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Irrationality is the square root of all evil
-- Douglas Hofstadter
In Greene, New York, it is illegal to eat peanuts and walk backwards on
the sidewalks when a concert is on.
The end of the world will occur at 3:00 p.m., this Friday, with
symposium to follow.
THE LAST BUG
"But you're out of your mind," It still wasn't perfect,
They said with a shrug. As year followed year,
"The customer's happy; And strangers would comment,
What's one little bug?" "Is that guy still here?"
But he was determined. He died at the console,
The others went home. Of hunger and thirst.
He spread out the program, Next day he was buried,
Deserted, alone. Face down, nine-edge first.
The cleaning men came, And the last bug in sight,
The whole room was cluttered An ant passing by,
With memory-dumps, punch cards. Saluted his tombstone,
"I'm close," he muttered. And whispered, "Nice try."
The mumbling got louder,
Simple deduction,
"I've got it, it's right,
Just change one instruction."
This is the ____LAST time I take travel suggestions from Ray Bradbury!
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
-- Salvor Hardin
Life, loathe it or ignore it, you can't like it.
-- Marvin, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
Don't go surfing in South Dakota for a while.
Sunday, 17 May 2026 Michael J. Chappell Contact me at:
mcsuper5@freeshell.org
