these young girls is going to kill herself, and we are going to be able to actually watch it happen on national TV. And by continuing to watch the drama unfold on ET, or Star TV, or in Us Magazine, we are actually causing this whole mess to happen.
Who will be first, Lindsay or Paris or Britney? I bet someone is running a pool on it right now.

Message of the Day for Oct 31, 2006

2006-10-30T23:44:00.000-06:00

The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up
in the morning, and does not stop until you get to school.

Message of the Day for Oct 30, 2006

2006-10-29T23:44:00.000-06:00

Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.
-- Samuel Goldwyn

Message of the Day for Oct 29, 2006

2006-10-28T23:45:00.000-06:00

When asked the definition of "pi":
The Mathematician:
Pi is the number expressing the relationship between the
circumference of a circle and its diameter.
The Physicist:
Pi is 3.1415927, plus or minus 0.000000005.
The Engineer:
Pi is about 3.

Message of the Day for Oct 28, 2006

2006-10-27T23:44:00.000-06:00

The computer can't tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact
mathematical design, but what's missing is the eyebrows.
- Frank Zappa

Message of the Day for Oct 27, 2006

2006-10-26T23:45:00.000-06:00

You know it's going to be a bad day when you want to put on the clothes
you wore home from the party and there aren't any.

Message of the Day for Oct 26, 2006

2006-10-25T23:45:00.000-06:00

Hofstadter's Law:
It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take
Hofstadter's Law into account.

Message of the Day for Oct 25, 2006

2006-10-24T23:45:00.000-06:00

The right half of the brain controls the left half of the body. This
means that only left handed people are in their right mind.

Message of the Day for Oct 24, 2006

2006-10-23T23:45:00.000-06:00

If it's working, the diagnostics say it's fine.
If it's not working, the diagnostics say it's fine.
- A proposed addition to rules for realtime programming

Message of the Day for Oct 23, 2006

2006-10-22T23:45:00.000-06:00

You can go anywhere you want if you look serious and carry a clipboard.

Message of the Day for Oct 22, 2006

2006-10-21T23:45:00.000-06:00

"My sense of purpose is gone! I have no idea who I AM!"
"Oh, my God... You've.. You've turned him into a DEMOCRAT!"
-- Doonesbury

Message of the Day for Oct 21, 2006

2006-10-20T23:45:00.000-06:00

A drama critic is a person who surprises a playwright by informing him
what he meant.
-- Wilson Mizner

Message of the Day for Oct 20, 2006

2006-10-19T23:46:00.000-06:00

Morton's Law:
If rats are experimented upon, they will develop cancer.

Message of the Day for Oct 19, 2006

2006-10-18T23:45:00.000-06:00

The heroic hours of life do not announce their presence by drum and trumpet,
challenging us to be true to ourselves by appeals to the martial spirit that
keeps the blood at heat. Some little, unassuming, unobtrusive choice presents
itself before us slyly and craftily, glib and insinuating, in the modest garb
of innocence. To yield to its blandishments is so easy. The wrong, it seems,
is venial... Then it is that you will be summoned to show the courage of
adventurous youth.
-- Benjamin Cardozo

Message of the Day for Oct 18, 2006

2006-10-17T23:46:00.000-06:00

Everything is possible. Pass the word.
-- Rita Mae Brown, "Six of One"

Message of the Day for Oct 17, 2006

2006-10-16T23:45:00.000-06:00

I'm definitely not in Omaha!

Message of the Day for Oct 16, 2006

2006-10-15T23:46:00.000-06:00

If you took all the students that felt asleep in class and laid them end to
end, they'd be a lot more comfortable.
-- "Graffiti in the Big Ten"

Message of the Day for Oct 14, 2006

2006-10-13T23:40:00.000-06:00

It is a well known fact that warriors and wizards do not get along, because
one side considers the other side to be a collection of bloodthirsty idiots
who can't walk and think at the same time, while the other side is naturally
suspicious of a body of men who mumble a lot and wear long dresses. Oh, say
the wizards, if we're going to be like that, then, what about all those
studded collars and oiled muscles down at the Young Men's Pagan Association?
To which the heroes reply, that's a pretty good allegation from a bunch of
wimpsoes who won't go near a woman on account, can you believe it, of their
mystical power being sort of drained out. Right, say the wizards, that just
about does it, you and your leather posing pouches. Oh yeah, say the the
heroes, why don't you ...
-- Terry Pratchett, "The Light Fantastic"

