Requiem
Under the wide and starry sky Dig the grave and let me lie: Glad did I live and gladly die, And I laid me down with a will.This be the verse you ‘grave for me: Here he lies where he long’d to be; Home...
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I left a slightly snarky and flamebaity comment over at Slashdot on a post about problems with C++ education; among the deluge of responses, pro and con, was a post from someone saying that programming...
View ArticleThe Gods of the Copybook Headings
Jerry Pournelle over at his blog has linked to the Rudyard Kipling classic. Written nearly 90 years ago, it is remarkably apt right now, as our financial system threatens to melt down over human greed...
View ArticleFor my sweet wife on Valentine’s Day
Some 20 years ago, I wrote Sandra a poem on the 2nd anniversary of our temple sealing. It still says everything I feel for and about her, so here it is: Two Years On Two steps towards eternity...
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