Abby Normal Perspectives
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.    - Albert Einstein
re: The dangers of religious fervor in politics, Blumner, 3/23/06

I am truly saddened that some of the editorial members of the St Pete Times have embraced and are perpetuating discrimination.
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Posted by Con10tious at 2/20/2007 7:50 AM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
Night Before Christmas, Legal Version

Whereas, on or about the night prior to Christmas, there did occur at a certain improved piece of real property (hereinafter “the House”) a general lack of stirring by all creatures therein, including, but not limited to a mouse.
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Posted by Con10tious at 2/19/2007 1:46 PM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
Abbot & Costello's "Who's on First?" reworded for computers ...

If Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were alive today their infamous sketch "Who's on First?" adapted to computers might have turned out something like this.
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Posted by Con10tious at 2/19/2007 10:46 AM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
How Shit Happens

Premised on the old kids game of "Telephone."

In the beginning was the Plan and then came the Assumption.
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Posted by Con10tious at 2/19/2007 10:25 AM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
re: White House delivers surge in lies, hypocrisy, Maxwell, 2/18/07


I could perhaps believe Mr. Maxwell’s views if I thought he was singularly concerned with savings lives. There is no doubt that a complete withdrawal of troops from Iraq would save American lives in the short term ...
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Posted by Con10tious at 2/18/2007 9:52 AM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
re: God help us when faith silences reason, Blumner, 1/7/2007

I don’t know exactly what a human zygote is in the hierarchy of human life and I can’t say with any certainty when a soul comes into being but I do think we should be more tolerant and accepting of other people's views.
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Posted by Con10tious at 2/16/2007 3:37 PM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
The Twelve Days of Christmas, A Software Developers' Version.

1. For the first bug of Christmas, my manager said to me:
See if they can do it again.
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Posted by Con10tious at 2/16/2007 3:22 PM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
Abby Someone, Abby Normal

So where did the name AbbyNrml come from any way ...
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Posted by Con10tious at 2/16/2007 3:12 PM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
Giuliani - 100s, Clinton - ZERO

I couldn't find mention of it on-line, but Dennis Miller recently asked Bill O'Reilly if it was true that he or his staff researched how many 9/11 Memorials Rudy Giuliani and the junior Senator from New York attended.
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Posted by Con10tious at 2/16/2007 8:50 AM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)
Re: Bush's plan leaves out the workers, Blumner, St Pete Times, 9/25/2005

Ms. Blumner’s recent comments about President Bush’s plans to rebuild in the wake of hurricane Katrina immediately made me recall Dan Ackroyd’s opening comment to Jane Curtain during their heyday Saturday Night Live news casts, "Jane you ignorant …".
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Posted by Con10tious at 2/16/2007 8:34 AM | View Comments (0) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (0)