CnH friend sends this quote,
A human being should be able to plan an invasion, butcher a hog, con a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
- Excerpt from the notebooks of Lazarus Lon from Robert Heinlein’s Time Enough for Love
and this story to go with, (this one is cool!)
“Honey,” I called, “come look at the lizard!”
“Oh, my gosh!” my wife exclaimed. “She’s having babies.”
“What?” my son demanded. “But their names are Bert and Ernie, Mom!”
I was equally outraged.
“Hey, how can that be? I thought we said we didn’t want them to reproduce,” I said accusingly to my wife.
“Well, what do you want me to do, post a sign in their cage?” she inquired (I think she actually said this sarcastically!).
read it here
Treat on a Friday
Enjoy maadi!





BVN very impressive quote. makes us proud of being humans
A human being should also be able to give and receive love. everything else is just survival. isn’t it?
exactly! don’t know…I was happy after reading this
yeah tough part is recieving with humility
we get such a high from power over others (like sadistic professors hehe)
A friend once recommended Ender’s Game – a very popular sci-fi novel – i found it childish – but had to finish since i started. The aliens are advanced insects with no individuality (their planets are like hives or anthills with a queen) and humans as disordered but mercurial. Inspite of less advanced technology, humans are able to defeat them through flashes of individual brilliance and all.
whatever.. i want to forget it