The object isn’t to be perfect. The goal isn’t to hold back until you’ve created something beyond reproach. I believe the opposite is true. Our birthright is to fail and to fail often, but to fail in search of something bigger than we can imagine. To do anything else is to waste it all.

Seth Godin

Some day I am going to be very wealthy.

Charles Guiteau was an interesting character. Born September 8, 1841, he assassinated President Garfield on July 2, 1881. He was hanged on June 30, 1882 after a lengthy and thoroughly entertaining trial.

This information comes, of course, from wikipedia, but it’s all about the Kate Beaton comic I read just this morning.

You should read the wikipedia article about Charles Guiteau, it’s quite interesting. Plus it contains the phrase, “he was blissfully oblivious to the American public’s outrage and hatred of him.”

I like the way wikipedia articles are written with a sense of humour. I really do.

As per this comic.

Leave a comment if you get it.

Update! Or if you’re actually a real person who reads this site :)

Who’s seen this in emails?

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Yes, that’s right I’m talking about aborted ellipses. Also this:

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Is this a super ellipsis, or a normal one with an aborted one attached?

Hey, important question..who’s seen the stapler?

What did you mean to do? Did you end that first sentence twice, or did you insert a dramatic pause after drawing our attention to the gravity of office stationery? Let’s get it together people.

In unrelated news, I am eating a bacon sandwich, and yesterday was a good day.

It’s funny, really — as a culture, we show our love and affection for others by giving flowers. I’m thinking about this because there is a bunch of lilies and fresias in the office (office romance) and their heady aroma is filling the office and the corridor outside the office. So too is their pollen. But no matter.

They’re gorgeous flowers, but being a biology graduate I can’t escape their function. Why is it that we present the severed reproductive organs of another species to each other to convey the message, “I love you”?

Update!

My friend Dave just brought this to my attention. It’s from 1 Samuel 18:25-27 (NIV):

Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king wants no other price for the bride than a hundred Philistine foreskins, to take revenge on his enemies.’ ” Saul’s plan was to have David fall by the hands of the Philistines.

When the attendants told David these things, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. So before the allotted time elapsed, David and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented the full number to the king so that he might become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave him his daughter Michal in marriage.

Thanks Dave!