Seriously, why?

(note: shamelessly stolen from xkcd)

This is my favourite comic.  I often think of it when I see someone take themselves or life to seriously (or take myself to seriously).  Sure there are serious things to deal with in this world, but odds are you are not one of them.  Let your hair down and get silly once and a while.  Life is too short to take yourself seriously all the time.  

Also see this comic for some more life wisdom that highly resonates with me.  Note that I linked to it instead of embedding it into my blog to protect my more conservative readers from reading a "bad word".  Click if you don't mind the F word once and a while (or just ignore the last line): http://xkcd.com/137/

A Thinner Nerd

Three or so years ago I bought a t-shirt with a panel from the web comic XKCD. I ordered their largest size, a 3XL, but when I got it home, it was too small.  So for the last three years it has been lying in wait in my closet.  Today I was rummaging around and this t-shirt fell out onto the floor.  I decided to try it on, and low and behold, it fit!  Just some nice confirmation that all the walking, biking, and geocaching I have been doing are having a positive effect.

In case you are wondering, the t-shirt in question has this semi-obscure Unix joke on it...

... if you are a Unix geek you should get this right away (and have probably seen it many times before).

If you are not a Unix geek you are most likely thinking "I don't get it".  In that case it would be helpful to know that the command sudo is used to give a normal user elevated privileges.  It basically says "I may not look like it, but I really do have the rights to do this, so do it already!".  In all likelihood at this point your thoughts have now changed from "I don't get it" to "what a nerd!".

True! but a thinner nerd.