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• DIARY, n. A daily record of that part of one's life, which he can relate to himself without blushing.
  Hearst kept a diary wherein were writ All that he had of wisdom and of wit....
• Nobert Weiner was the subject of many dotty professor stories.
  Weiner was, in fact, very absent minded. The following story is told about him...
• When I was seven years old, I was once reprimanded by my mother for an act of collective brutality in which I had been involved at school.
  A group of seven-year-olds had been teasing and tormenting a six-year-old....
• When I was seven years old, I was once reprimanded by my mother for an act of collective brutality in which I had been involved at school.
  A group of seven-year-olds had been teasing and tormenting a six-year-old....
• Everthing is farther away than it used to be. It is even twice as far to the corner and they have added a hill.
  I have given up running for the bus; it leaves earlier than it used to....
• Quote #272 [about "battlefield earth, by ElRon] But apart from all the normal criticisms (which are fully justified, IMHO), about ludicrous plot, 2-d characterisation, ham-fisted style, etc.
  what sticks in my mind most about this book is actually in reference to something LRH said in the foreword....
• There once was a king who ruled his country long, wisely, and well.
  The king had a son whom he hoped would someday rule the land....