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Hindsight
       -Guy Kawasaki

One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.
        -Bertrand Russell

Wear sunscreen
       -Mary Schmich

Man was given an imagination to compensate for what he isn't; a sense of humour to console him for what he is.
        - Francis Bacon

Leisure
       -W.H. Davies

Not all those that wander are lost.
       -J.R.R. Tolkein

Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think.
       -Jean de La Bruyère

The average person thinks he isn't.
       -Father Larry Lorenzoni

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
       -Pablo Picasso

Become who you are.
       -Nietzshe

Your future depends on many things, but mostly on you.
       -Frank Tyger

Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
       -Anon









muse


Our workplace has started Yoga classes in an attempt to bribe people into coming in more often. After being cajoled into showing up once to "give it a try" - I've been hooked - and have been reasonably regular for the last six weeks or so. I've realised how inflexible my body is (read : I'm still working on my padmasana) but it's an effective stress buster (read : valiant attempt to stop balding!).

A Scottish colleague visiting us for a month has been a yogi since 1971 (yours truly wasn't even born then:), and has been giving us a complex by deciding to do impromptu headstands (yes, that's right - not handstands) in the midde of a crowded restaurant after a quick few beers. Most of us were having trouble standing on two feet - and he seemed pretty stable perched on his head. I'll wait a while before trying that...
11:44 PM Wednesday, March 10, 2004

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