All I wanted was to make the world a better place... and to make an assload of money.
-- Jodene Sparks
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A Totally Redundant Web Log -- Random crapola found on the internets...
Thursday, July 16, 2026
Quote of the Day
Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Quote of the Day
Religion is fundamentally opposed to everything I hold in veneration--courage, clear thinking, honesty, fairness, and, above all, love of the truth.
-- H.L. Mencken
Tuesday, July 14, 2026
Quote of the Day
Ah ha-ha, chess! The ancient contest of wits! Two opponenets: mano a mano. Braino a braino. And look! Magnets for ease of travel! You could play chess on the moon!
-- The Tick
Monday, July 13, 2026
Quote of the Day
Oh my God! Space aliens! Don't eat me, I have a wife and kids! Eat them.
-- Homer J. Simpson
Sunday, July 12, 2026
Quote of the Day
Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.
-- Isaac Asimov
Saturday, July 11, 2026
Friday, July 10, 2026
Quote of the Day
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider godfearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.
-- Aristotle (384-322 BCE), "Politics"
Thursday, July 09, 2026
Quote of the Day
The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being but to remind him that he is already degraded.
-- George Orwell
Wednesday, July 08, 2026
Quote of the Day
Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining.
-- Jeff Raskin (interviewed in Doctor Dobb's Journal)