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They make a desert and call it peace.
-- Tacitus (55?-120?)
The Briggs/Chase Law of Program Development:
To determine how long it will take to write and debug a
program, take your best estimate, multiply that by two, add one, and
convert to the next higher units.
The Abrams' Principle:
The shortest distance between two points is off the wall.
Weinberg's Principle:
An expert is a person who avoids the small errors while
sweeping on to the grand fallacy.
We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.
-- Walt Kelly, "Pogo"
Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least
when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years.
-- James Thurber
I am convinced that the manufacturers of carpet odor removing powder
have included encapsulated time released cat urine in their products.
This technology must be what prevented its distribution during my mom's
reign. My carpet smells like piss, and I don't have a cat. Better go
buy some more.
-- timw@zeb.USWest.COM
Fifty flippant frogs
Walked by on flippered feet
And with their slime they made the time
Unnaturally fleet.
Friday, 3 July 2026 Michael J. Chappell Contact me at:
mcsuper5@freeshell.org
