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Painting, n.:
The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and
exposing them to the critic.
-- Ambrose Bierce
Churchill's Commentary on Man:
Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the
time he will pick himself up and continue on.
Logic is a little bird, sitting in a tree; that smells *_____awful*.
To the systems programmer, users and applications serve only to provide
a test load.
Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.
'Twas midnight, and the UNIX hacks
Did gyre and gimble in their cave
All mimsy was the CS-VAX
And Cory raths outgrabe.
"Beware the software rot, my son!
The faults that bite, the jobs that thrash!
Beware the broken pipe, and shun
The frumious system crash!"
For perfect happiness, remember two things:
(1) Be content with what you've got.
(2) Be sure you've got plenty.
The best thing about growing older is that it takes such a long time.
Wednesday, 22 July 2026 Michael J. Chappell Contact me at:
mcsuper5@freeshell.org
