by ET, the Extra Terrestrial on Wed Apr 01, 2009 7:09 pm
I keep saying that one of these days I'm going to write a song called "The Gravity Blues", in traditional southern blues style. "Dat ol' grabity been draggin me down..."
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"Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens."
("Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.")
-- Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805)
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
-- Philip K Dick
OK, now let's look at four dimensions on the blackboard.
-- Dr. Joy
English isn't much of a language for swearing. When I studied Ancient Greek I was delighted to discover a single word - Rhaphanidosthai - which translates roughly as "Be thou thrust up the fundament with a radish for adultery."