Quote of the Day.

Every time I sur­ren­der, even nec­es­sar­ily, to author­ity which dis­re­gard­ingly or con­temp­tu­ously vio­lates me, so I vio­late myself. Every time I break an unnec­es­sary law, doing so for my own joy and to the detri­ment of no other human being, so I regain myself, and become strong in the parts of me that the secu­rity man can never see.

– William T. Voll­mann, Rid­ing Toward Everywhere

[Will Wilkin­son]

This quote was enough to make me flag the book in my Ama­zon “wish list” for pur­chase when the price comes down to a more rea­son­able level.

Peo­ple don’t like to be med­dled with. We tell them what to do, what to think, don’t run, don’t walk. We’re in their homes and in their heads and we haven’t the right. We’re meddlesome.

River Tam

Argu­ing with anony­mous strangers on the Inter­net is a sucker’s game because they almost always turn out to be–or to be indis­tin­guish­able from–self-righteous sixteen-year-olds pos­sess­ing infi­nite amounts of free time.

Neal Stephen­son, “Cryptonomicon”

Every­one who walks into my life brings hap­pi­ness; some com­ing in and some going out.

Natasha Bishop

The most dan­ger­ous man, to any gov­ern­ment, is the man who is able to think things out for him­self, with­out regard to the pre­vail­ing super­sti­tions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the con­clu­sion that the gov­ern­ment he lives under is dis­hon­est, insane and intol­er­a­ble, and so, if he is roman­tic, he tries to change it.

H.L. Mencken

Those who live by the sword tend to get shot by those who don’t.

Unknown Ori­gin

Today is Elec­tion Day, and we urge all cit­i­zens to vote no with the weapon of their choice.

Lead­ing Edge Games

Any girl can be glam­orous, all you have to do is stand still and look stupid.

Hedy Lamarr