Daniel M. Drucker

I normally don't just quote other people verbatim, but... from David Chess: One afternoon a student said "Roshi, I don't really understand what's going on. I mean, we sit in zazen and we gassho to each other and everything, and Felicia got enlightened

Overheard, walking to school today: MOTHER: cucumber CHILD: c u c u m b e r MOTHER: good! ahh, saucer CHILD: s a u c e r MOTHER: very good, aah, aah, barbarashop sic, as heard CHILD: b a r b e r s MOTHER: no no CHILD: b e

Best game of 20Q ever: 1. Is it classified as? **Animal** 2. Does it have claws? **Rarely** 3. Is it eaten by people? **Sometimes** 4. Is it a type of fish? **No** 5. Is it hazardous to your health? **Probably** 6. Does it have teeth? **Yes** 7. Does it have

(written by Sarah:) Dusty, late afternoon sunlight shafts down out of nowhere from an unbrokenly blue Western sky. Las Vegas is empty, the lights out, the streets deserted. A few flyers and broken bottles in the gutters shuffle nervously under the light breeze, afraid to make too much noise. A

(written by Sarah:) I love Philadelphia. I love my city in much the same way that I love really bad flash animations, frivolous lawsuits, and how-to instructions on bags of airline peanuts. They make me smile, even when I die a little inside each time. One of the best parts

(written by Sarah:) Daniel (or "D-Dawg", as he is known) is manfully loitering in the parking lot of the Islamic market. He wears a green sports jersey several sizes too large and pants that were probably once called "culottes" but now are simply "cool"

Imagine if all telephone conversations went something like this: Joe: Hello? Anyone out there? Anyone at all? I'm willing to talk to absolutely anyone! Bob: Hi there Joe! I can kinda hear you... I'm in Toejam, WV, and I've got a model AB123 rotary

$ perl -e '$x=1;for(;;){print"$x\n";$x=~s/((\d)\2*)/length($1).$2/eg;}' | head 1 11 21 1211 111221 312211 13112221 1113213211 31131211131221 13211311123113112211 See definition. See also Abigail's test for primality.

zmodem? best protocol ever. it was kermit that sucked here's my impression of how kermit works client: here is byte number 1 server: i have received byte number 1. the checksum was 3. client: i agree that the checksum was 3. server: ok, we're done with

If a half inch of rain falls on Philadelphia, guess how much rain that is? The city of Philadelphia is 135 square miles. 135 square miles * 0.5 inches = 1.17 billion gallons The population of Philadelphia is about 1.5 million. So that's 782 gallons per person.

By Bjorn-Erik Townsend 03 October 2002 Feel free to link or circulate this; just keep Bjorn's name attatched. An Iraqi vice-president has suggested that instead of going to war, Presidents Bush and Hussein should hold a duel instead to decide the outcome of the conflict, saving the American

The following is a direct transcription of copy appearing on the outer carton in which Sansui's J33 loudspeakers came. JET STREAM... A mighty current of air created by the earth's rotation, a vast, silent stream which flows between heaven and earth and from which there seems

Lake Celeste: A small lake community founded in 1948 near Peekskill, NY, where I spent many happy summers. A great deal of mythology grew up around the swimming area... the most important thing everyone needed to know was that you Didn't Go In The Muck. The muck contained

Soon after South Park first aired, I happened to be hanging around a student lounge with my then-girlfriend Amy. This guy Shane was there, and in the course of various good-natured insults being thrown around, I happened to state (with an appropriate South Park accent): your mom's a

I wrote the following eulogy on December 29, 1998. Emily Elizabeth Jacobs was killed by a drunk driver early the morning of December 27, 1998. She was 18. For three summers during junior high and high school, I attended a so-called "program for talented youth", Duke University'

A campfire song I learned at Lake Celeste as a child: I'm up here in the nuthouse my brains are in a rut my counselor says I'm crazy but he's just off his nut I'm just as sane as you are and

Compare Shakespeare, Hamlet: What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason! how infinite in faculties! in form and moving, how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension, how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon: