If words are not things, or maps are not the actual territory, then, obviously, the only possible link between the objective world and the linguistic world is found in structure, and structure alone. ~ Alfred Korzybski

Most people know that Descarte said, "I think, therefore I am." What most people don't know is that that quote continues, "...afraid of Chuck Norris."

EPIGRAMS IN PROGRAMMING 114. Within a computer natural language is unnatural.

Most of what I really need to know about how to live, and what to do, and how to be, I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain but there in the sandbox at nursery school. These are the things I learned: Share everything. Play fair. Don't hit people. Put things back where you found them. Clean up your own mess. Don't take things that aren't yours. Say you're sorry when you hurt someone. Wash your hands before you eat. Flush. Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you. Live a balanced life. Learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work some every day. Take a nap every afternoon. When you go out into the world, watch for traffic, hold hands, and stick together. Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the plastic cup. The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that. Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the plastic cup -- they all die. So do we. And then remember the book about Dick and Jane and the first word you learned, the biggest word of all: LOOK. Everything you need to know is in there somewhere. The Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation. Ecology and politics and sane living. Think of what a better world it would be if we all -- the whole world -- had cookies and milk about 3 o'clock every afternoon and then lay down with our blankets for a nap. Or if we had a basic policy in our nation and other nations to always put things back where we found them and cleaned up our own messes. And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out into the world it is best to hold hands and stick together. -- Robert Fulghum, "All I ever really needed to know I learned in kindergarten"

Spock: The older the victim, the more rapid the progress of the disease. Kirk: And you? The disease doesn't seem to be interested. Spock: I am a carrier. Whatever happens, I can't go back to the ship. And I do want to go back to the ship, Captain. Kirk: Of course, Mr. Spock. "Star Trek: The Original Series: Miri, Season 1"

Iowans ask why Minnesotans don't drink more Kool-Aid. That's because they can't figure out how to get two quarts of water into one of those little paper envelopes.

God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system won't. ~ Alfred Korzybski

A woman running a marathon overtakes the person in second place. What place is she in now? She is now in second place. She’s always in second place. Stephen was right. ~ Ethan Kuperberg

The first traffic light was in use in London in 1868, before the advent of cars.

So, if we convert SUPPLY-SIDE SOYABEAN FUTURES into HIGH-YIELD T-BILL INDICATORS, the PRE-INFLATIONARY risks will DWINDLE to a rate of 2 SHOPPING SPREES per EGGPLANT!!

FORTUNE PROVIDES QUESTIONS FOR THE GREAT ANSWERS: #19 A: To be or not to be. Q: What is the square root of 4b^2?

Spock: You humans have that emotional need to express gratitude. "You're welcome," I believe is the correct response. "Star Trek: The Original Series: Bread and Circuses, Season 2"

Seculum The Saecular world. ~ From the glossary of 'Anathem' by Neal Stephenson

No house should ever be on any hill or on anything. It should be of the hill, belonging to it. -- Frank Lloyd Wright

Try to relax and enjoy the crisis. -- Ashleigh Brilliant

Television has spread the habit of instant reaction and stimulated the hope of instant results. -- Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

Everything happens for a reason, doesnt it? Even if you dont consciously agree with that statement, your brain sure does. -- Seth Godin , All Marketers Are Liars: The Power of Telling Authentic Stories in a Low-Trust World

Q: How many journalists does it take to screw in a light bulb? A: Three. One to report it as an inspired government program to bring light to the people, one to report it as a diabolical government plot to deprive the poor of darkness, and one to win a Pulitzer prize for reporting that Electric Company hired a light bulb-assassin to break the bulb in the first place.

"Triumph without Victory, The Unreported History of the Persian Gulf War", -Headline published in the U.S. News & World Report, 1992.

IT IS IN YOUR SELF-INTEREST / TO FIND A WAY / TO BE VERY TENDER -- Jenny Holzer