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The default Magic Word, "Abracadabra", actually is a corruption of the
Hebrew phrase "ha-Bracha dab'ra" which means "pronounce the blessing".
[magic/18]
November 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The default Magic Word, "Abracadabra", actually is a corruption of the
Hebrew phrase "ha-Bracha dab'ra" which means "pronounce the blessing".
[magic/18]
interest, n.:
What borrowers pay, lenders receive, stockholders own, and
burned out employees must feign.
[definitions/481]
November 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
interest, n.:
What borrowers pay, lenders receive, stockholders own, and
burned out employees must feign.
[definitions/481]
If the future isn't what it used to be, does that mean that the past
is subject to change in times to come?
[miscellaneous/265]
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
If the future isn't what it used to be, does that mean that the past
is subject to change in times to come?
[miscellaneous/265]
Regardless of whether a mission expands or contracts, administrative
overhead continues to grow at a steady rate.
[work/357]
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Regardless of whether a mission expands or contracts, administrative
overhead continues to grow at a steady rate.
[work/357]
"... all the modern inconveniences ..."
-- Mark Twain
[literature/16]
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"... all the modern inconveniences ..."
-- Mark Twain
[literature/16]
If she had not been cupric in her ions,
Her shape ovoidal,
Their romance might have flourished.
But he built tetrahedral in his shape,
His ions ferric,
Love could not help but die,
Uncatylised, inert, and undernourished.
[songs-poems/288]
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
If she had not been cupric in her ions,
Her shape ovoidal,
Their romance might have flourished.
But he built tetrahedral in his shape,
His ions ferric,
Love could not help but die,
Uncatylised, inert, and undernourished.
[songs-poems/288]
There is no cure for birth and death other than to enjoy the interval.
-- George Santayana
[wisdom/334]
November 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
There is no cure for birth and death other than to enjoy the interval.
-- George Santayana
[wisdom/334]
The Assassin moved quietly from roof to roof until he was well away from
the excitement around the Watch House. His movements could be called
cat-like, except that he did not stop to spray urine up against things.
-- Terry Pratchett, "Night Watch"
[pratchett/1]
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The Assassin moved quietly from roof to roof until he was well away from
the excitement around the Watch House. His movements could be called
cat-like, except that he did not stop to spray urine up against things.
-- Terry Pratchett, "Night Watch"
[pratchett/1]
There is nothing wrong with abstinence, in moderation.
[drugs/174]
November 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
There is nothing wrong with abstinence, in moderation.
[drugs/174]
Ruth made a great mistake when he gave up pitching. Working once a week,
he might have lasted a long time and become a great star.
-- Tris Speaker, commenting on Babe Ruth's plan to change
from being a pitcher to an outfielder.
Cerf/Navasky, "The Experts Speak"
[sports/109]
November 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Ruth made a great mistake when he gave up pitching. Working once a week,
he might have lasted a long time and become a great star.
-- Tris Speaker, commenting on Babe Ruth's plan to change
from being a pitcher to an outfielder.
Cerf/Navasky, "The Experts Speak"
[sports/109]
Getting into trouble is easy.
-- D. Winkel and F. Prosser
[wisdom/106]
November 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Getting into trouble is easy.
-- D. Winkel and F. Prosser
[wisdom/106]
I did this 'cause Linux gives me a woody. It doesn't generate revenue.
-- Dave '-ddt->` Taylor, announcing DOOM for Linux
[linux/12]
November 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I did this 'cause Linux gives me a woody. It doesn't generate revenue.
-- Dave '-ddt->` Taylor, announcing DOOM for Linux
[linux/12]
Sometimes I live in the country,
And sometimes I live in town.
And sometimes I have a great notion,
To jump in the river and drown.
[songs-poems/483]
November 12, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Sometimes I live in the country,
And sometimes I live in town.
And sometimes I have a great notion,
To jump in the river and drown.
[songs-poems/483]
Youth. It's a wonder that anyone ever outgrows it.
[kids/150]
November 12, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Youth. It's a wonder that anyone ever outgrows it.
[kids/150]
You can't take it with you -- especially when crossing a state line.
[wisdom/391]
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
You can't take it with you -- especially when crossing a state line.
[wisdom/391]
How can you work when the system's so crowded?
[computers/328]
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
How can you work when the system's so crowded?
[computers/328]
I always turn to the sports pages first, which record people's accomplishments.
The front page has nothing but man's failures.
-- Chief Justice Earl Warren
[sports/44]
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I always turn to the sports pages first, which record people's accomplishments.
The front page has nothing but man's failures.
-- Chief Justice Earl Warren
[sports/44]
Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it; what
is happening in America is that those parades are getting smaller and
smaller -- and there are many more of them.
-- John Naisbitt, "Megatrends"
[politics/318]
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it; what
is happening in America is that those parades are getting smaller and
smaller -- and there are many more of them.
-- John Naisbitt, "Megatrends"
[politics/318]
Why be a man when you can be a success?
-- Bertolt Brecht
[work/619]
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Why be a man when you can be a success?
-- Bertolt Brecht
[work/619]
We interrupt this fortune for an important announcement...
[goedel/52]
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
We interrupt this fortune for an important announcement...
[goedel/52]
Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise person to be able to sell it.
[art/37]
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise person to be able to sell it.
[art/37]
It's not the valleys in life I dread so much as the dips.
-- Garfield
[art/205]
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
It's not the valleys in life I dread so much as the dips.
-- Garfield
[art/205]
Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
-- Benjamin Franklin
[platitudes/414]
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
-- Benjamin Franklin
[platitudes/414]
Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires
tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.
-- Nero Wolfe
[work/308]
November 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires
tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.
-- Nero Wolfe
[work/308]
This is the ____LAST time I take travel suggestions from Ray Bradbury!
[art/386]
November 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
This is the ____LAST time I take travel suggestions from Ray Bradbury!
[art/386]