A very important misconception is that some think we are a venture-capital firm.

A very important misconception is that some think we are a venture-capital firm.

The career of a writer is comparable to that of a woman of easy virtue. You write first for pleasure, read more

The career of a writer is comparable to that of a woman of easy virtue. You write first for pleasure, later for the pleasure of others and finally for money.

Writers must fortify themselves with pride and egotism as best they can. The process is analogous to using sandbags and read more

Writers must fortify themselves with pride and egotism as best they can. The process is analogous to using sandbags and loose timbers to protect a house against flood. Writers are vulnerable creatures like anyone else. For what do they have in reality? Not sandbags, not timbers. Just a flimsy reputation and a name.

It was road rage. Some guy -- maybe he was drunk -- saw a sitting duck with a yellow helmet read more

It was road rage. Some guy -- maybe he was drunk -- saw a sitting duck with a yellow helmet and couldn't resist.

Lately coach has been telling me to be more aggressive and want the ball more. He tells me that he read more

Lately coach has been telling me to be more aggressive and want the ball more. He tells me that he can't just tell the guys that. I have to do it with my body language. I was trying to be active today and keep moving, looking for the ball.

Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

Profanity is the result of a weak mind trying to express itself forcably

Profanity is the result of a weak mind trying to express itself forcably

Overall, we are pretty optimistic. We think the September and December quarters will be good ones for the enterprise software read more

Overall, we are pretty optimistic. We think the September and December quarters will be good ones for the enterprise software providers. The business software cycle is on the rise, rebounding nicely from the Y2K problem of last year and the successful transition from client-server architecture to Internet architecture software.

The whole thing about reality weddings is that it gives people the ability to peek over the fence to see read more

The whole thing about reality weddings is that it gives people the ability to peek over the fence to see how others are doing it.