______ __
/ ____/___ _____/ /___ ______ ___
/ /_ / __ \/ ___/ __/ / / / __ \/ _ \
/ __/ / /_/ / / / /_/ /_/ / / / / __/
/_/ \____/_/ \__/\__,_/_/ /_/\___/
Forms follow function, and often obliterate it.
Mitchell's Law of Committees:
Any simple problem can be made insoluble if enough meetings are
held to discuss it.
The eleventh commandment was `Thou Shalt Compute' or `Thou Shalt Not
Compute' -- I forget which.
-- Epigrams in Programming, ACM SIGPLAN Sept. 1982
How do you explain school to a higher intelligence?
-- Elliot, "E.T."
Bare feet magnetize sharp metal objects so they point upward from the
floor -- especially in the dark.
Try to find the real tense of the report you are reading: Was it done,
is it being done, or is something to be done? Reports are now written
in four tenses: past tense, present tense, future tense, and
pretense. Watch for novel uses of CONGRAM (CONtractor GRAMmer),
defined by the imperfect past, the insufficient present, and the
absolutely perfect future.
-- Amrom Katz
I've found my niche. If you're wondering why I'm not there, there was
this little hole in the bottom ...
-- John Croll
Down with categorical imperative!
Monday, 27 July 2026 Michael J. Chappell Contact me at:
mcsuper5@freeshell.org