Message of the Day for Oct 13, 2006

2006-10-12T23:40:00.000-06:00

I can't die until the government finds a safe place to bury my liver.
-- Phil Harris

Message of the Day for Oct 12, 2006

2006-10-11T23:41:00.000-06:00

How many "coming men" has one known! Where on earth do they all go to?
-- Sir Arthur Wing Pinero

Message of the Day for Oct 11, 2006

2006-10-10T23:41:00.000-06:00

Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a
rainy Sunday afternoon.
-- Susan Ertz

Message of the Day for Oct 10, 2006

2006-10-09T23:41:00.000-06:00

One of the major difficulties Trillian experienced in her relationship with
Zaphod was learning to distinguish between him pretending to be stupid just
to get people off their guard, pretending to be stupid because he couldn't
be bothered to think and wanted someone else to do it for him, pretending
to be so outrageously stupid to hide the fact that he actually didn't understand
hat was going on, and really being genuinely stupid. He was reknowned for
being quite clever and quite clearly was so -- but not all the time, which
obviously worried him, hence the act. He preferred people to be puzzled
rather than contemptuous. This above all appeared to Trillian to be
genuinely stupid, but she could no longer be bothered to argue about.
-- Douglas Adams, _The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy_

Message of the Day for Oct 9, 2006

2006-10-08T23:41:00.000-06:00

What UNIVERSE is this, please??

Message of the Day for Oct 8, 2006

2006-10-07T23:41:00.000-06:00

Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,
A medley of extemporanea;
And love is thing that can never go wrong;
And I am Marie of Roumania.
-- Dorothy Parker, "Comment"

Message of the Day for Oct 7, 2006

2006-10-06T23:41:00.000-06:00

"Life is like a buffet; it's not good but there's plenty of it."

Message of the Day for Oct 6, 2006

2006-10-05T23:41:00.000-06:00

A crow perched himself on a telephone wire. He was going to make a
long-distance caw.

Message of the Day for Oct 5, 2006

2006-10-04T23:42:00.000-06:00

Just how difficult it is to write biography can be reckoned by anybody
who sits down and considers just how many people know the real truth
about his or her love affairs.
-- Rebecca West

Message of the Day for Oct 4, 2006

2006-10-03T23:42:00.000-06:00

Going the speed of light is bad for your age.

Message of the Day for Oct 3, 2006

2006-10-02T23:42:00.000-06:00

Climbing onto a bar stool, a piece of string asked for a beer.
"Wait a minute. Aren't you a string?"
"Well, yes, I am."
"Sorry. We don't serve strings here."
The determined string left the bar and stopped a passer-by. "Excuse,
me," it said, "would you shred my ends and tie me up like a pretzel?" The
passer-by obliged, and the string re-entered the bar. "May I have a beer,
please?" it asked the bartender.
The barkeep set a beer in front of the string, then suddenly stopped.
"Hey, aren't you the string I just threw out of here?"
"No, I'm a frayed knot."

Message of the Day for Oct 2, 2006

2006-10-01T23:42:00.000-06:00

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

Message of the Day for Oct 1, 2006

2006-09-30T23:42:00.000-06:00

...the prevailing Catholic odor - incense, wax, centuries of mild bleating
from the lips of the flock.
-- Thomas Pynchon, _Gravity's Rainbow_

Message of the Day for Sep 30, 2006

2006-09-29T23:42:00.000-06:00

There are no manifestos like cannon and musketry.
-- The Duke of Wellington

Message of the Day for Sep 29, 2006

2006-09-28T23:42:00.000-06:00

Such a foolish notion, that war is called devotion, when the greatest
warriors are the ones who stand for peace.

Message of the Day for Sep 28, 2006

2006-09-27T23:42:00.000-06:00

It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing,
but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous.
-- Robert Benchley

Message of the Day for Sep 27, 2006

2006-09-26T23:43:00.000-06:00

Television is now so desperately hungry for material that it is scraping
the top of the barrel.
-- Gore Vidal

Message of the Day for Sep 26, 2006

2006-09-25T23:43:00.000-06:00

Liar, n.:
A lawyer with a roving commission.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

Message of the Day for Sep 25, 2006

2006-09-24T23:43:00.000-06:00

The Public is merely a multiplied "me."
-- Mark Twain

Message of the Day for Sep 24, 2006

2006-09-23T23:43:00.000-06:00

Have you seen the latest Japanese camera? Apparently it is so fast it can
photograph an American with his mouth shut!

