Or even an office bed!

If you were starting your career over again what would you do differently?
I don't know. I don't think I did anything really wrong. Maybe I'd get a good office chair right away.

by Adrian Shaughnessy from How to be a graphic designer, without losing your soul

100 000 EUR doodled on my account. Yiha!

A very simple diddle, indeed, is this. The captain of a ship which is about to sail, is presented by an official looking person, with an unusually moderate bill of city charges. Glad to get off so easily, and confused by a hundred duties pressing upon him all at once, he discharges the claim forthwith. In about fifteen minutes, another less reasonable bill is handed him by one who soon makes it evident that the first collector was a diddler, and the original collection a diddle.

by Edgar Allan Poe from Works Of Edgar Allan Poe complete and unabridged

Please-identify-your-location

31:11. And the angel of God said to me in my sleep: Jacob. And I answered: Here I am.

by Anonymous from The Bible, Old Testament

Simon says

The biggest cell in humans is the ovum, or female sex cell, at a full mm in diameter. After that comes the nerve cell. The smallest human cell is the male sperm cell. So who says size matters?

by Jonathan Green from Match Wits with the Kids

Genius knows no facts

The story is told that the great scientist Einstein was once asked how many feet are there in a mile. Einstein's reply was, "I don't know. Why should I fill my brain with facts I can find in two minutes in any standard reference book?'

by David J. Schwartz from The Magic of Thinking Big

This is not from a book

In order to keep up with you demanding readers (we mean that as a compliment!) and maintain the quality of posts here, we’re moving from daily posts to a weekly one. It will be published on Mondays.

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Surprise!

The person who once enquired of the younger Byron what he would like best in the world got the answer: "To be an incredibly beautiful prostitute with a sharp sting in my bottom."

by D.J. Taylor from Bright Young People