Shirl McGaffick

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Carnegie Mellon University


"...driving a car is like going to the movies and riding

a bike is like being in the movie." - Robin Levitt

While you can't pick your family, you can always pick your friends.

Eddie Kieger is someone I'd loved to have known IRL before his accident, someone who is very close to my heart now. I am so proud of all the people who have come to his rescue. Read all about it here: EddieKieger.com.


The Seven Wonders of the World


This says it all...


What's a few drinks hurt anyway?


For those who fought.....

A son spoke to his father, and asked him about the war:

"Did you have friends who fought and died,
who can come home no more?"

"I learned to walk while you were gone; I learned to catch and play,
The other kids, they understood, their dads, too, were away"

"Thank you, Dad, for fighting hard; thanks for being brave,
I wish that I had known you..."

And laid flowers at the grave
- William "Harley Bill" Rouse

Thanks to the Special Vets, and you know who you are... 

"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." ­ Rich Cook.

Don't forget that cybersex does involve the risk of virual infections. And hard-drive failure would hinder satisfaction. -C.Mandera 

The New England Journal of Medicine reports that 9 out of 10 doctors agree that 1 out of 10 doctors are idiots. 

If you live life righteously, deciding WHAT you want is the hardest part. -Me. 

"If a woman is crying, she's not having fun." -Thelma and Louise

Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change. 

"Happy 4th of July! When we celebrate our independence by shooting off our arms with fireworks and driving drunk down our nations highways! Gawd I *LOVE* this country!" - Christine Jewell (RIP Thumper)

A Postal Commission's stamp design, of a atomic bomb mushroom cloud, has been cancelled by President Clinton. No one is acknowledging this continuing streak of violence by postal workers, either. 

Okay, who put the stop payment on my Reality Check?! 

"Meddle not with dragons, for you are crunchy, and good with catsup." 

You have to be crazy to work here, but it doesn't help. 

"Shouldn't the psychic friends be the ones to call *you*?" - DC 101 Radio Station 

"A conclusion is simply the place where you got tired of thinking." 

No woman ever shot a man while he was doing dishes. 

Women who seek to be equal to men lack ambition. 


Some mothers take Prozac, I ride a Honda :) - Susan "Tink" Anderson


Always use a Spell Checker 

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