previous: April 2003

idea of the day 2003.04.30

given the volume of false information i hear in a day its amazing that i bother to listen to anyone.

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
author: james a. michener

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.

idea of the day

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.

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