I was reflecting upon some bad advice I had just given. Trying to avoid doing that again, I re-read brian_d_foy's excellent brian's Guide to Solving Any Perl Problem. Besides being a great node to reflect upon, I noticed it was the node's birthday - Brian posted it exactly one year ago today

Happy node-day brian's Guide to Solving Any Perl Problem. Join me in giving the node a re-read as a present.