Reflections
ON METAPHYSICS ON DEEP THOUGHTS ON PARADOX AND RETURN POLICIES ON HIGHER EDUCATION ON MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMS ON YOUTH ON PROBLEM SOLVING ON MATERIALISM ON RELIGIOUS PRACTICES ON INFINITY ON ECONOMICS ON PUBLISHING OR PERISHING ON REVISIONIST HISTORY ON DATING ON LAMENTATION ON POETIC LOVE ON MATERIAL SCIENCE ON EXTINCTION ON LITERATURE ON HUMILITY ON PROPHECY ON EXCUSES ON NUMBERS ON WORLD POLITICS
Deja Fu: The feeling that somehow, somewhere, you've been kicked in the head like this before.
A day without sunshine is like night.
There is a CD out entitled "The Worst of Jefferson Airplane". If you buy this, take it home, play it, and enjoy it, should you take it back and demand a refund?
College is a fountain of knowledge...and the students are there to drink.
A polar bear is a rectangular bear after a coordinate transform.
"Some people say that I must be a horrible person, but that's not true. I have the heart of a young boy -- in a jar on my desk."
When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail.
He who dies with the most toys, is, nonetheless, still dead.
Photons have mass? I didn't know they were catholic!
If you had everything, where would you keep it?
The cost of living hasn't affected its popularity.
I am returning this otherwise good typing paper to you because someone has printed gibberish all over it and put your name at the top. -- English Professor, Ohio University
What was sliced bread the greatest thing since?
When aiming for the common denominator, be prepared for the occasional division by zero.
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most.
When you're swimmin' in the creek And an eel bites your cheek That's "a moray"!
Character density: The number of very weird people in the office.
Save the whales. Collect the whole set.
This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.
To err is human, to moo bovine.
The meek shall inherit the earth---they are too weak to refuse.
I can't complain, but sometimes I still do.
Grabel's Law: 2 is not equal to---not even for very large values of 2.
Diplomacy is the art of saying "nice doggy" until you can find a rock.
Originally published November 14, 2002.
