I have a file of one-liners on my system that I have "collected" over the years. The file is used to update my email templates once an hour, with a perlscript of course.

As I browse through it I see that the entries can be divided into mainly two groups, puns/jokes and deeper thoughts.

Some excerpts:

Puns

• Smith & Wesson: The original Point-and-Click interface.
• Radioactive cats have 18 half-lives.
• OK, so what’s the speed of dark?
• Recursive, adj.; see Recursive
• Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy.

Thoughts

• Truth is not defined by majority vote.
• Learn concepts, not methods - a good mind devises its own methods.
• Its better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
• Integrity is doing the right thing, even if nobody is watching.
• It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.
• You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them. -- Malcolm Forbes

I'm happy to say that I see both of these two sides of reality reflected in the monastary, which might be why I enjoy it so much.

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