"Here's something to think about: How come you never see a headline like `Psychic Wins Lottery'?" -- Jay Leno Under every stone lurks a politician. -- Aristophanes Facts do not cease to exist

The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy. blithwapping: Using anything BUT a hammer to hammer a nail into the wall,

Our swords shall play the orators for us. -- Christopher Marlowe Competitive fury is not always anger. It is the true missionary's courage and zeal in facing the possibility that one's best may not be

... I don't like FRANK SINATRA or his CHILDREN. Life without caffeine is stimulating enough. -- Sanka Ad QOTD: "If I could walk that way, I wouldn't need the cologne, now would I?"

As usual, I'm overstating the case to knock a few neurons loose, but the truth is usually somewhere in the muddle, uh, middle. -- Larry Wall in [email protected] "When in doubt, print

Nachman's Rule: When it comes to foreign food, the less authentic the better. -- Gerald Nachman Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. Famous last words:

Rich bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others. -- Oscar Wilde It would seem that evil retreats when forcibly confronted. -- Yarnek of Excalbia, "The

A transistor protected by a fast-acting fuse will protect the fuse by blowing first. I have no doubt that it is a part of the destiny of the human race, in its gradual improvement, to leave off eating

You are false data. Let thy maid servant be faithful, strong, and homely. -- Benjamin Franklin Dismissed. That's a Star Fleet expression for, "Get out." -- Capt. Kathryn Janeway, Star Trek: Voyager,

You first have to decide whether to use the short or the long form. The short form is what the Internal Revenue Service calls "simplified", which means it is designed for people who need the

"There was no difference between the behavior of a god and the operations of pure chance..." -- Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow Yow! It's a hole all the way to downtown Burbank! Slaves are

"Lead us in a few words of silent prayer." -- Bill Peterson, former Houston Oiler football coach DDD no longer requires the librx library. Consequently, librx errors can no more cause DDD to

The more things change, the more they stay insane. He who despairs over an event is a coward, but he who holds hopes for the human condition is a fool. -- Albert Camus Push where it gives and scratch where

If I had a formula for bypassing trouble, I would not pass it around. Trouble creates a capacity to handle it. I don't say embrace trouble; that's as bad as treating it as an enemy. But I do say meet it

It has long been known that birds will occasionally build nests in the manes of horses. The only known solution to this problem is to sprinkle baker's yeast in the mane, for, as we all know, yeast is yeast

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo. Be frank and explicit with your lawyer ... it is his business to confuse the issue afterwards. "Dump the condiments. If

A doctor, an architect, and a computer scientist were arguing about whose profession was the oldest. In the course of their arguments, they got all the way back to the Garden of Eden, whereupon the doctor

"Plastic gun. Ingenious. More coffee, please." -- The Phantom comics Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune. -- Kin Hubbard, "Abe Martin's Sayings" The greatest

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people. -- Oscar Wilde 1 bulls, 3 cows. It would seem that evil retreats when forcibly confronted. -- Yarnek of Excalbia, "The

...Deep Hack Mode -- that mysterious and frightening state of consciousness where Mortal Users fear to tread. -- Matt Welsh "Not only is God dead, but just try to find a plumber on weekends."