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Heinlein said it best: A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

Popular Mechanics - 100 Skills Every Man Should Know (2008)

Never Again

Words and phrases that have well worn out their welcome in the media over the past few weeks:
Any rhetorical combination of the terms "Wall Street" and "Main Street"
"Hockey Mom"
"Maverick"
"Crisis"
"Bail Out"

itching

Me thinks its getting close to time for me to update this old blog's site design. I've been in an internet fugue state for the past six or so hours browsing through various design-y sites initially to seek out wedding-related gift inspiration. When I came to I found myself drooling over the sites at minimalsites.com. We had a big training/info symposium at work and among the talks I attended was one on the use of the grid given by one of the guys that worked on the igougo site re-design. I love grids. They are simplicity and order incarnate and it throws my swimming brain a buoy. So anyway I think I might hunt and peck through these uberminimal sites and assemble all of my favorite bits and pieces into a new layout for this mess I call a blog.