October 2008


Those who stay away from the election think that one vote will do no good: ‘Tis but one step more to think one vote will do no harm.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

We’ve been invited to a costume party tonight, but we don’t have what it takes to dress up in style like these folks…

via email circa 28 October, 1999

This is addictive!  Use the little blue knife to carve your pumpkin then press done – It’s fun!

via email from Steve Wicks, Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:46:21 -0700

The vitality of thought is in adventure.  Ideas won’t keep.  Something must be done about them.

Alfred North Whitehead

If all the web were broken, then all the web would get fixed

McClain Looney

Uttered during a discussion at a Ruby Users of Minnesota meeting about why websites don’t follow the standards, and what would happen if the user agents (browsers) actually enforced the standards instead of defaulting to “compatibility” mode.

Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.

Sir Winston Churchill
  • We must learn from the mistakes of others because we won’t live long enough to make them all ourselves.
  • Don’t look down on another person unless you are leaning over to help them up.
  • What a different world this would be if people would magnify their blessings the way they do their troubles.
  • The largest room in the world is the room for improvement.
  • Winners – people who tell you what they did and not people who tell you what they think you ought to do.
Keep Coming Back by Meiji Stewart, © 1995

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