Dr Wingnut

Author: Dr Wingnut

  • True Friends

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    There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends.  That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first.Paramahansa Yogananda

  • Naked

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    This woman is actually walking down the street with no “real” clothes — only those painted on her.  The passersby didn’t give her a second look because the paint looked so much like clothing.  YES, she is naked!This one came in Mon, 14 Mar 2005 16:46:16 -0600.  Looks like MessageLabs made another good hit.What intrigued…

  • Beauty

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    “… People of both sexes, whose looks are very indifferent at the beginning, may appear almost handsome on futher acquaintance.  A well-informed mind, nice manners and a gentle nature — all of these are much more likely to contribute to a husband’s happiness than mere transient beauty.”Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, by Susanna Clarke, Pg.…

  • How to say thank you

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    We could all learn from this.  How to say thank you in most human languagesSomeone has finally created a Web calculator for an equation I’ve been promoting for years: half plus seven Silly patents (what else?) For kids: animals from the alphabet.  Thanks to Cathy CotterStrange origami10×10 – up-to-the-moment grid of current events in pics…

  • In the way

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    … Strange found himself subject to that peculiarly uncomfortable Natural Law which states that whenever a person arrives at a place where he is not known, then wherever he stands he is sure to be in the way.Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, by Susanna Clarke, Pg. 291

  • Any man and his dog?

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    Howard Adamsky’s article “Save Your Job” (Viewpoint, Jan. 2005) states that code is a commodity and suggests that any man and his dog could write it.  If it were so easy as the author and many CEOs claim, why then are so many projets bug-ridden failures?Cost-effective development comes from employing highly competent individuals regardless of…

  • Failure

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    “My dear Lascelles,” cried Drawlight, “what nonsense you talk!  Upon my word, there is nothing in the world so easy to expain as failure — it is, after all, what every body does all the time.”Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, by Susanna Clarke, Pg. 77