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Category Archives: Humor
A Six Year Old’s Comments on a Cemetery
While I was walking with my son we happened upon a cemetery. I explained that when people die, they are buried under the ground. He wanted to know who was buried under each of several headstones, and I read the … Continue reading
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Space Cockroaches
From Physorg.com: http://www.physorg.com/news130073558.html Russian space scientists announced on Thursday a new breakthrough in a long pedigree of firsts: the birth of 30 grandchildren of a “space cockroach” who spent 12 days in orbit. In the words of Kent Brockman: “I, … Continue reading
Quantum Locked Kids
Our whole family really enjoyed the Dr. Who episode “Blink,” especially my son. He now spends his time drawing Tardises and asking questions about time travel and angels. One of the key ideas of the episode was a defense mechanism … Continue reading
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Who Wants to be a Necromancer? Episode V
The final two contestants sat nervously in the cave, awaiting the appearance of Stee Mer in the crystal ball. Finally, in a luminous swirl of green and blue he appeared. “Hello, true deceivers,” he said. “Today’s challenge is to create … Continue reading
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Who Wants to be a Necromancer? Episode IV
The great necromancer contestants were hanging out in the lair, bad-mouthing each other and eating bat rinds, when Stee Mer appeared in the crystal ball to give them a new assignment: Raise two famous lovers from the dead and reunite … Continue reading
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Who Wants to be a Necromancer? Episode III
Our contests were sitting in the wizard cave, slurping down some spicy toad stew when the great crystal ball sprang to life. The ghostly image of Stee Mer materialized in its depths to give contestants their second challenge: summon the … Continue reading
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Who Wants to be a Necromancer? Episode II
The first challenge to our contestants was to raise a zombie chicken. Bill of the dead raised a headless, featherless bird covered in a mint-almond sauce. Clearly his chef talents were showing. It proceeded to run around and stuff bread … Continue reading
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Who Wants to be a Necromancer?
In this televised competition (DFC – Dark Fantasy Channel) five contestants have been chosen. Each of them wants to be declared a “Lord of the Dead.” Each week, one will be eliminated until one of them earns the title. Bill … Continue reading
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Coding Conventions
It is important to follow standard naming conventions when writing code. It increases clarity and readability. Thus, in the "Elements of Java Style," we are told to capitolize class names but not function names, etc. A recent elaboration on this … Continue reading
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