Year: 2004
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Women over Thirty
As I grow in age, I value women who are over 30 most of all. Here are just a few reasons why: A woman over 30 will never wake you in the middle of the night to ask, “What are you thinking?” She doesn’t care what you think.If a woman over 30 doesn’t want to…
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Employees
In looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if they don’t have the first, the other two will kill you. If you hire somebody without the first, you really want them to be dumb and lazy.Warren Buffett
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That’s the way I want to go
Kenneth Iverson, who received the ACM‘s Turing Award in 1979 for creating the APL programming language died on October 19th at age 83. Three days earlier on Saturday evening, he suffered a stroke at home in front of the computer.
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Golf outing
The Englishman’s wife steps up to the tee and, as she bends over to place her ball, a gust of wind blows her skirt up and reveals her lack of underwear. “Good God, woman! Why aren’t you wearing any knickers?” her husband demanded. “Well, you don’t give me enough housekeeping money to afford any.” The…
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Putting Golf Into Perspective
The following is not intended to offend fans of tennis, basketball, football or baseball. It is, rather, an attempt to put everything in its proper perspective.Ever wonder why golf is growing in popularity and why people who don’t even play go to tournaments or watch it on TV? The following truisms may shed some light:Golf…
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Limitations
I seldom think of my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers.Helen Keller
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The Presidency
As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.HL Mencken, The Evening Sun, July 26,…