To be in love is to be worldly, to be in connection with significant otherness and signifying ohers, on many scales, in layers of locals and globals, in ramifying webs. ~ Donna J. Haraway

When this load is DONE I think I'll wash it AGAIN..

midding v. intr. Feeling the tranquil pleasure of being near a gathering but not quite in it hovering on the perimeter of a campfire, chatting outside a party while others dance inside, resting your head in the backseat of a car listening to your friends chatting up front feeling blissfully invisible yet still fully included, safe in the knowledge that everyone is together and everyone is okay, with all the thrill of being there without the burden of having to be. From Middle English "midden a refuse heap that sits near a dwelling. ~ Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Blasphemy has always seemed to require taking things very seriously. I know no better stance to adopt from within the secular-religious, evangelical traditions of United States politics, including the politics of socialist feminism. Blasphemy protects one from the moral majority within, while still insisting on the need for community. Blasphemy is not apostasy. Irony is about contradictions that do not resolve into larger wholes, even dialectically, about the tension of holding incompatible things together because both or all are necessary and true. Irony is about humour and serious play. ~ Donna J. Haraway

It's very attractive to the libertarian viewpoint if we can explain it properly. I'm better with code than with words though. -- Satoshi Nakamoto; Nov 14, 2008

I suppose some of the variation between Boston drivers and the rest of the country is due to the progressive Massachusetts Driver Education Manual which I happen to have in my top desk drawer. Some of the Tips for Better Driving are worth considering, to wit: [173.15b]: "When competing for a section of road or a parking space, remember that the vehicle in need of the most body work has the right-of-way." [141.2a]: "Although it is altogether possible to fit a 6' car into a 6' parking space, it is hardly ever possible to fit a 6' car into a 5' parking space." [105.31]: "Teenage drivers believe that they are immortal, and drive accordingly. Nevertheless, you should avoid the temptation to prove them wrong."

Thought is common to all. ~ Heraclitus, Fragments

If it were not for the Discordians, I never would have set the Church loose on the world -- for I know that they will always be around to DESTROY IT if it gets OUT OF HAND. ~ J.R. "Bob" Dobbs

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

Ferengi Rules Of Acquisition: 191. Let other keep their reputation. You keep their money

Real software engineers don't write in ADA, because the standards bodies have not quite decided on a formal spec yet.

An eagle flies high, it flies higher than a sea gull But the crow wings rapidly from tree to bush to hedge The same can be true of life and of death Sometimes life flies high, sometimes death wings rapidly Sometimes it is spoken That death wings from tree to bush to hedge Sometimes it does not ~ Racter (The Policeman’s Beard is Half Constructed)

EPIGRAMS IN PROGRAMMING 97. When a professor insists computer science is X but not Y, have compassion for his graduate students.

Though in a plan of which justice and humanity are the foundation principles, interest ought not to be admitted into the calculation, yet it is always of advantage to the establishment of any plan to show that it is beneficial as a matter of interest. The success of any proposed plan submitted to public consideration must finally depend on the numbers interested in supporting it, united with the justice of its principles. -- Thomas Paine

Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution? -- Groucho Marx

For Sale--Diamonds $20; microscopes $15.

Excellent day for drinking heavily. Spike the office water cooler.

I just ate a whole package of Sweet Tarts and a can of Coke. I think I saw God. -- B. Hathrume Duk

XT: All the computer that most users who just type letters and run typical spreadsheets will ever need, even though a 386 machine will reformat their text a whole tenth of a second faster.

Over the shoulder supervision is more a need of the manager than the programming task.