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2025-12-29

“I know we haven’t taught young people a lot of history. It’s when I came into the Netherlands that I found out about the Holocaust. And I found out that Western Civilization, because of that commitment to the hatred and destruction of Jews, ended up destroying their own souls… When we blame the Jews, we harm ourselves.” —Ayaan Hirsi Ali

2025-12-13

The only thing I really know about heaven is that it’s nothing like what I conceive it to be.

2025-12-05

A young man told me: “I want to date a woman who has no tatoos, but I can’t find any.” I responded: “You’ve set out on a difficult quest. But at least you’ve given me some hope for the future of mankind.”

2025-12-02

What are we going to do with the growing piles of e-waste? You know…all those obsolete low-spec laptops and PCs that have to be disposed of somehow. Well, here’s one answer: Just install a version of Linux on them and keep using them. Linux is free of charge. And, frankly, it’s a better operating system than the ones you have to pay for. And some versions of Linux run just fine on older machines.