Dr Wingnut

Author: Dr Wingnut

  • Education

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    ‘Tis education forms the common mind,Just as the twig is bent, the tree’s inclined.Alexander Pope, Moral Essays

  • Mother and Daughter banned from Disneyland for Life

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    via email from Duane McDowell, Fri, 19 Jan 2007 08:22:02 -0800Ah. What they won’t do for Mardi Gras… which is today.

  • Common knowledge

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    That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false.Paul Valery, Tel Quel

  • Reasons not to exercise

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    It is well documented that for every minute that you exercise, you add one minute to your life.  This enables you at 85 years old to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing home at $5000 per month.An addition to Some Thought on Exercise, via email from Roberst Christofferson, Mon, 15 Oct 2001 08:43:11…

  • Perspective

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    This is good to look at when you are having trouble putting things into their proper perspective.Most of us never really have given this any thought whatsoever, but it’s rather dazzling to see it presented this way!Antares is the 15th brightest star in the sky.  It is more than 1000 light years away.The universe is…

  • Consistency

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    Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.Oscar Wilde

  • Black and White

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    You could hardly see for all the snow,Spread the rabbit ears as far as they go.Pull a chair up to the TV set,“Good Night, David. Good Night, Chet.”Depending on the channel you tuned,You got Rob and Laura – or Ward and June.It felt so good. It felt so right.Life looked better in black and white.I…