Being able to function with little sleep is an essential skill for an Army Officer.
You are never more aware of the style or quality of the pavement as when you are on Rollerblades.
It rarely saves time to go a longer route when trying to avoid traffic, but it makes you feel like you are making more progress since you keep moving.
It’s not that I wasn’t as big a geek as I thought I was, it is that fewer people knew it than I realized.
SQLWCHAR != wchar_t
The last exchange between Fezzik and Inigo (“Fezzik, you did something right for once.” “I won’t let it go to my head.” Should have been a rhyme.)
I’m way too aware of the chord changes when I listen to music.
Listen to Leo!
Hire smart people and then make them do menial tasks is the basis for too many companies.
Cygwin makes working on Windows merely distasteful.
Just because we elected a Black man President does not mean that racism is defeated in America.
You would have to go back before sliced bread to find an invention greater than the Thera Cane.
I here-by dub anger derived from problems while developing software “Code Rage”
Kind of Blue. The best Jazz starter drug I know.
Power putty is liquid, it just flows really slowly.
If you haven’t used your waffle iron to make grilled cheese sandwiches you are wasting its potential.
I have embraced my inner geek, since my outer geek is getting all of the attention and my inner geek was feeling neglected.
I swear I will learn how to type someday.
Looks like the answer wasn’t 42…it was 44.
When the build system takes too long, avoid the build system.
Puff the Magic Dragon still makes me tear up at the line “A Dragon lives forever, but not so little boys.” If you have a kid, you’ll understand.
Few things are more fun to argue about than fascism in Starship Troopers.
2 thoughts on “Even more musings”
1) I’m disappointed that you say racism isn’t defeated now that Obama’s won the Presidency. That’s why I voted for him. Does that at least earn me a bye on the whole racism thing? I’m kind of tired of it, is all. And racist jokes–like jokes based on religion and sexism–are funny, whereas those based on nationality have lost a lot of punch over the years.
2) As for Starship Troopers… “When the Veterans took over…” Doesn’t seem too likely with our lot.
Yes, you get a bye. Make as many jokes as you want. I bet you know some great Pashto zingers.
1) I’m disappointed that you say racism isn’t defeated now that Obama’s won the Presidency. That’s why I voted for him. Does that at least earn me a bye on the whole racism thing? I’m kind of tired of it, is all. And racist jokes–like jokes based on religion and sexism–are funny, whereas those based on nationality have lost a lot of punch over the years.
2) As for Starship Troopers… “When the Veterans took over…” Doesn’t seem too likely with our lot.
Yes, you get a bye. Make as many jokes as you want. I bet you know some great Pashto zingers.
I bet you agree with me on “Lack of sleep.”