I just finished Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, by Robert M. Pirsig (the full text of the book is available from the aformentioned link). It's an interesting book. I can see why it has endured as a cult classic for some time. Lots of rather deep metaphysics in …

"Participate with me on this. I only sent this to friends whose answers are bound to be clever! This is what you are supposed to do, and try not to be LAME and spoil the fun! Just give in and do it. Copy, not forward, this entire e-mail and paste …

You know you're wired differently from most people when listening to 16 Volt mellows you out.

Meh.

That's about how I feel right now. Meh. Sums up everything quite nicely. Not good, not bad... just meh.

I won't bore you all with the details, but suffice to say, there's car trouble involved (isn't there always car trouble on this blog? Maybe it should have it's own …

Lord, grant me:

• The strength and work-ethic of Henry Rollins
• The creativity of Leonardo DaVinci
• The focus of a yogi (not that Yogi)
• The compassion of Jesus, your son
• The brilliance and passion of my wife
• The patience of Job
• The programming prowess of Linus Torvalds
• The musical passion of …