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— Aphorism —
These are tidbits of wisdom, sometimes serious, sometimes humorous,
and sometimes both; but always intended to examine an unconventional
point of view.
Title: The Glass
Author: David Wilhite
Category: Aphorism Article: aphorism/011-TheGlass
Posted Date: 6-Mar-2007 Created Date: 6-Mar-2007
David's Comments: Resourcefulness transcends pessimism and optimism.
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Author: David Wilhite
Category: Aphorism Article: aphorism/011-TheGlass
Posted Date: 6-Mar-2007 Created Date: 6-Mar-2007
David's Comments: Resourcefulness transcends pessimism and optimism.
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The glass is neither half empty nor half full;
it is completely full, half with water, half with air.
it is completely full, half with water, half with air.
Title: Nice Guys
Author: David Wilhite
Category: Aphorism Article: aphorism/010-NiceGuys
Posted Date: 9-Jan-2007 Created Date: 9-Jan-2007
David's Comments: It's why your mother told you to find a nice guy to marry.
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Author: David Wilhite
Category: Aphorism Article: aphorism/010-NiceGuys
Posted Date: 9-Jan-2007 Created Date: 9-Jan-2007
David's Comments: It's why your mother told you to find a nice guy to marry.
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Nice guys finish last ... and they cuddle afterward, too.
Title: Hoping To Be A Victim
Author: David Wilhite
Category: Aphorism Article: aphorism/009-HopingToBeAVictim
Posted Date: 16-Aug-2006 Created Date: 16-Aug-2006
David's Comments: May the Good Fairy sprinkle star dust on your lottery ticket.
Reader Comments: none
Author: David Wilhite
Category: Aphorism Article: aphorism/009-HopingToBeAVictim
Posted Date: 16-Aug-2006 Created Date: 16-Aug-2006
David's Comments: May the Good Fairy sprinkle star dust on your lottery ticket.
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I'm hoping to be a victim in the War On Poverty.
Title: A Lie
Author: Mark Twain
Category: Aphorism Article: aphorism/008-ALie
Posted Date: 16-Aug-2006 Created Date: 1835-1910
David's Comments: Did you know that Samuel Clemens was born in Florida and Missouri?
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Author: Mark Twain
Category: Aphorism Article: aphorism/008-ALie
Posted Date: 16-Aug-2006 Created Date: 1835-1910
David's Comments: Did you know that Samuel Clemens was born in Florida and Missouri?
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A lie can travel half way around the world
while the truth is putting on its shoes.
Title: It Is Better To Give
Author: David Wilhite
Category: Aphorism Article: aphorism/007-BetterToGive
Posted Date: 28-Jul-2006 Created Date: 28-Jul-2006
David's Comments: It's nice to see an old adage demonstrated so clearly.
Reader Comments: none
Author: David Wilhite
Category: Aphorism Article: aphorism/007-BetterToGive
Posted Date: 28-Jul-2006 Created Date: 28-Jul-2006
David's Comments: It's nice to see an old adage demonstrated so clearly.
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You've heard it a buhzillion times: "It's better to give than to receive." But few times in my life have I had it demonstrated as clearly as today ...
I was driving for six hours today. Drivers were being about as considerate as they typically are — in other words, not at all. Somewhere in the vicinity of Greenville, I got into the spirit of things, and cut off another driver. As a result, I had the ultimate driver's gift bestowed on me. I received the finger. That's when I realized that receiving is not all that grand a thing.
Later in the day, out on I-26, a driver cut me off. As I contemplated how to respond, I thought of my experience earlier in the day, and realized that verily it is better to give than to receive.
Title: Geekisms
Author: various unknown
Category: Aphorism Article: aphorism/006-Geekisms
Posted Date: 13-Jul-2006 Created Date: various unknown
David's Comments: A shout out to my peeps, all the geeks in the hazizouse!
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Author: various unknown
Category: Aphorism Article: aphorism/006-Geekisms
Posted Date: 13-Jul-2006 Created Date: various unknown
David's Comments: A shout out to my peeps, all the geeks in the hazizouse!
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This collection of wisdom is for all the science geeks out there.
If you don't understand some of these, don't worry, you're just not geeky
enough yet. Keep trying! Maybe buy yourself a pocket protector.
Then start wearing khaki slacks and sneakers, and it will all fall into place.
A chicken is an egg's way of producing more eggs.
Heisenburg may have slept here.
Blame Saint Andreas - it's all his fault.
The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard.
Mobius strippers never show you their back side.
On a clear disk you can seek forever.
Programming Department: Mistakes made while you wait.
Entropy isn't what it used to be.
Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive insane.
Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once.
It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so
ingenious.
Don’t try to argue with idiots: they’ll just drag you down to their
level and beat you with their expertise.
