given the volume of false information i hear in a day its amazing that i bother to listen to anyone.
previous: April 2003
| idea of the day | 2003.04.30 |
| idea of the day | 2003.04.29 |
at the post office yesterday i asked for “two books of self-adhesive stamps that don’t have…” and never got to finish my though because the postal clerk is now used to customers asking for stamps without flags on them.
| idea of the day | 2003.04.28 |
enormity paralysis – the ineffectual coping stratagem of reacting to ridiculously large amounts of work or stress by doing absolutely nothing.
| idea of the day | 2003.04.25 |
isn’t it counter productive to treat patients at the hospital who insist on
dragging an iv stroller outside to smoke.
| idea of the day | 2003.04.24 |
i think you should carry the baby for the first nine months after its born since i did these nine months. -what you would be getting if my wife wrote this site
| idea of the day | 2003.04.23 |
i’ve never been very fond of babies, so as i begin to notice slight attitude changes i have to wonder if the forty weeks of pregnancy is for the baby’s development or mine.
| poland | 2003.04.22 |
geographically it couldn’t be advantageous for a country to lie between germany and russia, and the history of poland proves it hasn’t been. while this story is a novel much of the plot centers around historical events and demonstrates repeatedly how often a minority of the rich and powerful dominate the lives of the masses. from the author: and the peasant janko, as always, received nothing, for it had been his duty to go where his owner directed and do as he was told.
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a strong case could be made, which i would have to favor, that hawaiian ukulele music is the most obnoxious sound on the planet.
| idea of the day | 2003.04.21 |
i can tell my wife loves and accepts me when she delivers a spoon, fork and knife to me for eating soup in a bread bowl.
| idea of the day | 2003.04.18 |
i feel somehow marginalized when automatic faucets and toilets fail to acknowledge my presence.
| idea of the day | 2003.04.17 |
email signatures that attempt to be cute or expressive are ridiculous, except this one:
#include<stdio.h> /* 19990429 PUBLIC DOMAIN MySig(sig.c) Tweaks welcome */
main(c,v)char *v;{return !c?putchar(*v-1)&&main(0,v+1/*build:cc -o sig.c*/
):main(0,"Kpio!R!Tnjui!=kpiorAopiptu/dpn?\v\1");}/* C Rulz */
| idea of the day | 2003.04.16 |
when mutually exclusive, defending one’s self-interest nearly always trumps moral and virtuous behavior.