When independent thought fails.. .. steal.

Facing it, always facing it, that's the way to get through. Face it. -Joseph Conrad

How are you going to respond when the Clock-Radio of Challenge emits the Irritating Buzz of Opportunity? Are you going to roll over and hit the Snooze Button of Complacency? Or are you going to wake up and, after performing the Bodily Functions of Preparedness, boldly grasp the Toothbrush of Tomorrow? Dave Barry

I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine. Fritz Perls

I think the mistake a lot of us make is thinking the state-appointed shrink is our friend.

I'm tired of being worried every day. Seems there's detour signs keeping good things away. JUKE BOY BONNER I'm Getting Tired

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment. -Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

It's not denial. I'm just very selective about what I accept as reality. -- Calvin

Large doses of coffee can be lethal. Ten grams, or 100 cups over 4 hours, can kill the average human. [hmm.. there goes my idea of filling the hot tub with coffee.]

Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge. Paul Gauguin (1848 - 1903)

One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.-- Bertrand Russell

Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim - Be patient and tough; some day this pain will be useful to you. (Ovid)

Some things...arrive on their own mysterious hour, on their own terms and not yours, to be seized or relinquished forever. --Gail Godwin

The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts. Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882)

The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind. -Maya Angelou

Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things, which escape those who dream only by night.Edgar Allan Poe

WARNING! Never attempt to directly fax anyone an image of your naked buttocks. Always photocopy your buttocks and fax the photocopy.
Maarburg
Current meatspace coordinates:
N21 18'43.98' W158 01'06.29
Elevation: 12ft
(accurate to within 11ft)