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Amusements
Funny, feeble, and farfetched stuff.
The Exam
... EXTRA CREDIT: Define the universe; give three examples.
Little Prince Fox Taming Story
Chapter 21 of the Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Intriguing Tidbits
Hard won insights or haphazard trivia? You decide.
Resentment and Self Pity
Resentment and self pity are anger misdirected in ways that are not helpful, and often worse.
Dosadi Bureau Of Sabotage
An excerpt from Frank Herbert's The Dosadi Experiment , one of my favorite Science Fiction reads.
Some Favorite Books
A little bit about several of my favorite books.
Art From Limitations
I will always have more to learn regarding Orson Welles' suggestion, "the enemy of art is the absence of limitations". Henry Jaglom, a film creator and longtime Welles friend, describes what it means to him in an Indie World interview . This page has an excerpt from that interview .
Incubator
Holding area for partly-cooked stuff. (No guarantees about any getting fully cooked.)
Creative Process
Getting realistic about creating things
Finding Engagement
What makes some situations more interesting than others? What is it about the the situations and the way i react to them that contributes to my receptivity?
Favorite Perlis Programming Epigraphs
Selected favorites from Alan J. Perlis' collection of programming epigraphs.
Communication is Intelligence
I suppose that communication is a medium and the substance of intelligence. I depend on that notion. This page is a work-in-progress marking some ideas about this notion.
"Free Will" and "Determinism" are Not Mutually Exclusive
Free will and determinism are concepts which cannot be compared because they represent distinct levels of abstraction, separate domains of discourse.
Yoga Champion
MONK GLOATS OVER YOGA CHAMPIONSHIP "I am the serenest!" he says
How Tough is Chuck Norris
Nothing can escape the gravity of a black hole except for Chuck Norris. Chuck Norris eats black holes. They taste like chicken.
Optical Delusion
If you maintain a steady gaze on this image for more than half a minute you will be able to clearly see a giraffe. Anyone can do it. Concentrate!
Bunny Burgers
A SPECIAL, INANELY ELABORATE SPY (defunct satire magazine) EASTER PRANK
Awful Similies
"The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn't."
Deepish Thoughts
From an actual newspaper contest where entrants age 4 to 15 were asked to imitate "Deep Thoughts" by Jack Handey
JP Sartre Cookbook
We have been lucky to discover several previously lost diaries of French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre stuck in between the cushions of our office sofa. These diaries reveal a young Sartre obsessed not with the void, but with food...
Tables Turned
This just in from Mars: "The openly heterosexual former football player, O.J. Simpson, was arrested today and charged with the murder of his former wife and her companion. The arrest sent shock waves throughout the heterosexual community, as one of its most popular icons revived old stereotypes that surround the heterosexual lifestyle. 'Wife-beating is not equivalent to being heterosexual,' said Joe Eightpack, a spokesman for the Straight Alliance Against Defamation." ...
Poor Wording
Advertisements and other official copy gone awry
Accident Reports
Coming home, I drove into the wrong house and collided with a tree I don't have.
Men and Women
A little story about men and women