Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.
Robert Heinlein
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Way back in the day with deep sea drilling they used to just let it all flow out if you know what I mean. Now in the PC world and all, we have to watch what we spill, give rattail's fin about other critters, yadda yadda yadda.
Via Lara, a "meme" calling for the posting of random quotes. Because why not?
"We are an impossibility in an impossible universe. "
Ray Bradbury (1920 - )
Reader Stephen B. pointed me to this comment at The Oil Drum by someone who argues that there's more going on under the Gulf that we think.
I like early Heinlein! He always railed against shamans too, so that's good, but then he got a little wierd as he got older. The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress is still a good read.
This particular quote has been my life motto.