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We will have solar energy as soon as the utility companies solve one
technical problem -- how to run a sunbeam through a meter.
Infancy, n.:
The period of our lives when, according to Wordsworth, "Heaven
lies about us." The world begins lying about us pretty soon
afterward.
-- Ambrose Bierce
Question:
Man Invented Alcohol,
God Invented Grass.
Who do you trust?
When the Universe was not so out of whack as it is today, and all the
stars were lined up in their proper places, you could easily count them
from left to right, or top to bottom, and the larger and bluer ones
were set apart, and the smaller yellowing types pushed off to the
corners as bodies of a lower grade ...
-- Stanislaw Lem, "Cyberiad"
Might as well be frank, monsieur. It would take a miracle to get you
out of Casablanca and the Germans have outlawed miracles.
-- Casablanca
One thing they don't tell you about doing experimental physics is that
sometimes you must work under adverse conditions ... like a state of
sheer terror.
-- W. K. Hartmann
Board the windows, up your car insurance, and don't leave any booze in
plain sight. It's St. Patrick's day in Chicago again. The legend has
it that St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland. In fact, he was
arrested for drunk driving. The snakes left because people kept
throwing up on them.
Every successful person has had failures but repeated failure is no
guarantee of eventual success.
Thursday, 25 June 2026 Michael J. Chappell Contact me at:
mcsuper5@freeshell.org
