Scott Adams: In his own words
Every now and then I get an e-mail that makes me feel optimistic about the future of humanity. Last week, a 10-year old sent me a fan letter. I verified his age with his father and got permission to reprint it here. Remember, he’s ten. Dear Mr. Scott Raymond Adams,…
Read MoreHave you tried buying any nice furniture lately? The process works like this. 1. Go to furniture store.2. Pick out a chair3. Learn it will take six months to deliver4. Wait nine months5. Chair is delivered.6. It’s broken7. Return chair8. Discover chair is no longer being produced9. Scream profanities10. Repeat…
Read MoreI always wonder why people do research to discover the obvious. Now researchers have “discovered” that smart people have less intercourse than people of average intelligence. http://www.gnxp.com/blog/2007/04/intercourse-and-intelligence.php One reason the dimwitted get so much action is that they tend to be more attractive than smart people. That’s not a coincidence….
Read MoreOkay, I have enough responses to the previous post asking how many of you would enter the doorway in the fog. Without crunching the numbers of my biased sample, it looks as if 95% of you would pass through the doorway, regardless of gender. But that wasn’t all I was…
Read MoreImagine yourself floating in a foggy environment. You can see only one thing in front of you. It’s an open doorway to somewhere. Without knowing anything else, including where the doorway leads, or what your needs and desires are at the moment, or even why you are in this foggy…
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