Quotes

First, from this week's Freefall, one of the cleverest puns ever:
"While it may seem counter-intuitive, dismembering your employer can actually prevent you from collecting severance pay."

Then, from Ye Olde Quotes File:
Becky: What is the term for someone who's getting themselves out of debt?
Me: Broke.

Top 10 Reasons Gollum is a Writer

This, like many other things, was a product of summer lunch conversations in Haffner. Thanks, Rabidfangurl.

Top 10 Reasons Gollum is a Writer

1. Unnaturally obsessed with one idea.
2. Lives in cave.
3. Eats strange foods, sleeps on strange schedule.
4. Talks to himself.
5. More than one person living in his head (Smeagol/Gollum).
6. Refuses to give up his "precious" (manuscript?) even under torture.
7. Jumps after "precious" when thrown in incinerator.
8. Maniacal laughter.
9. Has not been seen in years.
10. Thought lost to outside world until sudden reappearance from cave.