Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

"There is no consistent morality in the law. Thou shalt not kill -- unless thou art a soldier, in which case, kill away. Honor thy father and thy mother - - unless they are Arab people taking lessons at flight school, in which case turn the traitors in. Thou shalt not steal, unless thou art rich, in which case just try not to be obvious about it. If thou art poor, thou wilt rot in jail, thou dastard." -- Jon Carroll on SFGate.com

I now have enough quotes in my automatic-quote-of-the-day file to get through the end of Pennsic.

The house is much less hot than outdoors, but it's still too hot to spend very long on any one thing, except in the bedroom with the Mac in it, and the front third-floor room which has no furniture in it. I'm trying to convince myself that it's worth the time and effort (and that I have the energy) to shuffle furniture and computers around this afternoon in hopes of being more productive afterwards. But I'd probably feel the need to crash after doing that, instead.

A joke I stumbled across on alt.med.fibromyalgia:

A young man was visiting his brother and sister-in-law for Sunday dinner. As he arrived at their house he found his young nephew, Mikey, helping them bake some cupcakes.

After they were done, his sister-in-law allowed Mikey to put the icing on. When the boy had finished, he brought them to the table.

"The cupcakes look delicious, Mike." his uncle said. He took a bite and said, "Mikey these are so good."

As he finished the cupcake and took another, he again complimented his little nephew. "The cupcakes look beautiful, Mikey," his uncle said. "How did you get the icing so neat?"

His nephew replied, "It was easy. I just licked them."

The uncle turned pale. He pointed to the plate of cupcakes. "You licked all of these?"

Mikey replied, "Well no. After a while my tongue got tired, and I got the dog to help."