Freebsd Fortunes

Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
And danced the skies on laughter silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of --
Wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence.
Hovering there
I've chased the shouting wind along and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up along delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace,
Where never lark, or even eagle flew;
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
                -- John Gillespie Magee Jr., "High Flight"

Oh, well, I guess this is just going to be one of those lifetimes.

Oh, when I was in love with you,
        Then I was clean and brave,
And miles around the wonder grew
        How well did I behave.

And now the fancy passes by,
        And nothing will remain,
And miles around they'll say that I
        Am quite myself again.
                -- A. E. Housman

Oh, wow!  Look at the moon!

"OK, now let's look at four dimensions on the blackboard."
                -- Dr. Joy

OK, so you're a Ph.D.  Just don't touch anything.

Old age is the most unexpected of things that can happen to a man.
                -- Trotsky

Old programmers never die.  They just branch to a new address.

Old soldiers never die.  Young ones do.

Oliver's Law:
        Experience is something you don't get until just after you need
it.