Are you entitled to your opinion?

You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.

-- Harlan Ellison

Parkinson's Law

Karl's version of Parkinson's Law: Work expands to exceed the time allotted it.


Parkinson's law is the adage that "work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion". It is sometimes applied to the growth of bureaucracy in an organization.

How many people do the gun safety groups train?

The NRA Trains more than 1 million people in gun safety each year.

Inherit the Earth

Maybe Jesus was right when he said that the meek shall inherit the earth -- but they inherit very small plots, about six feet by three.

                -- Lazarus Long
 

Gun Free Zones

97.8% of all Mass Shootings Occur In Gun- Free Zones - NRA
Source: Crime prevention Research Center

Doing it Right

The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was.

Knowledge vs Wisdom

Knowledge tells us that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom prevents us from putting it into a fruit salad.

-- Miles Kington, British humorist as reported in Heinz Hellin's letter to Smithsonian Sept 2003