Message of the Day for Sep 23, 2006

2006-09-22T23:43:00.000-06:00

Are you a parent? Do you sometimes find yourself unsure as to what to
say in those awkward situations? Worry no more...

Are you sure you're telling the truth? Think hard.
Does it make you happy to know you're sending me to an early grave?
If all your friends jumped off the cliff, would you jump too?
Do you feel bad? How do you think I feel?
Aren't you ashamed of yourself?
Don't you know any better?
How could you be so stupid?
If that's the worst pain you'll ever feel, you should be thankful.
You can't fool me. I know what you're thinking.
If you can't say anything nice, say nothing at all.

Message of the Day for Sep 22, 2006

2006-09-21T23:43:00.000-06:00

Do you know, I think that Dr. Swift was silly to laugh about Laputa. I
believe it is a mistake to make a mock of people, just because they think.
There are ninety thousand people in this world who do not think, for every
one who does, and these people hate the thinkers like poison. Even if some
thinkers are fanciful, it is wrong to make fun of them for it. Better to
think about cucumbers even, than not to think at all.
-- T.H. White

Message of the Day for Sep 21, 2006

2006-09-20T23:43:00.000-06:00

Several years ago, an international chess tournament was being held in a
swank hotel in New York. Most of the major stars of the chess world were
there, and after a grueling day of chess, the players and their entourages
retired to the lobby of the hotel for a little refreshment. In the lobby,
some players got into a heated argument about who was the brightest, the
fastest, and the best chess player in the world. The argument got quite
loud, as various players claimed that honor. At that point, a security
guard in the lobby turned to another guard and commented, "If there's
anything I just can't stand, it's chess nuts boasting in an open foyer."

Message of the Day for Sep 20, 2006

2006-09-19T23:44:00.000-06:00

"Rights" is a fictional abstraction. No one has "Rights", neither machines
nor flesh-and-blood. Persons... have opportunities, not rights, which they
use or do not use.
-- Lazarus Long

Message of the Day for Sep 19, 2006

2006-09-18T23:44:00.000-06:00

... or were you driving the PONTIAC that HONKED at me in MIAMI last Tuesday?

Message of the Day for Sep 18, 2006

2006-09-17T23:44:00.000-06:00

You will be surrounded by luxury.

Message of the Day for Sep 17, 2006

2006-09-16T23:44:00.000-06:00

Kime's Law for the Reward of Meekness:
Turning the other cheek merely ensures two bruised cheeks.

Message of the Day for Sep 16, 2006

2006-09-15T23:44:00.000-06:00

An ambassador is an honest man sent abroad to lie and intrigue for the
benefit of his country.
-- Sir Henry Wotton, 1568-1639

Message of the Day for Sep 15, 2006

2006-09-14T23:44:00.000-06:00

Whenever people agree with me, I always think I must be wrong.
- Oscar Wilde

Message of the Day for Sep 14, 2006

2006-09-13T23:44:00.000-06:00

Content: 80% POLYESTER, 20% DACRONi ... The waitress's UNIFORM sheds
TARTAR SAUCE like an 8" by 10" GLOSSY ...

Message of the Day for Sep 13, 2006

2006-09-12T23:45:00.000-06:00

I smell a RANCID CORN DOG!

Message of the Day for Sep 12, 2006

2006-09-11T23:45:00.000-06:00

"Apathy is not the problem, it's the solution"

Message of the Day for Sep 11, 2006

2006-09-10T23:45:00.000-06:00

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after.

Message of the Day for Sep 10, 2006

2006-09-09T23:45:00.000-06:00

Sight is a faculty; seeing is an art.

Message of the Day for Sep 9, 2006

2006-09-08T23:45:00.000-06:00

Things worth having are worth cheating for.

Message of the Day for Sep 8, 2006

2006-09-07T23:45:00.000-06:00

One monk said to the other, "The fish has flopped out of the net! How will it
live?" The other said, "When you have gotten out of the net, I'll tell you."

