On this date in * 1868, French astronomer Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen
discovers helium
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On this date in * 1941, Adolf Hitler, orders a temporary halt to Nazi
Germany's systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and handicapped due to protests
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Bruce quoted:
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
On Mon, 18 Aug 2008, Richard Baker wrote:
Bruce quoted:
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
Richard Baker asked:
Can anyone non-fictional do all of those things adequately well? I
think it's much better to do a few of them very well and rely on
others to do different subsets and trade skills or goods and so
forth. It seems to me that all the people who've done most to
On Mon, 18 Aug 2008, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Richard Baker asked:
pitch manure,
What's that?
Herbivore poop. Great fertilizer!
Julia
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Julia wrote:
On Mon, 18 Aug 2008, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Richard Baker asked:
pitch manure,
What's that?
Herbivore poop. Great fertilizer!
Or shovel sh*t, to be succinct.
Doug
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At 02:02 PM Monday 8/18/2008, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
pitch manure,
What's that?
Required skill for politicians and other bureaucrats.
. . . ronn! :)
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