Day: October 5, 2004
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Warning label
Went to Target yesterday to purchase a new cup for the bathroom. I took the following sticker off the side:DISWASHER SAFE TOP RACK ONLY.NOT RECOMMENDED FOR USE IN MICROWAFE OVEN.DO NOT POUR THE BOILING WATER INTO THE MERCHANDISE.MADE IN TAIWAN.I just love these translated labels. Someone from intergalactic HQ must have checked the first two,…
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Future
The future is already here. It is just not uniformly distributed.Sci-Fi Author William Gibson
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Life
When I hear somebody sigh “Life is hard,” I am always tempted to ask, compared to what?Sydney J. Harris
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Tread softly
I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.William Butler Yeats
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Never a good word
Stan and Marcia were 85 years old, and had been married for sixty years. Though they were far from rich, they managed to get by because they watched their pennies. Though not young, they were both in very good health, largely due to the wife’s insistence on healthy foods and exercise for the last decade.…