Dr Wingnut

Month: July 2008

  • Got Kleenex?

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    A couple of weeks ago, I went to the server room to find our network support guy, Gerhard, to talk about upgrading our SharePoint 2003 servers to MOSS 2007 and I found the following jury-rigged tissue dispenser.  I guess it’s better than having a box on the desk covered with binders and cables that hides…

  • A Little Bit of Knowledge

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    Yesterday, I listened to episode #293 of This American Life, “A Little Bit of Knowledge”, they talked about mistaken beliefs that exist in childhood and somehow escape into adulthood.  The first part show is really amusing.  However, they of course didn’t interview Mrs. Wingnut, who even until we started living together, when she was in…

  • Lawn sign spotted yesterday

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    “Stop the war against…”, and then in a white square apparently pasted over something else, “whoever is next.”via email from Bob Savage, Thr, 03 Jul 2008 11:44:26 -0700

  • Writing

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    There is nothing to writing.  All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.Ernest Hemingway

  • Art on the cutting edge

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    via email from Greg Merth, Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:26:40 -0700Gardmanger to the rescue…

  • Tour de France

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    Contrary to Joel Stein’s belief, in his commentary in todays Star-Tribune, that this year’s race was, “the lamest Tour de France ever.”  Mrs. Wingnut and I thought that this actually was the most interesting of the three that we had watched.  There was no clear leader until the last couple of stages, because it kept…

  • Astonish your friends

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    Always do right.  This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.Mark Twain