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There are no games on this system.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
-- Albert Einstein
Hofstadter's Law:
It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take
Hofstadter's Law into account.
Anyone who uses the phrase "easy as taking candy from a baby" has never
tried taking candy from a baby.
-- Robin Hood
A new koan:
If you have some ice cream, I will give it to you.
If you have no ice cream, I will take it away from you.
It is an ice cream koan.
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(1) Alexander the Great was a great general.
(2) Great generals are forewarned.
(3) Forewarned is forearmed.
(4) Four is an even number.
(5) Four is certainly an odd number of arms for a man to have.
(6) The only number that is both even and odd is infinity.
Therefore, Alexander the Great had an infinite number of arms.
Every journalist has a novel in him, which is an excellent place for it.
Wednesday, 30 September 2026 Michael J. Chappell Contact me at:
mcsuper5@freeshell.org