Title: Meekness Revisited
Author: various unknown
Category: Aphorism Article: aphorism/005-MeeknessRevisited
Posted Date: 05-Jul-2006 Created Date: 05-Jul-2006
David's Comments: There's something about quiet people that can give a person reason to pause. Maybe it has something to do with all those incidents in the US Postal Service. Or all those times the eye witness on the news says, "He was always such a quiet person." I'm fairly demure myself. But I don't own a gun.
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Author: various unknown
Category: Aphorism Article: aphorism/005-MeeknessRevisited
Posted Date: 05-Jul-2006 Created Date: 05-Jul-2006
David's Comments: There's something about quiet people that can give a person reason to pause. Maybe it has something to do with all those incidents in the US Postal Service. Or all those times the eye witness on the news says, "He was always such a quiet person." I'm fairly demure myself. But I don't own a gun.
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From my collection of adages gathered from various sources over the years,
here are a few devoted to those of impaired audacity ...
Meekness: the art of maintaining uncommon patience while planning a
worthwhile revenge.
I could reach my full potential, but I think that would seriously cut into
my sitting-around time.
Live in the safety of your own delusions.
If everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane!
Laugh, and the world thinks you're an idiot.
A closed mouth gathers no feet.
There are two kinds of people in the world:
those who are against me,
and those who are me.
those who are against me,
and those who are me.
My own personal observation:
In every lifetime, each of us is asked at least once to kick self in groin for sake of higher cause. But only the Truly Meek are willing to do it pro bono and to respond with a cheerful "you're welcome" at the conclusion of the act.
In every lifetime, each of us is asked at least once to kick self in groin for sake of higher cause. But only the Truly Meek are willing to do it pro bono and to respond with a cheerful "you're welcome" at the conclusion of the act.
Title: What Goes Up
Author: David Wilhite
Category: Aphorism Article: aphorism/004-WhatGoesUp
Posted Date: 04-Jul-2006 Created Date: 04-Jul-2006
David's Comments: Someone is waiting just for you. / Spinning wheel spinning true. / Drop all your troubles by the riverside. / Catch a painted pony on the spinning wheel ride.
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Author: David Wilhite
Category: Aphorism Article: aphorism/004-WhatGoesUp
Posted Date: 04-Jul-2006 Created Date: 04-Jul-2006
David's Comments: Someone is waiting just for you. / Spinning wheel spinning true. / Drop all your troubles by the riverside. / Catch a painted pony on the spinning wheel ride.
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I've often heard the old adage,
"What goes up must come down."
"What goes up must come down."
It's plain to see how that applies to most things,
with obvious exceptions like age, body weight,
and space vehicles traveling at escape velocities.
So that's a useful rule of thumb that I keep in mind.
with obvious exceptions like age, body weight,
and space vehicles traveling at escape velocities.
So that's a useful rule of thumb that I keep in mind.
But as I have been an unwitting host to recent
and numerous demonstrations of the validity of that old adage,
I find that I am now far more interested in knowing
whether those things that come down are ever likely to go back up.
and numerous demonstrations of the validity of that old adage,
I find that I am now far more interested in knowing
whether those things that come down are ever likely to go back up.
Title: Meekness Is ...
Author: unknown
Category: Aphorism Article: aphorism/003-MeeknessIs
Posted Date: 26-May-2006 Created Date: unknown
David's Comments: how they will inherit the earth
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Author: unknown
Category: Aphorism Article: aphorism/003-MeeknessIs
Posted Date: 26-May-2006 Created Date: unknown
David's Comments: how they will inherit the earth
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Meekness: the art of maintaining uncommon patience while planning a
worthwhile revenge.
Title: In the mirror, I used to see ...
Author: David Wilhite
Category: Aphorism Article: aphorism/002-InTheMirrorIUsedToSee
Posted Date: 22-May-2006 Created Date: 22-May-2006
David's Comments: Depression is the potting soil of cynicism.
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Author: David Wilhite
Category: Aphorism Article: aphorism/002-InTheMirrorIUsedToSee
Posted Date: 22-May-2006 Created Date: 22-May-2006
David's Comments: Depression is the potting soil of cynicism.
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In the mirror, I used to see a star player hitting home runs out of the park.
Now I just see a disgruntled coach kicking sand on Umpire's shoes.
Now I just see a disgruntled coach kicking sand on Umpire's shoes.
Title: People who have what they want ...
Author: Ogden Nash
Category: Aphorism Article: aphorism/001-PeopleWhoHaveWhatTheyWant
Posted Date: 21-May-2006 Created Date: 1902-1971
David's Comments: Obviously this applies to money, but I have seen lately that it apples to many other things as well.
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Author: Ogden Nash
Category: Aphorism Article: aphorism/001-PeopleWhoHaveWhatTheyWant
Posted Date: 21-May-2006 Created Date: 1902-1971
David's Comments: Obviously this applies to money, but I have seen lately that it apples to many other things as well.
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People who have what they want
are fond of telling people who haven't what they want
that they really don't want it.
are fond of telling people who haven't what they want
that they really don't want it.
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