Quote of the Day: Kindness

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” Socrates Daily, we get wrapped up in fighting our own personal battles. We easily forget that people are the same as us, and have their personal battles too. We love their kind thoughts toward us when we share our battles with them. We doContinue reading “Quote of the Day: Kindness”

Joke of the Day: Windows

Why are the front of Apple Stores all windows? I spent 25 minutes waving to an old woman this morning… Then I realised she was cleaning her windows! My window cleaner passed away recently. Just made contact with him again using a squeegee board… Since the snow came all my wife has done is lookContinue reading “Joke of the Day: Windows”

Quote of the Day: Tired

“When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago.” Friedrich Nietzsche Which one of us does not know, or has not experienced this feeling? Battles of old, doubts, personal recriminations, and replays of things that never happened. At these times we need to perform a “stock take” of our lives asContinue reading “Quote of the Day: Tired”

Joke of the Day: Pigs

If a pig loses its voice, does it become disgruntled? With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. Police raided Kermit’s lily pad and found 100s of nude pictures of Miss Piggy. They said it was the worst case of frogs porn ever seen. A local farmer has trained his pigs to perform ballet. I’m goingContinue reading “Joke of the Day: Pigs”

Quote of the Day: Opinion

“Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.” Bertrand Russell Bertrand Russell is perhaps my favourite of the “modern-day” philosophers as he made philosophy available to a wide audience through his books, lectures, and broadcasts. This quote will surely resonate with all the scientists, academics, inventors, andContinue reading “Quote of the Day: Opinion”

Joke of the Day: Science

Me: “Excuse me, are these ‘genetically modified’ carrots?” Grocer: “No, why do you ask?” Carrot: “Yeah, why do you ask?”. I collected a lot of data trying to disprove observation bias. The results were exactly as I expected. Why was the chemist arrested? He threw sodium chloride at his girlfriend. That’s a salt. Last nightContinue reading “Joke of the Day: Science”

Quote of the Day: Trust

“Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.” Benjamin Spock Dr. Spock was an American pediatrician whose book “The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care” sold more than 50 million copies in 42 languages. The book title gives a clue to the message in the quote, which is common sense. MostContinue reading “Quote of the Day: Trust”