Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
Monday, December 31, 2007
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Insight
celebrate the arrival of 1630 and had spent weeks preparing. She had
invited all the local jet setters.
Moments before the guests started to arrive she instructed Descartes
that the pastries on the table to the side were not to be eaten until
after midnight to make sure there was enough food to keep the guests
from leaving too soon. To make sure, she tasked Rene with the job of
guarding them until an hour or so after midnight at which time she would
invite the guests to help themselves. Though deep in thought, he agreed
to mind the table.
As the party got into full swing, Descartes found himself in an
absorbing philosophical discussion with Vandyke over why Titian removed
a church from the Venetian background in one of his paintings. To hear
each other better, the two wandered away from the crowd, in the
direction of the forbidden baked goods.
Without Descartes noticing, Vandyke starting munching thoughtfully on a
pastry. Suddenly Descartes snapped out of his thoughts and realised what
Vandyke was doing. His reaction surprised Vandyke who figured that
Descartes surely must have just thought of something of great
significance. Discretely, Descartes wrote a message on a napkin and
handed it to Vandyke so as not to attract his wife's attention. However,
just at that moment they were interrupted, which meant Vandyke could
only stuff the napkin into his pocket for later.
The next morning he removed the napkin to see what profundity his friend
had bequeathed him and, sure enough, there scrawled in Descartes hand
was an expression of timeless insight, "I think they're for 1 am."
Friday, December 21, 2007
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
The AFLAC Scam
While the three younger ones, all appearing sweet and innocent, divert their "mark" (or intended target) with a show of friendliness, the fourth -- the eldest -- sneaks in from behind the person's back to expertly rifle through his or her pockets and purses or bags for any valuables being carried.
The picture below shows the gang in operation.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
The Argument
Defence Lawyer: "Objection. That question should be taken out and shot."

















