Quote of the Day

 Posted on March 8, 2004

I know this is sick, but this quote has to be a classic. It comes from an Associated Press story this morning titled “Husband’s death called tragedy” and reads:

A northeastern Oklahoma woman who shot and killed her husband while the two were arguing about a television talk show said she was trying to warn him, not kill him.

Reason #4956 why I am still a bachelor. ;)

A Brief Delay

 Posted on March 4, 2004

I guess everyone has noticed the conspicuous lack of posting of the Random Picture of the Day. Since my vacation in January I have to admit that I haven’t been feeling the photo bug as much. However, I’m getting back into it now. However, rather than rushing around snapping and putting up sub-standard work, I’m going to take a brief break from posting. I hope to start posting again in April. [Read More]

A great fortune

 Posted on March 4, 2004

I received one of the best fortunes ever from a local Chinese takeout:

Money is the root of all evil and men need roots.

Interesting Court Brief

 Posted on March 2, 2004

Cato has filed an interesting friend-of-the-court brief on the subject of whether it is constitutional for a citizen to refuse to talk to a law enforcement officer. Full Brief

[Listening to: Rush Limbaugh 2 - Premiere Radio Networks - (04:46)]

Computer Language Quotes

 Posted on February 27, 2004

My colleague Peter and I have been swapping computer jokes/quotes this afternoon and here are the highpoints: There are two types of programming languages; the ones that people bitch about and the ones that no one uses. -Bjarne Stroustrup If I were chained to a bench and ‘perl’ was the only thing that could open the lock, I’d probably cut my hand off. -Gerald Penn In C we had to code our own bugs. [Read More]