When you are planning a nice picnic with a frenchman and a german, always make sure the frenchman is responsible for the food and the german is responsible for the picnic basket.
Never do this the other way round or you will end up breaking your foot and spending the whole weekend on the loo.

The problem with cooperation is that life is not a collaborative enterprise.
Humanity is, but we're built primarily to be alive, not to be human.

"Expertise in one field does not carry over into other fields. But experts often think so. The narrower their field of knowledge the more likely they are to think so."

Time Enough for Love - Robert A. Heinlein

The correct way to punctuate a sentence that states: "Of course it is none of my business, but -- " is to place a period after the word "but" Don't use excessive force in supplying such a moron with a period. Cutting his throat is only a momentary pleasure and is bound to get you talked about.

Robert A. Heinlein - Time Enough for Love

"Meeting you was fate, becoming your friend was a choice, but falling in love with you was beyond my control."

It's like when you're just 18. The love of your life sits next to you. With you. And you think it's forever.
She tells you stories and listens to yours. You can never tell her the depth of your love for her and what she is doing to your life just by her presence. Just because you can't find the words or actions to express such deep felt emotion.

You secretly imagine a few years forward in your life and see how life will be ever more wonderful with each passing year. And you KNOW that it's impossible for your simple mind to imagine how amazing, great and magical it will become beyond those few years. But you know that the love of your life does know. It's just that she can't tell you because you wouldn't understand it now anyways.

So you live happily in the knowledge that you two will be together forever. And that you will support her in everything she does because she knows what is best for you even before you know it yourself. She accomplishes things for you and builds and does things for you that you haven't even imagined until they were presented to you. And after the presentation you keep asking yourself how you could have lived without it for so many years.

Your expectations grow every day. You're no longer a mere lover. You're a follower of her ways, her dreams, her creations. You are captured by this beautiful being that is larger than life itself. It is humbling to exist in her presence. You know you're going to be amazed every day for the rest of your life. That is your destiny!

Then comes a day that you wake up and she's dead!!
All the wonderful, amazing and magical stuff you knew were coming will never come.
There will never be a replacement.
You will never be amazed again.
Nothing will ever be as magical.
This was your only chance and it got away.

This wasn't your fault. It was nobody's fault.
You couldn't do anything about it. Nobody could.
It just happened. Or as they say: "It's life!"

Imagine how you would feel if that would happen to you.
Well this happened to all of us. Last week. When Steve Jobs passed away.

We as a society woke up to see our loved one die too soon.
He will never amaze us again.
That is what we will miss most!

The sound of the rain droplets smashing on the pavement has become the background music for the light jazz that is barely audible itself. The room is filled with the scent of jasmine carried by the wind.
The flickering of the candles are the only distraction from the reflection of the moon in the slowly forming puddle outside the window.

Reading poetry is the only thing that makes sense in this setting.

I have always had it....this fear of missing out. Perhaps that has always been the reason why I chased so many ambitions and stayed so busy and engaged with so many things. Perhaps it was the reason why I worked two jobs while I studied. Perhaps it was starting my own projects even though I was swamped by already running ones.

Perhaps, perhaps perhaps....


This fear of missing out...of knowing that there is something better is very pressing though. I remember imagining being able to tell people what I did and show it to them instead of talking about some complicated setup which no one understood. Now I have such a thing I yearn for a complex inexplainable project.

Perhaps the human mind works in mysterious ways too.

Even this summer is a warm one....

...when it's spent with you!

Growing up I had many dreams:
I dreamt of owning my own bicycle
....having money
....having a job I was proud of
....owning a car
....owning a house
....being loved
....having lots of good friends
....being really good at something


But now I have all of those I only have one dream:
I dream of:
....having a dream!