Freebsd Fortunes 2

alta, v:        To change; make or become different; modify.
ansa, v:        A spoken or written reply, as to a question.
baa, n:         A place people meet to have a few drinks.
Baaston, n:     The capital of Massachusetts.
baaba, n:       One whose business is to cut or trim hair or beards.
beea, n:        An alcoholic beverage brewed from malt and hops, often
                        found in baas.
caaa, n:        An automobile.
centa, n:       A point around which something revolves; axis.  (Or
                        someone involved with the Knicks.)
chouda, n:      A thick seafood soup, often in a milk base.
dada, n:        Information, esp. information organized for analysis or
                        computation.
                -- Massachewsetts Unabridged Dictionary

Although it is still a truism in industry that "no one was ever fired for
buying IBM," Bill O'Neil, the chief technology officer at Drexel Burnham
Lambert, says he knows for a fact that someone has been fired for just that
reason.  He knows it because he fired the guy.
        "He made a bad decision, and what it came down to was, 'Well, I
bought it because I figured it was safe to buy IBM,'"  Mr. O'Neil says.
"I said, 'No.  Wrong.  Game over.  Next contestant, please.'"
                -- The Wall Street Journal, December 6, 1989

Although written many years ago, Lady Chatterley's Lover has just been
reissued by the Grove Press, and this pictorial account of the day-to-day
life of an English gamekeeper is full of considerable interest to outdoor
minded readers, as it contains many passages on pheasant-raising, the
apprehending of poachers, ways to control vermin, and other chores and duties
of the professional gamekeeper.  Unfortunately, one is obliged to wade
through many pages of extraneous material in order to discover and savour
those sidelights on the management of a midland shooting estate, and in this
reviewer's opinion the book cannot take the place of J.R. Miller's "Practical
Gamekeeping."
                -- Ed Zern, "Field and Stream", Nov., 1959

Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid back.

Always do right.  This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
                -- Mark Twain

Always draw your curves, then plot your reading.

Always leave room to add an explanation if it doesn't work out.

Always run from a knife and rush a gun.
                -- Jimmy Hoffa

Always store beer in a dark place.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits.
                -- William Shakespeare, "As You Like It"