"Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for - in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it." ~Ellen Goodman

"The problem with humor is everyone has a different sense of it." ~Dan Short

"I think we should write Amazon and encourage them to have an 'exposure day' once a year. That day they lift the veil and everyone gets to see who bashed you. Heck I think they'd get a ton of traffic and probably even sell a few books, the papers would report on it. Of course there'd be a brief peak in the homicide [and] suicide rates shortly afterwards, but whatever. Its all in good fun." ~Christine Conners Author of: From High Heels To Bunny Slippers: Surviving The Transition From Career To Home (Coming Soon!) Lost! Is Your Child Prepared? Lipsmackin' Vegetarian Backpackin' Lipsmackin' Backpackin': Lightweight Trail-tested Recipes for Backcountry Trips

As an author myself, having had at least one totally bogus review that was probably made by a competitor, I think the idea of 'exposure day' is great.

I've never met Christine, having only communicated with her via email. I'd bet that her books are just as humorous and fun to read as her emails are.

Old age and treachery wins out over youth and exuberance every time. ~Lawrence Cramer

"This is where most people fail in my opinion...they believe that by purchasing a boxed solution they will not have to learn how to do basic programming! That is they believe this until they actually have the boxed solution installed than find out that everything from their own ISP's configurations to cross browser problems has an effect on their 100% plug and pray solution."~Redmanz

Whoever decided to call it a funny bone had a very sick sense of humor... ~Angela

The only really good thing to come of politics is comedy. ~Angela

"Yes, I'm sure I want to delete that. If I didn't want to delete it, I wouldn't have dragged it into the Recycle bin. How come you can delete things without telling me, but if I try, noooh, you have to nag me with that stupid question." ~Linda Rathgeber

I hate being commanded to "sit back and enjoy" only later being required to "use the interactive menu" to navigate the site. ~BigHead

I've decided to add a category for "Deep Thoughts" in addition to the category for Quotes. If you're familiar with "Deep Thoughts, by Jack Handey" from Saturday Night Live, the things said in this section will (hopefully) have a similar appeal. :-)

"Never judge a page until you've scrolled to the bottom." ~Dan Short

"many technotes + many beers = book" ~Tom Muck

"Technote+Beer = solution" ~Dan Short

"Authors don't have lives...." ~Dan Short

Quiet confidence is more powerful than loud boasting. ~Dan Short

"If stupidity were a crime, your ass would be serving life." ~The Practice

If you haven't noticed yet, I've added a Quotes category to the blog. This is where I'll post things that I've thought that seem quotable, or things friends say to me. (All posts appear unless you use the Blog Categories filters.) Most likely I won't give context to the quote, so it's probably not worth asking me. :-) Don't worry, I won't quote you without permission...

Lying to a lawyer is like lying to a priest, but cheaper in the long run. ~Dan Short

What if frogs fall from the sky? ~Dan Short

"Roller coasters are fun, so long as they're not emotional." ~Angela

"The past of one person is a poor predictor of the future of another."~Dan Short