There was a man who disliked seeing his footprints and his shadow. He decided to escape from them, and began to run. But as he ran along, more footprints appeared, while his shadow easily kept up with him. Thinking he must be going too slowly, he ran faster and faster without stopping, until he finally collapsed from exhaustion and died.

If he had stood still, there would have been no footprints. If he had rested in the shade, his shadow would have disappeared.

- Chuang-tse

I don't consider myself bald, I'm just taller than my hair.

- Seneca

If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn’t ask me, I’d still have to say it.
- George F. Burns


Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.
- Ovid

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

- Bruce Lee

Back up your data! Or you may suffer a loss like I did. This song played on the radio shortly after. How appropriate.

Precious by Depeche Mode

"There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness."

- Friedrich Nietzsche

It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

- Krishnamurti

Beautiful people do not just happen.

Happy Birthday to this blog - 6 years old today. Wow.

Whenever there is a hard job to be done I assign it to a lazy man; he is sure to find an easy way of doing it.

-Walter Chrysler

Accomplishing the impossible means only that your boss will add it to your regular duties.

- Doug Larson

Beards are an odd luxury. You need to be free from certain societal/corporate restrictions to grow one. That's one reason why I like to grow mine. Periodically I like to tell the world that I can.

All those moments will be lost, in time, like tears in the rain.

- from Bladerunner

"When one has finished building one's house, one suddenly realizes that in the process one has learned something that one really needed to know in the worst way - before one began."

- Friedrich Nietzsche

This doesn't mean don't bother trying anything. Just start something before you know exactly where to start. Ask someone with expertise. Make mistakes and learn from them.

Dogs think they are human, cats think they are Gods.

Dogs look after you, cats do nothing.

"I hate the way cats look at you like they are better than you"

Dogs have masters, cats have staff.

- from a BBC Radio 1 show

I'm fortunate to have had 27 years with my grandmother.

"Infants have their infancy; adults, adultery"

- David P. Barash, professor of psychology at the University of Washington in Seattle, author of "The Myth of Monogamy"

"I want you to attend my funeral."

- strangest compliment

Q: Why didn't the skeleton cross the road?

A: No guts.

"You're definitely the most social/outgoing introvert I've ever met. And you have way more friends than any other introvert I know."

- KM