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---- Albert Einstein

Books to the ceiling,
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I'll have a long beard by the time I read them.
---- Arnold Lobel

If the English language made any sense, a catastrophe would be an apostrophe with fur.
---- Doug Larson

No one can understand the truth until he drinks of coffee's frothy goodness.
---- Sheik Abd-al-Kadir

Don't knock the weather. If it didn't change once in a while, nine out of ten people couldn't start a conversation.
---- Kin Hubbard

Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own.”
---- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749 -1832)

it's probably not a good idea to underestimate my ability to make an ass out of myself—just when I seem to have it under control, I'll turn around and surprise you.
---- Tenser said the Tensor

The voodoo priest and all his powders were as nothing compared to espresso, cappuccino, and mocha, which are stronger than all the religions of the world combined, and perhaps stronger than the human soul itself.
---- Mark Helprin, Memoir from Antproof Case, 1995

A magician pulls rabbits out of hats. An experimental psychologist pulls habits out of rats.
---- anonymous

Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
---- Lily Tomlin

Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted.
---- Fred Allen

Technology will not replace teachers...teachers who use technology will
probably replace teachers who do not.
---- Ray Clifford

Sleep is a symptom of caffeine deprivation.
---- Author Unknown

Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.
---- Terry Pratchett

"It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'"
---- Sam Levenson

The important thing is not to stop questioning.
---- Albert Einstein

There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun.
---- Pablo Picasso

As an adolescent I aspired to lasting fame, I craved factual certainty, and I thirsted for a meaningful vision of human life - so I became a scientist. This is like becoming an archbishop so you can meet girls.
---- M. Cartmill

One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork.
---- Edward Abbey

Drink coffee! Do stupid things faster!
---- unknown

I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
---- Isaac Asimov

As soon as I buy the moose head, I have to go pick up some KY jelly.
---- Mary Roninette Kowal

We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.
---- Thomas A. Edison

Isn't it interesting that the same people who laugh at science fiction listen to weather forecasts and economists?"
---- Kelvin Throop III

It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it.
---- Arnold Toynbee

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 Wednesday February 08 2006

Semi-Retirement

I’ve decided to take a long break from regular blogging here. I no longer feel motivated to write long quality peices. Looking back at what I’ve written over the last couple of months most of it has been week and I’ve also passed up the opportunity to comment on other blogs or write my own entry inspired by others. I just feel no passion for writing at this time.

The other thing is my wife is due to go into labor with our second child any day and I need to focus my energy there. Additionally, I’ve decided that I’m about as embarrassed as I can be by the state of my Korean skills after being here as long as I have and consequently am going to put forth the bulk of my free time (not much) and energy towards improving my command of the language. I may periodically blog here if something comes to mind, but at this point I can no longer regularly blog and feel that my readers deserve an explanation for the reduced frequency and quality of entries.



Sean. inscribed these words of wisdom on Wednesday Feb 8, 2006 at 04:27 PM
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