Speaker for the Diodes - January 6th, 2009

05:26 am - QotD

"A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side." -- Aristotle, philosopher (384-322 BCE) (thanks to blueeowyn)

06:21 pm - Sleep deprivation can be costly

Stupidity can be painful and messy as well as embarrassing, and some tools probably oughtn't be used when one is less than fully awake (and that's probably enough said about how I screwed up). :-( Punctured my hand kinda dramatically a day or so ago, with bruising as the icing on the cake. Bleah.

I can mostly play guitar, but I can't make my pinkie reach for an F chord. If there are any Fs in the music for Saturday, I'll use a capo to transpose them to a different fingering. I can type, but when I do so one-handed (as when typing in bed propped up on my other elbow), some of the shift-key combinations are awkward.

Not sure how long it'll take me to find all the places blood dripped. Yuck.