Programmers are mostly bad writers

I find most general programming books to be agonizing to read now (two exceptions are Herb Sutter and Scott Meyers). That methodical, pedantic personality that fits with being a programmer does not produce good writing. And I get the feeling that every programming book author fears that other programmers are going to descend on him like ravenous crows and pick him apart if he is not 100% correct, even if being that correct makes it unreadable.

Only strangers are cool

The only people who can be cool are people who are far away from you, like movie stars. Once I get to know a person, that coolness mystique wears off, and I see them as a human being, with all their flaws and foibles. There isn't one person I know who I think of as cool (beyond the decent person, easy-to-get-along-with meaning.)

A 3% savings rate doesn't protect against inflation so...

The only good option is to spend immediately on hookers and blow before the money loses more value.

I hate that we fall in love with the body first, and then hope that there's a soul we can fall in love with too.

I wouldn't mind seeing Into the Wild again but then I remember his scream at the end.

Atlas Shrugged Updated for the Financial Crisis

If your impressionable mind was warped by Atlas Shrugged like mine was for a few years, you'll get a laugh out of this.

My favorite song

I find this uplifting somehow, even though the lyrics don't seem that way.

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