There is an old Zen saying that you can try to explain to someone how an orange tastes, but how can you describe it, really? Until you’ve tasted an orange, you have no way of truly knowing. And once you’ve tasted one, what is there to say? – Ed Brickell, “Genesis Run” (Winter 2008)
Everything you read or hear might not be true (including what you are reading right now)
Temperance: Eat not to dullness and drink not to elevation. Silence: Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself. Avoid trifling conversation. Order: Let all your things have their places. Let each part of your business have its time. Resolution: Resolve to perform what you ought. Perform without fail what you resolve. Frugality: Make [...]
- Do you believe in this stuff? – Nobody does . . . until they do! (from the movie: Just like heaven)
“As a result of my occupation, I think I know a bit about where operating systems are going in the next decade or so . . . This is a giant step back into the 1970’s . . . Be thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such [...]
“There is no use trying,” said Alice. “One can’t believe impossible things.” “I daresay you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” Lewis Carroll
If the best ideas come while we are taking a shower, why isn’t anyone inventing a waterproof shower pad?