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One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
-- Elbert Hubbard
-- Elbert Hubbard
November 16th, 2001
Joe posted this, mentioning a possible link between geeky and autistic. The article he references suggests, among other things, that geeks are reproducing more these days.
Odd. In my circle of friends, geek genes cause childlessness. Oh, it's not 100%... but it's quite a correlation. Many of my geekish or even just really brainy friends are people who would prefer not to raise a family.
Maybe that's changing with time.
(Or maybe more geeks are marrying nongeeks. In my mixed-couple friends, I see more children.)
Odd. In my circle of friends, geek genes cause childlessness. Oh, it's not 100%... but it's quite a correlation. Many of my geekish or even just really brainy friends are people who would prefer not to raise a family.
Maybe that's changing with time.
(Or maybe more geeks are marrying nongeeks. In my mixed-couple friends, I see more children.)
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Last night I went through ALL the bills and other mail and even some non-mail cruft that had accumulated on my desk in the family room. Sorted EVERYthing. Paid all items requiring payment. Shredded all items requiring shredding (shredment?). Put away everything that wasn't mail. Threw away everything of no value (this is usually hard - even those junk-mail CDs are fun to microwave). Made a big stack of everything that is no longer time-sensitive and just needs to be filed.
PHEW. The archaeological dig was a success. I can see my desk! And I'm caught up on even the piddly little bills, like magazine subscription renewals. Yay! That feels really good.
PHEW. The archaeological dig was a success. I can see my desk! And I'm caught up on even the piddly little bills, like magazine subscription renewals. Yay! That feels really good.