Wheel of Reincarnation: There are very few ideas that have achieved nirvana. -- commentary on recycling ideas for proposals (actually from 2007). Carina: <points to map> Who lives here? Frank: Not too many people, actually; that's Greeland. Carina: <slides finger up on map> What's this? Frank: That white part is part of the polar ice cap. <to Catherine, Carina's mother> Of course, by the time she's grown up, it probably won't exist anymore. Carina: Is that George Bush's fault? -- Yes, the problem of global warming is obvious even to a 4.5 year old (January 2008). "You know, the drunker I get, the funnier you get." -- Marisa finally discovers a way to appreciate Frank's sense of humor (January 2008). "Do you have any sexy tea?" "ALL my tea is sexy." -- apparently Frank and Cilanne got someone else's dialogue, blame the writer's strike (January 2008). "They're their own fathers. That's how inbred they are." -- Etienne on some 'problem' students (February 2008). "So, that's like the 'call-it-from-a-C-program-because-Java-can't-do-it' pattern?" "That's DEFINITELY a pattern..." -- I'm sick of all this pattern fad, and apparently so is Judson (March 2008). He had been jabbing the cut nerve ending with hemostats before he blocked it [with lidocaine] though. Unpleasant. -- Sue describes her trip to the hospital in Mexico (March 2008). > I have some research I am planning to submit but have a few questions. > > Due March 17, 2008, 05:00 UTC. The Universal Time seems to be > relative. Is this U.S. Eastern Daylight Time at midnight? -- Question on paper submission for the DFRWS conference. "Relative"??? That's why it's called UNIVERSAL time! (March 2008). "Your submission has two pages per sheet. We need one page per sheet. DFRWS does not provide magnifying glasses." -- Wietse explains the submission rules for another DFRWS question (March 2008). "Don't get too happy over your streak of one." -- After Mike completes a pass in ultimate frisbee, Bruce gives him a reality check (April 2008). "So if we eliminate the likely and the impossible, we are left only with..." "The improbable." "Precisely." -- Frank and Judson get to the bottom of navigating in DC (April 2008). "The importance of small device forensics cannot be understated." -- A review for a forensic paper; he actually liked it (April 2008). Catherine: "There is a ticklish, naked girl in my bed." (Simultaneously) Frank: "If only I could be so lucky." Catherine: "Sorry about your luck." -- It was bedtime for Catherine's 4 year old daughter, Carina, when I called. Who can pass up a good straight line (May 2008)? "I'm going to createa new standard, XFU." "Virtual machines are becoming the new XML." -- a co-worker dislikes XML as much as or more than I do (July 2008). "And we could do a training course at Purdue." "You always DID want to go to Purdue." -- Without missing a beat, Julie reminds Frank about a mistake he made in a grad school application to Ohio State 19 years ago. Yes, it was a cut and paste error in the final sentence that said to the OSU people that these were the reasons why I wanted to go to Purdue. Arrrrrgggg! (August 2008) Stephanie: "Frank's giving me a plane ride tomorrow." Michael: "Oh, cool. Where are you going?" Frank: <pause, nonplussed, looks around> "Up." -- Well, the answer made sense to me (October 2008). "Basically, some of that fills a social lubricant function (which sounds skankier than it is)." -- Lisa explains to me why a good host will stock tea (October 2008). The simple pleasures. On Saturday we all slept late, walked up the hill to ABC for brunch, and walked home down the Cascadilla Gorge trail. Slow and pokey. So nice. Then a wasp stung me in the neck. On Sunday, we found that a mouse had nested in our seldom-used oven. That took up the rest of the day. We murdered it by evening. Nature... it's all a matter of getting enough of it, but not too much. -- The Wisdom of Timothy (October 2008). As you know, buying Girl Scout cookies helps to support Girl Scout activities, such as selling Girl Scout cookies. -- A co-worker puts in a plug for his daughter (October 2008). There once was a boy named Buck Who had a mightly Huck, It came to pass, During pickup up at Cass, That his forehand was D'ed by a duck. -- Frank posts a limrick to the ultimate frisbee mailing list to motivate people to get out and play (October 2008). An ultimate player once threw, An inside-out pass to a Jew, Wearing his sparkly tights, It was a blinding sight(s), Did he catch it or not, who knew? -- A private follow-up limrick based on Diane's request for a limrick involving a Jewish reference and sparkly tights (October 2008). "[Let's play a] Game to 3 [points]." "We're already playing one, the score is 1 to 1." "Then how about a game to 4." "OK." -- Mike Cortez negotiates the end of a pickup game--it's all in the presentation (October 2008). > I'm also particularly bad with introducing people. Especially when there > are people coming and going and I don't know everyone there. Yes, it's chaotic and hard to keep up with... and I'm always afraid in those situations that I'll start to introduce people and then I'll get to someone whose name doesn't pop into my mind immediately, and then they'll think I don't like them and stop reading my blog and the drop in Google ad revenue will prevent Clara from going to college and then she'll hang around getting drunk and stoned and eventually kill me for my swivel chair. -- Timothy explains his social etiquette fears to Frank in email (November 2008). "She's hogging the deck!" -- Stephanie complains about the size of Marisa's hand while playing UNO (November 2008). "I wish you not-Frank dreams tonight." -- Is that a blessing or a curse? (December 2008). > I dropped my car off today. $2000 for a dented door!?! Yow. Maybe its made of carbon fiber, or a mimetic poly-alloy (probably not, it would have recovered from the dent, then killed you). -- Steve suggests an explanation to Frank for the high cost of car repair (December 2008). "I can play for two more points." "Two more sexy points." "OK, two more sexy points. And by sexy points, I assume you mean between the legs." -- Ruth interprets Frank's words during snow ultimate. To be honest, I had no clue what I meant but that was a pretty good interpretation (December 2008).