Random Quotes

"Baloney is flattery laid on so thick it cannot be true, and blarney is flattery so thin we love it." --Ven. Fulton Sheen

"The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid." -- G. K. Chesterton, author

"Punctuality is the virtue of the bored." -- Evelyn Waugh, author

“Every once in a while you just have to decide to do something very crazy and very right--just to dare yourself to live. I don't mean doing something stupid and destructive--just something fun and good and beautiful.”  -- Regina Doman, author

The Idea Emerges, a LS 502 post

"Madness does not come by breaking out, but by giving in; by settling down in some dirty, little, self-repeating circle of ideas; by being tamed."
--G.K. Chesterton, Manalive

I have mentioned I'm a little freak out over my Research Methods class? I've done research before for my undergraduate degree, but I can't help but feel that I'm a little out of my depth.

But the Muse has struck!

As I was weeding a collection in the branch library I worked before my transfer, I found a book on Windows 3.1, complete with floppy disks. Now, when I say floppy disks, I mean floppy disks.

For your viewing pleasure:

Note: Advance claim no longer valid.

It struck me that there are people who probably never seen an actual floppy disk in there life. I remember explaining a floppy disk to a friend of mine who is only a few years younger than me and she gave me a confused look. So the thought in my mind is if there are no machines that can read these storage device how can we recover the information that is on there. The door is now locked, never to be open because we have lost the key.

So, with this class I want to look into how do archives make sure that the information, like recordings of oral history, that is saved on computers is not lost because of changes in technology.

I refused to be tamed!!

Random Quotes

Hearing nuns' confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn.”
― Fulton J. Sheen

"There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds."
― Gilbert K. Chesterton

"There's an old saying about those who forget history. I don't remember it, but it's good."
― Stephen Colbert

Random Quotes

"I've been married to a dental hygienist for years and if you think I haven't heard "Use the Floss" you'd be mistaken."
-- Mark Hamill

"The simplification of anything is always sensational."
-- G.K. Chesterton

"That’s the real trouble with the world. Too many people grow up.”
--Walt Disney

"We cannot like everyone, but we can love everyone."
--Venerable Fulton Sheen

Random Fun Quotes, Again

"The big print giveth, and the fine print taketh away. " - Venerable Fulton Sheen

"A pen is to me as a beak is to a hen." - J.R.R. Tolkien

"Misers get up early in the morning; and burglars, I am informed, get up the night before." -G.K. Chesterton

"It's kind of fun to do the impossible." -Walt Disney

An Unusual Combination that Just Works

As a big time fan of G K Chesterton and Benedict XVI, I very much so geek out over this.

I now wish they would translate the book into English so I can Catholic Geek out even more.

Random Fun Quotes

"A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition."
--G. K. Chesterton

"Fun is good."
-- Dr. Seuss

"I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun."
-- Katharine Hepburn

Gilbert

I love GK Chesterton!!
And here's a little comic from the Gilbert Magazine that I want to share!!!

First Strip
1. Wally: You must be Gilbert. I'd turn to face you, but I'm psychologically tethered to my computer monitor.
2. Wally: To turn away even for an instant would shake the foundations of my world.
(Gilbert pulls out a gas canteen)
3. Wally: The new guy set fire to my cubicle.
Dilbert: Join me. Tether yourself to the water cooler.

Second Strip
1. Pointy-Haired Boss: Gilbert, I have to ask you not to drink frothy ale or stout in your cubicle.
2. Pointy-Haired Boss: Also, I -- Great Scott!! Are those distributists!?! They can't be in here.
3. Pointy-Haired Boss: Is- Is this un-pasteurized milk?
Wally: Someone replaced my microwaveable hot pockets with this fresh home-made bread.

Third Strip
1. Pointy-Haired Boss: Gilbert, I'm afraid we're going to terminate your employment here.
2. Pointy-Haired Boss: Your faith, your economic ideas, and belief in common sense – It threatens our bureaucracy.
Wally: See if we can keep the goat.
3. Pointy-Haired Boss (with GK's legendary foe G.B. Shaw): I think Mr. Shaw here will be a much better -er, "fit".
Gilbert: !!