My doctor asked me if I would like to have a government employee decide
my health issues. I said “No. I would rather have a retired nurse tell
you my private insurance company won’t pay for a procedure you believe I
must have.”

That shut him up.
[http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=105772230893&id=86973394415&ref=nf]

I have a few more functions like this I could come up with.

if laundry_is_overflowing {
empty_it_into_basket();
take_clothes_to_washing_machine();
run_washing_machine(clothes);
}

if finished_with_book {
shelve(book);
}

if only the processing units involved were as easily directed . . .

[I]f you set out to raise children, that’s exactly what you end up with — children in adult bodies, with the judgment and mental capacity of elementary-school kids. The goal should be to raise functional adults who will be capable of taking care of themselves when you’re no longer available to do it for them.

[From Making Light: Litchfield means "Graveyard"]

Maybe this is what Warhol meant when he said “Since people are going to be living longer and getting older, they’ll just have to learn how to be babies longer.”

I JUST HEARD THAT OBAMA IS GOING TO IMPOSE A 40% TAX ON ASPIRIN BECAUSE IT’S WHITE AND IT WORKS.

[From gopgreenhouse aspirin - Twitter Search]

When the day comes that Kodak has to open a ranch to get enough gelatin to make film, I’ll stop using it.

[From Monday on a Saturday on Flickr - Photo Sharing!]

One of my Flickr contacts was accepted into the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition Exhibition at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.

“I should remain humble and say that being accepted is all I could hope for, but please may I have the $25,000 prize and commission from the National Portrait Gallery?”

Fingers crossed on this one . . . .

Those that believe that they did not evolve from lesser primates probably haven’t, yet.

[From South Carolina GOPer Apologizes For Calling Michelle Obama A Gorilla -- And Says She Started It | TPMDC]