Message of the Day for Sep 7, 2006

2006-09-06T23:45:00.000-06:00

"Yacc" owes much to a most stimulating collection of users, who have
goaded me beyond my inclination, and frequently beyond my ability in
their endless search for "one more feature." Their irritating
unwillingness to learn how to do things my way has usually led to my
doing things their way; most of the time, they have been right.
-- S. C. Johnson, "Yacc guide acknowledgements"

Message of the Day for Sep 6, 2006

2006-09-05T23:46:00.000-06:00

Excellence is THE trend of the '80s. Walk into any shopping
mall bookstore, go to the rack where they keep the best-sellers such as
"Garfield Gets Spayed", and you'll see a half-dozen books telling you
how to be excellent: "In Search of Excellence", "Finding Excellence",
"Grasping Hold of Excellence", "Where to Hide Your Excellence at Night
So the Cleaning Personnel Don't Steal It", etc.
-- Dave Barry, "In Search of Excellence"

Message of the Day for Sep 5, 2006

2006-09-04T23:46:00.000-06:00

HOW YOU CAN TELL THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A ROTTEN DAY:
#32: You call your answering service and they've never heard of you.

Message of the Day for Sep 4, 2006

2006-09-03T23:39:00.000-06:00

"For the man who has everything... Penicillin."
-- F. Borquin

Message of the Day for Sep 3, 2006

2006-09-02T23:40:00.000-06:00

Hacker's Quicky #313:
Sour Cream -n- Onion Potato Chips
Microwave Egg Roll
Chocolate Milk

Message of the Day for Sep 2, 2006

2006-09-01T23:40:00.000-06:00

"Oh what wouldn't I give to be spat at in the face..."
-- a prisoner in "Life of Brian"

Message of the Day for Sep 1, 2006

2006-08-31T23:40:00.000-06:00

You have a deep appreciation of the arts and music.

Message of the Day for Aug 31, 2006

2006-08-30T23:40:00.000-06:00

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

2006-08-29T23:40:00.000-06:00

"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

2006-08-28T23:40:00.000-06:00

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

2006-08-27T23:40:00.000-06:00

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

Message of the Day for Aug 27, 2006

2006-08-26T23:41:00.000-06:00

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

Message of the Day for Aug 26, 2006

2006-08-25T23:41:00.000-06:00

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

2006-08-24T23:41:00.000-06:00

I just forgot my whole philosophy of life!!!

Message of the Day for Aug 24, 2006

2006-08-23T23:41:00.000-06:00

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

Message of the Day for Aug 23, 2006

2006-08-22T23:41:00.000-06:00

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

Message of the Day for Aug 22, 2006

2006-08-21T23:41:00.000-06:00

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

Message of the Day for Aug 21, 2006

2006-08-20T23:41:00.000-06:00

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

Message of the Day for Aug 20, 2006

2006-08-19T23:41:00.000-06:00

"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

2006-08-18T23:42:00.000-06:00

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

Message of the Day for Aug 18, 2006

2006-08-17T23:42:00.000-06:00

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

Message of the Day for Aug 17, 2006

2006-08-16T23:42:00.000-06:00

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

2006-08-15T23:42:00.000-06:00

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

Message of the Day for Aug 15, 2006

2006-08-14T23:42:00.000-06:00

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

Message of the Day for Aug 14, 2006

2006-08-13T23:42:00.000-06:00

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

Message of the Day for Aug 13, 2006

2006-08-12T23:42:00.000-06:00

"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

2006-08-11T23:43:00.000-06:00

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

2006-08-10T23:43:00.000-06:00

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

Message of the Day for Aug 10, 2006

2006-08-09T23:43:00.000-06:00

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

Message of the Day for Aug 9, 2006

2006-08-08T23:43:00.000-06:00

Kill Ugly Processor Architectures
- Karl Lehenbauer

Message of the Day for Aug 8, 2006

2006-08-07T23:43:00.000-06:00

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

2006-08-06T23:43:00.000-06:00

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

2006-08-05T23:44:00.000-06:00

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

2006-08-04T23:44:00.000-06:00

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

Message of the Day for Aug 4, 2006

2006-08-03T23:44:00.000-06:00

What soon grows old? Gratitude.
-- Aristotle

Message of the Day for Aug 3, 2006

2006-08-02T23:44:00.000-06:00

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

2006-08-01T02:51:00.000-06:00

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"

Message of the Day for Jul 30, 2006

2006-07-29T23:44:00.000-06:00

One reason why George Washington
Is held in such veneration:
He never blamed his problems
On the former Administration.
-- George O. Ludcke