Looking after number one-- The more I work, the more gets done. ...the more I do, the more he asks-- I'll add it to my list of tasks. My list consists of four main parts: With urgent tasks is where it starts-- Important first, and then less so. Below is where non-urgents go. Non-urgent, but...
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I was wondering the other day, why do we put catsup on hot dogs?

A diamond is forever, but a cubic zirconia can be paid off in six months.

How's this for ironic: I just listened to a podcast from Church of the Customer talking with Seth Godin about his book Are all marketers really liars?, and as my MP3 player finished playing it and went to the next track, the first words to come out were, "Hey, shut up. Don't lie to me."...
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Advocates of protecting endangered species often assert that the species may be the source of a discovery or a chemical or something else that saves millions of lives. Well, what if the existance of a species is suppressing the rise or evolution of another species that would be the source of a chemical or something...
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Q: What's the difference between the internet and American Idol? A: On the internet, nobody knows if you're a dog. On American Idol, everybody knows if you're Randy's dawg.

A million monkeys pounding away on a million typewriters would eventually produce an award-worthy screenplay for Jurrasic Park IV. A million monkeys pounding away on a million web terminals would get really bad karma on Slashdot.

A million monkeys pounding away on a million typewriters would run out of paper and ink before producing the entire works of William Shakespeare. A million monkeys pounding away on a million typewriters would die out before producing the entire works of William Shakespeare unless they periodically took time out to reproduce and could be...
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Watching President Bush's news conference right now, I couldn't help but wonder whether it was "live" or whether it is being delayed a few seconds in case he has a wardrobe malfunction, swears at Bin Laden or something.

What do you get when a programmer works at home with a small child? An homage to Slashdot, sung to the tune of the cartoon Caillou: I'm just a karma whore Each day I earn some more Not quite sure what it's for Slashdot So many things to write All day and every night My...
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