Dr Wingnut

Month: September 2007

  • Oh? Really?

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    We all get swept up in the hype machine.  Nobody is immune to that.Steven Cojocaru

  • Why Athletes Can’t Have Regular Jobs

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    Chicago Cubs outfielder Andre Dawson on being a role model: “I wan’ all dem kids to do what I do, to look up to me. I wan’ all dem kids to copulate me.”New Orleans Saint RB George Rogers, when asked about the upcoming season: “I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes…

  • Independence

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    If money is your hope for independence you will never have it.  The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.Henry Ford

  • Something to brighten your day

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    Reverends Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, while visiting a primary school class, found themselves in the middle of a discussion related to words and their meanings.The teacher asked both men if they would like to lead the discussion of the word “tragedy”.  So the illustrious Rev Jackson asks the class for an example of a…

  • IM to SMS bridge

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    I was reading the paper today, and there was an article about sending SMS text messages to cell phones from your email account by using the number@provider.com method which I have been using for years.It seemed stupid to me that there wasn’t some way just to use an IM client like Adium to send the…

  • Listening

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    The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing.Henry S. Haskins

  • Plane Crash

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    I received this from a friend in Texas, and hasten to pass it on in the interest of aviation safety.Some of you may know my ex-wife, Donna.  She had started secretly taking flying lessons about the time our divorce started (1995) and she got her license shortly before our divorce was final, later that same…