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Author Message Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 289 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Thursday, April 06, 2017 - 03:05 pm:    “If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words." Fran Lebowitz (1950-) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 290 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, April 07, 2017 - 07:31 am:    “There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it” George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Louis Medcalf, FCSI, CCS Senior Member Username: louis_medcalf Post Number: 73 Registered: 11-2010 Posted on Wednesday, April 12, 2017 - 10:32 am:    "No human act is without symbolic content." Jack Vance (novelist) Dale Hurttgam, NCARB, AIA,LEED AP, CSI Senior Member Username: dwhurttgam Post Number: 130 Registered: 10-2005 Posted on Monday, April 17, 2017 - 04:08 pm:    ‘Put three architects in a room, and you’ll get five opinions’.” – R. Lewis Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 291 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Monday, April 17, 2017 - 06:18 pm:    “Tradition is what you resort to when you don't have the time or the money to do it right." Kurt Herbert Adler (1905-1988) Dale Hurttgam, NCARB, AIA,LEED AP, CSI Senior Member Username: dwhurttgam Post Number: 131 Registered: 10-2005 Posted on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 - 10:34 am:    In honor of Earth Day later this week: “A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.” —Franklin D. Roosevelt Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 292 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 - 05:59 pm:    “What some people mistake for the high cost of living is really the cost of high living." Doug Larson (1926-) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 293 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, May 03, 2017 - 05:09 pm:    “People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.” Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 1070 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Wednesday, May 03, 2017 - 05:56 pm:    Based on the dates of many of these entries it seems clear that the more things change, the more they stay the same. David G. Axt, CCS, CSI ,SCIP Senior Member Username: david_axt Post Number: 1560 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Wednesday, May 03, 2017 - 07:55 pm:    Ken, Or as the French would say, "Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose." David G. Axt, CCS, CSI, SCIP Specifications Consultant Axt Consulting LLC Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 294 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Thursday, May 04, 2017 - 11:20 am:    “If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he lucky?” Stanislaw Lec (1909-1966) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 295 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Tuesday, May 09, 2017 - 02:32 pm:    “If you trust in yourself. . .and believe in your dreams. . .and follow your star. . . you’ll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren’t so lazy.” –Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) Robert E. Woodburn, AIA, CSI, CCS, CCCA Senior Member Username: bob_woodburn Post Number: 192 Registered: 11-2010 Posted on Tuesday, May 09, 2017 - 05:38 pm:    There's nothing wrong with talking to yourself, as long as you don't believe everything you hear... Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 297 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Tuesday, May 09, 2017 - 06:14 pm:    Robert: Are you implying that I am lying to myself? Scott McIntosh-Mize Senior Member Username: scott_mize_ccs_csi Post Number: 108 Registered: 02-2009 Posted on Wednesday, May 17, 2017 - 11:22 am:    "There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it." - Marcus Tullius Cicero David J. Wyatt, CDT Senior Member Username: david_j_wyatt_cdt Post Number: 184 Registered: 03-2011 Posted on Thursday, May 18, 2017 - 11:13 am:    "Consulting: If you can't be part of the solution, there's plenty of money to be made in prolonging the problem." E.L. Kersten Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 299 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, May 19, 2017 - 10:38 am:    David; My dad was an architect and said that if you want to consult, you should only do so further that 200 miles from where you live: then your clients have a harder time showing up at your door. Dissatisfied clients especially Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 300 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, May 19, 2017 - 10:38 am:    “So little time, so little to do." Oscar Levant (1906-1972) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 301 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Monday, May 22, 2017 - 12:03 pm:    “I can speak Esperanto like a native.” Spike Milligan (1918-2002) David J. Wyatt, CDT Senior Member Username: david_j_wyatt_cdt Post Number: 189 Registered: 03-2011 Posted on Thursday, May 25, 2017 - 03:35 pm:    "He who cares the most loses... his mind." Uta Berolge Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 302 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, May 26, 2017 - 08:45 am:    ”A fool always finds some greater fool to admire him.” Nicolas Boileau (1636-1711) Dewayne Dean Senior Member Username: ddean Post Number: 131 Registered: 02-2016 Posted on Tuesday, May 30, 2017 - 05:52 pm:    Donald Rumsfeld, the unknown unknowns here significantly outweigh the known knowns and known unknowns. ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 1077 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Tuesday, May 30, 2017 - 06:01 pm:    "I Know That You Believe You Understand What You Think I Said, But I am Not Sure You Realize That What You Heard is Not What I Meant" attributed to Richard Millhouse Nixon the First Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEED® AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 2118 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Tuesday, May 30, 2017 - 06:35 pm:    "I know exactly what I wrote; why don't you understand it?" (Lynn Javoroski) Grin Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 303 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, May 31, 2017 - 07:02 am:    "After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one." Cato the Elder (234-149 BC) Justatim Senior Member Username: justatim Post Number: 98 Registered: 04-2010 Posted on Wednesday, May 31, 2017 - 12:15 pm:    I write specifications not to be understood... I write specifications to not be misunderstood. (Justatim) Steven Bruneel, AIA, CSI-CDT, LEED-AP, EDAC Senior Member Username: redseca2 Post Number: 590 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Wednesday, May 31, 2017 - 01:44 pm:    Often when working trough a problem the following two chase each other through my brain. "Everything you know is wrong" - Firesign Theater but.... "Not to decide is to decide" - Harvey Cox Princess Bride (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted on Wednesday, May 31, 2017 - 05:59 pm:    "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." -Inigo Montoya Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 304 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, June 02, 2017 - 03:39 pm:    "Eagles May Soar, Free And Proud, But Weasels Never Get Sucked Into Jet Engines." John Benfield Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 305 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Monday, June 05, 2017 - 01:30 pm:    “Never put yourself down. That’s what friends are for.” Anonymous J. Peter Jordan Senior Member Username: jpjordan Post Number: 966 Registered: 05-2004 Posted on Tuesday, June 06, 2017 - 12:13 pm:    If you are not part of the solution, you won't get sued J. Peter Jordan, FCSI, AIA, CCS, LEED AP, SCIP Nathan Woods, CSI, CCCA, LEED AP Senior Member Username: nwoods Post Number: 712 Registered: 08-2005 Posted on Tuesday, June 06, 2017 - 12:16 pm:    J. Peter Jordan, that is hilarious Dale Hurttgam, NCARB, AIA,LEED AP, CSI Senior Member Username: dwhurttgam Post Number: 132 Registered: 10-2005 Posted on Tuesday, June 06, 2017 - 03:51 pm:    It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so. - Mark Twain (attributed) J. Peter Jordan Senior Member Username: jpjordan Post Number: 967 Registered: 05-2004 Posted on Tuesday, June 06, 2017 - 05:48 pm:    Good one, Dale; I will occasionally run into architect to which this would apply. J. Peter Jordan, FCSI, AIA, CCS, LEED AP, SCIP Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS Senior Member Username: michael_chusid Post Number: 287 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Tuesday, June 06, 2017 - 06:45 pm:    Remember using Military Specs. My favorite was: MIL-TD-SPEC-1111 Points to anyone that remembers it. Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS www.chusid.com www.buildingproduct.guru 818-219-4937 Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 306 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, June 07, 2017 - 03:41 pm:    "You should never confuse your career with your life." Dave Barry (1947-) Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS Senior Member Username: michael_chusid Post Number: 288 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Wednesday, June 07, 2017 - 06:07 pm:    Answer to my previously posted puzzle: MIL-TD-SPEC-1111 Make It Like The Damn Spec Four Ones (for once). Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS www.chusid.com www.buildingproduct.guru 818-219-4937 Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 307 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, June 09, 2017 - 11:03 am:    "When I read about the evils of drinking I gave up reading." Henny Youngman (1906 - 1998) David J. Wyatt, CDT Senior Member Username: david_j_wyatt_cdt Post Number: 191 Registered: 03-2011 Posted on Friday, June 09, 2017 - 12:52 pm:    Speaking of reading: "I took this speed-reading course and was able to read "War and Peace" in two hours. It had something to do with Russia." Woody Allen Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 308 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Monday, June 12, 2017 - 08:33 am:    “Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.” Spike Milligan (1918-2002) Nathan Woods, CSI, CCCA, LEED AP Senior Member Username: nwoods Post Number: 714 Registered: 08-2005 Posted on Monday, June 12, 2017 - 11:33 am:    I've heard it told this way: "Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a better class of enemy." Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 309 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Monday, June 12, 2017 - 02:09 pm:    Nathan; I hadn't thought of family as the enemy, but I can see that it could apply ;-p David G. Axt, CCS, CSI ,SCIP Senior Member Username: david_axt Post Number: 1565 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Monday, June 12, 2017 - 04:58 pm:    "I'm not afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens." -Woody Allen David G. Axt, CCS, CSI, SCIP Specifications Consultant Axt Consulting LLC Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 310 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Monday, June 12, 2017 - 05:50 pm:    David; I read that as attributed to Spike Milligan, but I guess comics steal material all the time. David G. Axt, CCS, CSI ,SCIP Senior Member Username: david_axt Post Number: 1566 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Monday, June 12, 2017 - 06:10 pm:    “Talent borrows. Genius steals!” -Oscar Wilde David G. Axt, CCS, CSI, SCIP Specifications Consultant Axt Consulting LLC Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 311 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Tuesday, June 13, 2017 - 09:54 am:    David; True Louis Medcalf, FCSI, CCS Senior Member Username: louis_medcalf Post Number: 78 Registered: 11-2010 Posted on Tuesday, June 13, 2017 - 04:49 pm:    "We must make up our minds to be ignorant of much, if we would know anything." -G.K. Chesterton "Ignorance is a bane, my friends ... Now as for me, I got knowledge what I hardly ain't touched yet." -Howland Owl Dave Metzger Senior Member Username: davemetzger Post Number: 690 Registered: 07-2001 Posted on Tuesday, June 13, 2017 - 06:09 pm:    "All generalizations are false, including this one." Mark Twain Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 312 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, June 14, 2017 - 07:41 am:    “Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?” Stanislaw Lec (1909-1966) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 315 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Monday, July 03, 2017 - 10:51 am:    “Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others. Groucho Marx (1890-1977) David G. Axt, CCS, CSI ,SCIP Senior Member Username: david_axt Post Number: 1570 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Monday, July 03, 2017 - 04:11 pm:    Question: What is the difference between "complete" and "finished"? Answer: When you marry the right person you are complete. When you marry the wrong person you are finished. David G. Axt, CCS, CSI, SCIP Specifications Consultant Axt Consulting LLC Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 316 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, July 05, 2017 - 11:16 am:    “We are the people our parents warned us about." Jimmy Buffett (1946-) ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 1083 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Wednesday, July 05, 2017 - 03:42 pm:    Definitely predates Jimmy. I had a button I wore in high school with that saying back in 1971. Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 317 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Monday, July 10, 2017 - 03:07 pm:    “Are you going to come quietly, or do I have to use earplugs? Spike Milligan (1918-2002) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 318 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2017 - 09:00 am:    “Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others.” Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 319 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Thursday, July 20, 2017 - 11:43 am:    "Never test the depth of the water with both feet." anon Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 320 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Monday, July 24, 2017 - 03:26 pm:    "Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night." Dave Barry (1947-) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 321 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2017 - 03:35 pm:    “The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.” Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw) (1818-1885) Dave Metzger Senior Member Username: davemetzger Post Number: 693 Registered: 07-2001 Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2017 - 04:07 pm:    Unless that fool will never admit fault and always tries to pin the blame on others. Hmmm? Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 322 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2017 - 04:50 pm:    I see that you have meet some of my: A) Clients; B) Contractors; C) Consultants; D) Coworkers; E) Friends; F) Family. Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 323 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Tuesday, August 08, 2017 - 10:34 am:    "Alcohol is necessary for a man so that now and then he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed by the facts." Finley Peter Dunne (1867-1936) Louis Medcalf, FCSI, CCS Senior Member Username: louis_medcalf Post Number: 90 Registered: 11-2010 Posted on Wednesday, August 09, 2017 - 02:22 pm:    "Mit der Dummheit kaempfen Goetter selbst vergebens." [With stupidity even the gods themselves struggle in vain] --Friederich Schiller Dave Metzger Senior Member Username: davemetzger Post Number: 697 Registered: 07-2001 Posted on Wednesday, August 09, 2017 - 03:48 pm:    "The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits." anonymous quip, attributed by some to Einstein Steven Bruneel, AIA, CSI-CDT, LEED-AP, EDAC Senior Member Username: redseca2 Post Number: 595 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Wednesday, August 09, 2017 - 05:12 pm:    "Because Survival is Insufficient" Episode 122; Star Trek Voyager Also the central theme in Emily St. John Mandel’s novel, Station Eleven. David J. Wyatt, CDT Senior Member Username: david_j_wyatt_cdt Post Number: 207 Registered: 03-2011 Posted on Thursday, August 10, 2017 - 08:19 am:    Also a maxim of Deming: "You don't have to change. Survival is not mandatory." Phil Kabza Senior Member Username: phil_kabza Post Number: 592 Registered: 12-2002 Posted on Monday, August 14, 2017 - 04:16 pm:    "Blessed are those who have seen and yet do not believe." Realitudes 2:1 Brian E. Trimble, CDT Senior Member Username: brian_e_trimble_cdt Post Number: 94 Registered: 08-2005 Posted on Wednesday, August 16, 2017 - 11:19 am:    Wherever you go, there you are. David G. Axt, CCS, CSI ,SCIP Senior Member Username: david_axt Post Number: 1599 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Wednesday, August 16, 2017 - 02:00 pm:    Old architects never die.....they just forget where to draw the line. David G. Axt, CCS, CSI, SCIP Specifications Consultant Axt Consulting LLC John Bunzick, CCS, CCCA, LEED AP Senior Member Username: bunzick Post Number: 1723 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Wednesday, August 16, 2017 - 03:28 pm:    From Old Town Bakery t-shirts in Key West: "We're here because we're not all there." John Bunzick, CCS, CCCA, LEED AP Senior Member Username: bunzick Post Number: 1724 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Wednesday, August 16, 2017 - 03:32 pm:    Another from a Key West friend: What's not fruits and nuts is flakes. Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 324 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, August 16, 2017 - 05:01 pm:    “In the beginning, the universe was created. This made a lot of people very angry, and has been widely regarded as a bad idea.“ Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 325 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Thursday, August 24, 2017 - 02:27 pm:    "Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy." Edgar Bergen (1903 - 1978) - (Charlie McCarthy) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 327 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, August 25, 2017 - 09:13 am:    Not an aphorism: Welcome to Casual Friday Not an aphorism: Welcome-to-Casual-Friday.pdf (41.2 k) Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEED® AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 2126 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Friday, August 25, 2017 - 10:26 am:    Well, if looking at the eclipse didn't make me blind... James Sandoz, AIA, CSI, CCS, CCCA Senior Member Username: jsandoz Post Number: 219 Registered: 06-2005 Posted on Friday, August 25, 2017 - 10:29 am:    I don't know, Ellis; I believe I see a neck tie sticking out from under his collar. Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 328 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, August 25, 2017 - 10:33 am:    I guess for some offices a tie is always requested. Even on casual Friday. ;-) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 329 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Monday, August 28, 2017 - 11:58 am:    "When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet." Stanislaw Lec (1909-1966) Louis Medcalf, FCSI, CCS Senior Member Username: louis_medcalf Post Number: 93 Registered: 11-2010 Posted on Tuesday, August 29, 2017 - 12:32 pm:    "No human act is without symbolic content." Jack Vance Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 330 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, August 30, 2017 - 05:29 pm:    “If my memory was any worse, I could plan my own surprise party.” Unknown Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 331 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, September 20, 2017 - 10:38 am:    "We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by." Will Rogers (1879 - 1935) Chris Grimm, CSI, CCS, SCIP, LEED AP BD+C Senior Member Username: chris_grimm_ccs_scip Post Number: 376 Registered: 02-2014 Posted on Wednesday, September 20, 2017 - 03:27 pm:    "A bird in the hand... probably means poop in the hand soon." Matthew West Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 332 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, September 22, 2017 - 02:46 pm:    “The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind.” unknown Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 333 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Monday, September 25, 2017 - 03:04 pm:    "Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity." Anon Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 334 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, September 27, 2017 - 11:44 am:    "Is there life before death?" Anon Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 335 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Thursday, September 28, 2017 - 10:51 am:    "Money can't buy happiness, but neither can poverty." Leo Rosten (1908-1997) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 336 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Monday, October 02, 2017 - 11:35 am:    "Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups." George Carlin (1937-2008) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 337 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Tuesday, October 10, 2017 - 01:41 pm:    "The only nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others." Doug Larson (1926-) Nathan Woods (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted on Tuesday, October 10, 2017 - 02:37 pm:    Today's theme: “There is only one thing more painful than learning from experience, and that is not learning from experience.” ~Laurence J. Peter “Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't.” ~Pete Seeger “Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment.” ~Rita Mae Brown “Experience is the name everyone gives to his mistakes.” ~Oscar Wilde, Lady Windemere's Fan, 1896 "An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field." --Niels Bohr, Danish physicist Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 338 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, October 13, 2017 - 09:23 am:    “It's 4:58 on Friday afternoon. Do you know where your margarita is?” Amy Neftzger (1967-) I know it's not 4:48 PM EDT yet, but I can look forward can't I? J. Peter Jordan Senior Member Username: jpjordan Post Number: 996 Registered: 05-2004 Posted on Friday, October 13, 2017 - 10:14 am:    It's 4:48 somewhere (apologies to Jimmy Buffet). J. Peter Jordan, FCSI, AIA, CCS, LEED AP, SCIP Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 339 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, October 13, 2017 - 11:11 am:    Peter: Truth. Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 342 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, October 20, 2017 - 11:36 am:    "There is no such thing as a large whiskey." Oliver St. John Gogarty (1878 –1957) ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 1117 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Friday, October 20, 2017 - 12:04 pm:    Ellis, reminds me of Hagrid (from Harry Potter): "You'll find no small glasses in this house." Louis Medcalf, FCSI, CCS Senior Member Username: louis_medcalf Post Number: 94 Registered: 11-2010 Posted on Friday, October 20, 2017 - 12:13 pm:    "An adder is hated not for the evil it hath done, but for the poison that is in it." William Tyndale (b. 1494, martyred 1536) George A. Everding, FCSI, CCS, CCCA, AIA Senior Member Username: geverding Post Number: 868 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Friday, October 20, 2017 - 12:13 pm:    “Too much of anything is bad, but too much of good whiskey is barely enough.” -- Mark Twain Louis Medcalf, FCSI, CCS Senior Member Username: louis_medcalf Post Number: 95 Registered: 11-2010 Posted on Friday, October 20, 2017 - 12:20 pm:    "An adder is hated not for the evil it hath done, but for the poison that is in it." William Tyndale (b. 1494, martyered 1536) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 343 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, October 20, 2017 - 01:44 pm:    Ken; Unfortunately I doubt that I could keep pace with Hagrid. ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 1118 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Friday, October 20, 2017 - 02:08 pm:    Ah, but it might be fun trying! Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 344 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, October 20, 2017 - 03:20 pm:    I guess I should start "training" now. ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 1120 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Friday, October 20, 2017 - 03:35 pm:    Isn't that half the fun? Margaret G. Chewning FCSI CCS Senior Member Username: presbspec Post Number: 295 Registered: 01-2003 Posted on Friday, October 20, 2017 - 05:29 pm:    "There is no such thing as a large whiskey." Oliver St. John Gogarty (1878 –1957) Or a small bourbon! Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 345 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Tuesday, November 07, 2017 - 03:00 pm:    “Expert: a man who makes three correct guesses consecutively.” Laurence J. Peter (1919-1990) Dave Metzger Senior Member Username: davemetzger Post Number: 707 Registered: 07-2001 Posted on Tuesday, November 07, 2017 - 04:07 pm:    Man plans and God laughs. Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 347 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Thursday, November 09, 2017 - 01:12 pm:    "Never believe everything you think” Anon Dewayne Dean Senior Member Username: ddean Post Number: 142 Registered: 02-2016 Posted on Thursday, November 09, 2017 - 04:18 pm:    Fogie = Fabulous Outstanding Guy or Gal In Everthing James Sandoz, AIA, CSI, CCS, CCCA Senior Member Username: jsandoz Post Number: 222 Registered: 06-2005 Posted on Friday, November 10, 2017 - 10:14 am:    I like that, Dewayne. I'm a bit concerned though that FOGIE is only one "Gee" away from foggie. Or is it foggy? :-) We're finally getting some beautiful fall weather on the Texas Gulf Coast. I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. Dewayne Dean Senior Member Username: ddean Post Number: 143 Registered: 02-2016 Posted on Friday, November 10, 2017 - 11:48 am:    Thanks James, I came up with this when my kids were calling me an old fogie. Now I welcome others into the "old fogie" club. Anne Whitacre, FCSI CCS Senior Member Username: awhitacre Post Number: 1434 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Friday, November 10, 2017 - 07:36 pm:    Teamwork is wasting half of one's time explaining to others why they are wrong. (Wolinski) David J. Wyatt, CDT Senior Member Username: david_j_wyatt_cdt Post Number: 218 Registered: 03-2011 Posted on Monday, November 13, 2017 - 07:46 am:    Good one, Anne Whitacre. Reminds me of: Teamwork: When many do the work of one. (E.L. Kersten) David G. Axt, CCS, CSI ,SCIP Senior Member Username: david_axt Post Number: 1625 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Monday, November 13, 2017 - 12:54 pm:    Speaking of teamwork..... I have worked for a few people/organizations where they defined teamwork as "do what I say." David G. Axt, CCS, CSI, SCIP Specifications Consultant Axt Consulting LLC Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 348 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Monday, December 04, 2017 - 06:14 pm:    “Making mistakes simply means you are learning faster.” Weston H. Agor ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 1134 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Monday, December 04, 2017 - 06:47 pm:    My uncle used to tell me that the only people who don't make mistakes are the ones who don't do anything, and that's the biggest mistake of all. Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 349 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Tuesday, December 05, 2017 - 11:06 am:    Ken: I agree. On the other hand, some people seem to make a career of mistakes. They even keep repeating the same ones: No doubt in an effort to "perfect" the mistake. Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 350 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Tuesday, December 05, 2017 - 11:10 am:    “Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret” Laurence J. Peter (1919-1990) [Unfortunately this is not guidance that I follow enough.] Dave Metzger Senior Member Username: davemetzger Post Number: 711 Registered: 07-2001 Posted on Tuesday, December 05, 2017 - 11:29 am:    "some people seem to make a career of mistakes. They even keep repeating the same ones" Was it Einstein who said insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results? ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 1135 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Tuesday, December 05, 2017 - 11:38 am:    Ellis, great quote. One benefit of learning from mistakes is to know when to keep my mouth shut, especially when about to speak in anger. Dave, I think it was credited to him. I also like his quote "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 351 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, December 08, 2017 - 08:28 am:    “If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.” Laurence J. Peter (1919-1990) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 352 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Monday, December 11, 2017 - 03:29 pm:    “Expert: a man who makes three correct guesses consecutively.” Laurence J. Peter (1919-1990) Anne Whitacre, FCSI CCS Senior Member Username: awhitacre Post Number: 1435 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Tuesday, December 12, 2017 - 05:51 pm:    You can either be a good example or a horrible warning. Steve Gantner, RA, CSI, CCS, CCCA Senior Member Username: sgantner Post Number: 55 Registered: 08-2007 Posted on Tuesday, December 19, 2017 - 02:06 pm:    Ellis, two wrongs don't make a right, but three right's make a left. Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 353 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, December 20, 2017 - 09:48 am:    “I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks.” Daniel Boone (1734-1820) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 354 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, December 22, 2017 - 09:07 am:    "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." Attributed to Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 355 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Tuesday, January 02, 2018 - 12:01 pm:    “The secret to success is knowing who to blame for your failures.” Larry Kersten (1939-1999) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 356 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, January 03, 2018 - 11:36 am:    “Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.” Laurence J. Peter (1919-1990) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 357 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, January 05, 2018 - 09:57 am:    "It’s easier to buy trousers with elastic waistbands than it is to diet." Anonymous Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 358 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Thursday, January 11, 2018 - 04:28 pm:    “Clear analysis of any situation is often mistaken for pessimism. The two should not be confused.” Barbara Hambly (1951-) Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS Senior Member Username: michael_chusid Post Number: 355 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Thursday, January 11, 2018 - 04:34 pm:    Corrolary: "Pessimism is often mistaken for analysis." Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS 1-818-219-4937 www.chusid.com www.buildingproduct.guru Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEED® AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 2133 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Thursday, January 11, 2018 - 04:36 pm:    "There is always an easy solution to every problem - neat, plausible, and wrong" H. L. Mencken Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 359 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Thursday, January 11, 2018 - 05:01 pm:    Michael: I wish you were wrong. But you are not. Lynn: True. Mencken had some great quotes. Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 360 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, January 12, 2018 - 10:31 am:    “As I have grown older, I’ve learned that pleasing everyone is impossible, but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake." Unknown Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 361 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Monday, January 15, 2018 - 09:29 am:    "Vegetables are what food eats." Anonymous Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 362 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, January 19, 2018 - 05:35 pm:    "If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them." Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) David J. Wyatt, CDT Senior Member Username: david_j_wyatt_cdt Post Number: 226 Registered: 03-2011 Posted on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 09:46 am:    “Our system of make-and-inspect, which if applied to making toast, would be expressed: 'You burn, I’ll scrape.'” W. Edwards Deming Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 364 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 11:17 am:    "The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it is such unfamiliar territory.” Paul Fix (1901-1983) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 365 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, February 02, 2018 - 11:05 am:    “My favorite animal is steak." Fran Lebowitz (1950-) [OK, not really, but I do like a good steak] Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 366 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, February 02, 2018 - 12:07 pm:    http://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2018/02/02 Some call Thanksgiving Day Turkey Day. What about Groundhog Day? Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEED® AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 2137 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Friday, February 02, 2018 - 12:13 pm:    Or this one: Happy Spring! http://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur?ct=v&cti=1915017 Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 367 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, February 02, 2018 - 12:39 pm:    Lynn; Very app. I love Wiley. Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 368 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Monday, February 05, 2018 - 09:04 am:    "If at first you don’t succee you’re running about average." Unknown Don Harris CSI, CCS, CCCA, AIA Senior Member Username: don_harris Post Number: 301 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, February 09, 2018 - 12:01 pm:    You ain't gonna learn what you don't want to know. John Perry Barlow (1947-2018) R.I.P. Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 370 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Tuesday, February 13, 2018 - 05:52 pm:    “Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.” Laurence J. Peter (1919-1990) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 371 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, February 16, 2018 - 03:26 pm:    “If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?” Laurence J. Peter (1919-1990) J. Peter Jordan Senior Member Username: jpjordan Post Number: 1020 Registered: 05-2004 Posted on Saturday, February 17, 2018 - 08:48 am:    I have always thought that a clean desk was the sign of a sick mind. I am sure I read that somewhere 35 or 40 years ago, but my mind is so cluttered... J. Peter Jordan, FCSI, AIA, CCS, LEED AP, SCIP George A. Everding, FCSI, CCS, CCCA, AIA Senior Member Username: geverding Post Number: 871 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Saturday, February 17, 2018 - 06:38 pm:    "If a Bus Station is where the bus stops, and a Train Station is where the train stops, why is my desk called a Work Station?" Guest (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted on Sunday, February 18, 2018 - 01:48 pm:    George - It's where all of the company's work is off-loaded! Steve Gantner, RA, CSI, CCS, CCCA Senior Member Username: sgantner Post Number: 57 Registered: 08-2007 Posted on Sunday, February 18, 2018 - 03:18 pm:    George, that reminds me of the always appropriate. "If Con is the opposite of Pro, is Congress the opposite of Progress?" Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEED® AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 2139 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Sunday, February 18, 2018 - 03:40 pm:    Steve - YES! James Sandoz, AIA, CSI, CCS, CCCA Senior Member Username: jsandoz Post Number: 229 Registered: 06-2005 Posted on Monday, February 19, 2018 - 09:36 am:    George and Steve, your posts remind me of the late George Carlin - possibly one of the most thought provoking comedians ever. Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 372 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Tuesday, February 20, 2018 - 08:11 am:    "Everyone is a genius at least once a year; a real genius has his original ideas closer together." Georg Lichtenberg (1742-1799) ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 1150 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Tuesday, February 20, 2018 - 08:19 am:    Ellis, I try to avoid using mine up too early in the year just so I'll have something to look forward to. Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 373 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Tuesday, February 20, 2018 - 09:19 am:    Ken; Obviously you are a wise man. ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 1151 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Tuesday, February 20, 2018 - 09:31 am:    Usually the phrase is more like 'wise guy' or worse, but I like your version better. Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 374 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Tuesday, February 20, 2018 - 09:49 am:    ;-) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 375 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, February 23, 2018 - 11:37 am:    "A cynic's work is never done." Unknown J. Peter Jordan Senior Member Username: jpjordan Post Number: 1021 Registered: 05-2004 Posted on Friday, February 23, 2018 - 01:39 pm:    You can't be cynical; that's my job... One of the services I offer my clients is that I am cynical enough for the whole team. J. Peter Jordan, FCSI, AIA, CCS, LEED AP, SCIP Lisa Goodwin Robbins, RA, CCS, LEED ap Senior Member Username: lgoodrob Post Number: 339 Registered: 08-2004 Posted on Friday, February 23, 2018 - 02:01 pm:    Peter, I wish I had thought of that! Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 376 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, February 23, 2018 - 03:43 pm:    Sometimes I believe that I am not enough of a cynic. Especially on those days that Murphy and his law look to be the work of an optimist (and that Murphy wore rose colored glasses). Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEED® AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 2140 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Friday, February 23, 2018 - 03:54 pm:    I've claimed to be a cynical optimist for many years. (with a sprinkling of sarcasm thrown in) Chris Grimm, CSI, CCS, SCIP, LEED AP BD+C Senior Member Username: chris_grimm_ccs_scip Post Number: 391 Registered: 02-2014 Posted on Tuesday, February 27, 2018 - 01:05 pm:    "It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers." - James Thurber Wondering if the guy was a spec writer. Dave Metzger Senior Member Username: davemetzger Post Number: 721 Registered: 07-2001 Posted on Tuesday, February 27, 2018 - 01:35 pm:    "In order to ask a question you must already know most of the answer." - Robert Sheckley, sci fi writer Lisa Goodwin Robbins, RA, CCS, LEED ap Senior Member Username: lgoodrob Post Number: 340 Registered: 08-2004 Posted on Tuesday, February 27, 2018 - 01:44 pm:    "In a dark place we find ourselves, and a little more knowledge lights our way." -Yoda Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 377 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, February 28, 2018 - 08:26 am:    "Birthdays are good for you; the more you have the longer you live." Anon Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 378 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, March 02, 2018 - 02:21 pm:    “An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.” Laurence J. Peter (1919-1990) David G. Axt, CCS, CSI ,SCIP Senior Member Username: david_axt Post Number: 1638 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Friday, March 02, 2018 - 02:41 pm:    "If I knew I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself." - Eubie Blake David G. Axt, CCS, CSI, SCIP Specifications Consultant Axt Consulting LLC Dale Hurttgam, NCARB, AIA,LEED AP, CSI Senior Member Username: dwhurttgam Post Number: 134 Registered: 10-2005 Posted on Wednesday, March 14, 2018 - 03:31 pm:    "You probably wouldn't worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do." -Olin Miller John Bunzick, CCS, CCCA, LEED AP Senior Member Username: bunzick Post Number: 1741 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Thursday, March 15, 2018 - 05:13 pm:    Once you've ruined your reputation, you can live quite freely. Amigos Restaurant, Key West, FL David J. Wyatt, CDT Senior Member Username: david_j_wyatt_cdt Post Number: 234 Registered: 03-2011 Posted on Thursday, March 15, 2018 - 05:30 pm:    "There's no arguing with Johnson. If his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it." Oliver Goldsmith on Samuel Johnson. (I once told Bob Johnson this also applied to him.) David G. Axt, CCS, CSI ,SCIP Senior Member Username: david_axt Post Number: 1641 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Monday, March 19, 2018 - 02:53 pm:    "Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything." - Wyatt Earp David G. Axt, CCS, CSI, SCIP Specifications Consultant Axt Consulting LLC ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 1157 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Tuesday, March 20, 2018 - 04:07 pm:    Perhaps not an aphorism, but still worth sharing: Good English, well spoken and well written, will open more doors than a college degree... Bad English will slam doors you don't even know exist. - William Raspberry Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS Senior Member Username: michael_chusid Post Number: 381 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Tuesday, March 20, 2018 - 05:12 pm:    A corollary to what Ken says, A good specification will install more doors than an architectural degree. Bad specifications will slam doors on your fingers. Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS 1-818-219-4937 www.chusid.com www.buildingproduct.guru Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 381 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Tuesday, March 27, 2018 - 10:20 am:    "I intend to live forever - so far so good." Anon Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEED® AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 2145 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Tuesday, March 27, 2018 - 11:25 am:    I've heard that one from Steven Wright. Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 382 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Tuesday, March 27, 2018 - 12:01 pm:    I've seen it attributed to Darynda Jones also. I punted since I wasn't sure who said it 1st. ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 1158 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Monday, April 02, 2018 - 09:28 am:    A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: One forges one's style on the terrible anvil of daily deadlines. -Emile Zola, writer (2 Apr 1840-1902) Unquestionably a kindred spirit. With thanks to wordsmith.org Dale Hurttgam, NCARB, AIA,LEED AP, CSI Senior Member Username: dwhurttgam Post Number: 135 Registered: 10-2005 Posted on Tuesday, April 03, 2018 - 12:44 pm:    “Your story is the greatest legacy that you will leave to your friends. It’s the longest-lasting legacy you will leave to your heirs.” — Steve Saint ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 1159 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Thursday, April 05, 2018 - 10:05 am:    A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him. -Booker T. Washington, reformer, educator, and author (5 Apr 1856-1915) Again with thanks to A Word A Day by wordsmith.org Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEED® AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 2148 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Thursday, April 05, 2018 - 10:28 pm:    I gladly pay for AWAD. I gain so much, and this quote is just another example. This is so timely in our present society. Thanks, Ken, for posting it here. The one from also gave me something to hold: "We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color." - Maya Angelou, poet (4 Apr 1928-2014) Sheldon Wolfe Senior Member Username: sheldon_wolfe Post Number: 1011 Registered: 01-2003 Posted on Friday, April 06, 2018 - 02:14 am:    "If it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all." - Booker T. Jones (Booker T & the MGs) ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 1161 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Friday, April 06, 2018 - 09:43 am:    Agreed Lynn. It's one email I value daily. Sheldon, you just can't beat the classics! Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEED® AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 2150 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Wednesday, April 25, 2018 - 09:58 am:    I don't mind that you think slowly but I do mind that you are publishing faster than you think. - Wolfgang Pauli, physicist, Nobel laureate (25 Apr 1900-1958) Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS Senior Member Username: michael_chusid Post Number: 387 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Wednesday, April 25, 2018 - 12:32 pm:    Lynn's remark from Pauli could be applied to some contract documents as well. When I was an architectural intern, one of the more seasoned draftsman advised, "Don't draw more in the morning than you can erase in the afternoon." I wonder how that advice would apply in the age of electronic documents. Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS 1-818-219-4937 www.chusid.com www.buildingproduct.guru Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 384 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, June 01, 2018 - 01:11 pm:    "When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane, going the wrong way." Steven Wright (1955-) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 385 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Monday, June 04, 2018 - 09:20 am:    “He hasn't an enemy in the world - but all his friends hate him. Eddie Cantor (1892-1964) Ronald J. Ray, RA, CCS, CCCA, CSI, AIA Senior Member Username: rjray Post Number: 178 Registered: 04-2004 Posted on Monday, June 04, 2018 - 09:44 am:    I never realized I knew Eddie Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 388 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, June 08, 2018 - 11:52 am:    “I would love to engage you in a battle of wits, but it appears you have come unarmed." Anon Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 390 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Monday, June 18, 2018 - 01:07 pm:    "Death before dishonor, but neither before breakfast." Anon Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 392 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, June 20, 2018 - 01:50 pm:    "Aristotle was famous for knowing everything. He taught that the brain exists merely to cool the blood and is not involved in the process of thinking. This is true only of certain persons." Will Cuppy (1884-1949) I know a few people who this describes. Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 393 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Thursday, June 21, 2018 - 02:32 pm:    “A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience.” Doug Larson (1926-) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 394 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Monday, June 25, 2018 - 08:24 am:    “Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.” Doug Larson (1926-) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 395 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Thursday, June 28, 2018 - 02:06 pm:    "You don't have to attend every argument you're invited to." Anon Louis Medcalf, FCSI, CCS Senior Member Username: louis_medcalf Post Number: 99 Registered: 11-2010 Posted on Thursday, June 28, 2018 - 03:35 pm:    "No human act is without symbolic content." from a novel by Jack Vance Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 396 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Tuesday, July 03, 2018 - 09:50 am:    “The new open-space design plan will assure maximum interruptions and eliminate those annoying pockets of privacy that block the air.” Donna A. Lewis (1962-) Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEED® AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 2157 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Tuesday, July 03, 2018 - 10:56 am:    Oh, yeah, we certainly don't want privacy - or the ability to work independently. Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 397 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Thursday, July 05, 2018 - 11:54 am:    "A penny for your thoughts; $200 to act them out." Anon Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 400 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, July 06, 2018 - 11:38 am:    "A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured & then quietly strangled." Sir Barnett Cocks (1907 - 1989) Dewayne Dean Senior Member Username: ddean Post Number: 164 Registered: 02-2016 Posted on Thursday, July 19, 2018 - 10:14 am:    Time is a great teacher, they say. Unfortunately, it kills all its pupils. Hector Berlioz, 1803-1869 Dewayne Dean Senior Member Username: ddean Post Number: 165 Registered: 02-2016 Posted on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 - 05:09 pm:    It is what you learn after you know everything that is most valuable. John Wooden George A. Everding, FCSI, CCS, CCCA, AIA Senior Member Username: geverding Post Number: 880 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 - 10:33 pm:    I appreciate this thread, if only because it reinvigorated the use of the wonderful word "aphorism". One of the clues in the NYT crossword the other day alluded to Justice Scalia's quote, which also used that word: "The Supreme Court of the United States has descended from the disciplined legal reasoning of John Marshall and Joseph Story to the mystical aphorisms of the fortune cookie." Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 401 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Thursday, July 26, 2018 - 07:34 am:    "Not all psychopaths are in prison. Some are in the Boardroom." Corporate Psychopathy: Talking the Walk, Babiak et al., 2010 Dewayne Dean Senior Member Username: ddean Post Number: 166 Registered: 02-2016 Posted on Monday, July 30, 2018 - 08:05 pm:    Obsessed is just a word that the lazy use to describe the dedicated. ~ unkown Dewayne Dean Senior Member Username: ddean Post Number: 167 Registered: 02-2016 Posted on Monday, August 06, 2018 - 12:42 pm:    An alcoholic wanted to be a lawyer but he couldn't pass the bar Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 402 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Monday, August 06, 2018 - 03:01 pm:    “I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous." unknown Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 403 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, August 29, 2018 - 10:52 am:    "You cannot be really first-rate at your work if your work is all you are" Anna Quindlen (1953-) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 404 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Thursday, August 30, 2018 - 10:01 am:    "Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps." Emo Philips (1956-) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 405 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Thursday, August 30, 2018 - 10:05 am:    "Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps." Emo Philips (1956-) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 406 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Tuesday, September 04, 2018 - 11:47 am:    “Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing.” Dave Barry (1947-) Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEED® AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 2164 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Tuesday, September 04, 2018 - 12:33 pm:    "Let me get this straight, the less I hit the ball, the better I am doing." "That's right." "Then why do it at all?" (B.C. by Hart) ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 1174 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Tuesday, September 04, 2018 - 12:41 pm:    Lynn, when my daughter was little I remember an episode of Curious George where he realized that he could be the greatest golfer ever if he never hit the ball. Great minds. Paul Sweet (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted on Wednesday, September 05, 2018 - 12:29 pm:    "If you drink, don’t drive. Don’t even putt." - Dean Martin I saw a remark somewhere that golf as a form of recreation was invented by the same people who invented the bagpipe as music. Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 407 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, September 05, 2018 - 12:47 pm:    What, the Hittites invented golf? Who knew? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagpipes Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 409 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, September 21, 2018 - 02:41 pm:    “I have the body of an eighteen year old. I keep it in the fridge.” Spike Milligan (1918-2002) David G. Axt, CCS, CSI ,SCIP Senior Member Username: david_axt Post Number: 1717 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Friday, September 21, 2018 - 05:47 pm:    Ellis, I think that quote was from Jeffrey Dahmer. David G. Axt, CCS, CSI, SCIP Specifications Consultant Axt Consulting LLC Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 410 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Monday, September 24, 2018 - 06:53 am:    David; ;-) ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 1178 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - 10:16 am:    From A Word A Day (AWAD) by wordsmith.org: A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Aphorisms respect the wisdom of silence by disturbing it, but briefly. -Yahia Lababidi, aphorist (b. 25 Sep 1973) I didn't know aphorist was a profession outside of being a Specifier. Who knew? Oh, and this little gem was included in yesterday's AWAD comments: "Nietzsche used Aphorisms because as he said: "For I think it is best to do with profound problems as with a cold bath - quickly in, quickly out. That one does not get to the depths that way, not deep enough down, is the superstition of those afraid of the water, the enemies of cold water; they speak without experience. The freezing cold makes one swift.”" Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 412 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Tuesday, October 02, 2018 - 11:53 am:    “Death: To stop sinning suddenly." Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 413 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, October 03, 2018 - 06:41 pm:    ”A gentleman is a man who can play the accordion but doesn't." Unknown Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 414 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Thursday, October 04, 2018 - 09:47 am:    "Change is inevitable... except from vending machines." Robert C. Gallagher (1939-) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 415 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, October 05, 2018 - 05:10 pm:    "All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward." Ellen Glasgow (1873-1945) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 416 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Thursday, October 11, 2018 - 02:51 pm:    "All I ask of life is a constant and exaggerated sense of my own importance." Ashleigh Brilliant (1933-) ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 1186 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Friday, October 12, 2018 - 10:45 am:    Heck, I'd settle for it just once in my lifetime! Ah, who am I kidding? George A. Everding, FCSI, CCS, CCCA, AIA Senior Member Username: geverding Post Number: 883 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Monday, October 15, 2018 - 12:28 pm:    "Words are loaded pistols." Jean-Paul Sartre (Essays on Aesthetics) This should be foremost in the minds of anyone who sets out to prepare a construction specification. Dewayne Dean Senior Member Username: ddean Post Number: 173 Registered: 02-2016 Posted on Tuesday, October 16, 2018 - 10:36 am:    You will learn nothing from life if you think you are right all the time ~ anon Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 417 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Tuesday, October 16, 2018 - 03:32 pm:    “Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.” P. J. O'Rourke (1947-) ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 1187 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Tuesday, October 16, 2018 - 04:01 pm:    So does that mean we should or shouldn't read specs? Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 418 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2018 - 09:40 am:    "Be nice to your kids. They'll choose your nursing home." Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 419 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, October 19, 2018 - 12:54 pm:    “The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.” James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 420 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Monday, October 22, 2018 - 11:19 am:    "We are born naked, wet, and hungry. Then things get worse." Unknown Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 421 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 - 01:52 pm:    “Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.” Will Rogers (1879-1935) Sheldon Wolfe Senior Member Username: sheldon_wolfe Post Number: 1020 Registered: 01-2003 Posted on Thursday, October 25, 2018 - 02:08 am:    Good does not always triumph over evil, but once in a while entropy is reversed. Only locally, and only temporarily, but when it happens, it is a time to rejoice. Sheldon Wolfe Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 423 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, October 26, 2018 - 02:08 pm:    “Being alone is not the same as being lonely.” Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 424 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, October 31, 2018 - 04:28 pm:    “Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.” Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 425 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Thursday, November 08, 2018 - 01:27 pm:    "A waist is a terrible thing to mind." Jane Caminos (1949-) ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 1196 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Thursday, November 08, 2018 - 02:14 pm:    Attributed to many plausible, possible sources (https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/12/18/age-mind/): "Age Is an Issue of Mind Over Matter. If You Don’t Mind, It Doesn’t Matter." Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 426 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Thursday, November 08, 2018 - 04:50 pm:    Ken; I might not mind, but my knees are complaining daily. ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 1197 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Thursday, November 08, 2018 - 04:53 pm:    Yep, knees, back, neck... Thankfully only when I stand, walk, sit, or lie down. Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 427 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Thursday, November 08, 2018 - 05:37 pm:    :-) ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 1198 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2018 - 11:08 am:    With thanks to A Word A Day (wordsmith.org) A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it they are wrong. -Robert Louis Stevenson, novelist, essayist, and poet (13 Nov 1850-1894) What type of moralist would this make him? Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 428 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Sunday, November 18, 2018 - 04:37 pm:    “To err is human--and to blame it on a computer is even more so.” Robert Orben (1927-) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 429 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Tuesday, November 20, 2018 - 01:20 pm:    Not an aphorism, but something I re-read every Thanksgiving. by Art Buchwald Thanksgiving day-art buchwald.pdf (72.6 k) Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEED® AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 2173 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Tuesday, November 20, 2018 - 01:33 pm:    I've not seen this before and it's wonderful. Thank you, Ellis, for a good chuckle, a laugh out loud, and then some sober thinking. And a blessed Thanksgiving to all. ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 1199 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Tuesday, November 20, 2018 - 03:41 pm:    Thanks Ellis. I grew up on Art Buchwald. I hold him personally responsible for my becoming a professional cynic. He was truly brilliant. I had heard of him checking in, and out, of hospice but didn't accept that he was leaving us. I cried when I read this http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/19/AR2007011900444.html?noredirect=on Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEED® AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 2174 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Tuesday, November 20, 2018 - 06:23 pm:    Another good from from a great writer. Thanks, Ken, for posting the link to one I did read all those years ago. Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 430 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, November 21, 2018 - 04:43 am:    I read a biography of Buchwald some years ago. A very interesting man with an interesting life. Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 431 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, November 21, 2018 - 06:36 am:    The book was "I'll Always Have Paris: A Memoir", by Buchwald Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 432 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Tuesday, November 27, 2018 - 10:43 am:    “DEBT, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slave-driver.” Ambrose Bierce (1848-1914) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 434 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, December 07, 2018 - 09:01 am:    "Don't confuse ignorance with a point of view" Unknown ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 1203 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2018 - 12:10 pm:    Ellis, I had hope that Buchwald was talking about his time in Marine boot camp at Parris Island. Still, a fun read. Chris Grimm, CSI, CCS, SCIP, LEED AP BD+C Senior Member Username: chris_grimm_ccs_scip Post Number: 454 Registered: 02-2014 Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2018 - 01:37 pm:    In searching for more about the above quote, I found on Quora, by Karan Banjo, somewhat of an interesting rebuttal: "Ignorance means to ignore, or to fail to notice. Ignorance means that your point of view has failed to notice the truth. "When you realize this, you make yourself available for truth. Truth cannot be a point of view since truth is single. All points of view are nothing but an ignorance of truth." Wow. That's deep. James Sandoz, AIA, CSI, CCS, CCCA Senior Member Username: jsandoz Post Number: 249 Registered: 06-2005 Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2018 - 09:05 am:    Chris, what you shared with this forum is especially "deep" in this era of fake news and "relative truth." Sigh. Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 435 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2018 - 12:54 pm:    “A free society is a place where it's safe to be unpopular." Adlai E. Stevenson (1900-1965) James Sandoz, AIA, CSI, CCS, CCCA Senior Member Username: jsandoz Post Number: 250 Registered: 06-2005 Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2018 - 09:12 am:    Not to belabor the point, but I recently read the book "The Stevensons: A Biography of an American Family" by Jean H. Baker. It was a biography of Adlai's grandfather (a person of considerable accomplishment), father (pretty much a ne'er-do-well), and the former U. N. Ambassador. It was a good read. According to the author Adlai Stevenson spent a great deal of his adult life being unpopular because of his hard-line stance on his ideals, for one, and his patrician attitude and sharp tongue. It is no wonder - some of his quips, while hilarious, were very cutting. One of my favorite Stevenson quotes, for no particular reason other than I like the alliteration (I don't know much of the teachings of Norman Vincent Peale), is this one: "I find Saint Paul appealing and Saint Peale appalling.". ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 1204 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2018 - 10:01 am:    Sounds like a lot of Specifiers I've met! Thankfully I'm comfortable with being unpopular. I don't have to buy as many presents. Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 436 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2018 - 10:06 am:    I know people who think the solution to their unpopularity is to give more gifts. Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 437 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2018 - 10:08 am:    “All those who believe in psychokinesis, raise my hand.” Steven Wright (1955-) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 438 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, December 19, 2018 - 09:57 am:    "Delusions of grandeur make me feel a lot better about myself." Jane Wagner (1935-) ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 1205 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Friday, December 21, 2018 - 03:35 pm:    Old World Zinger: Sir Francis Blake Delaval: "Sir, I do not know whether you will die on the gallows or of the pox." Samuel Foote: "That depends, my lord, on whether I embrace your principles or your mistress." Note: According to the article I was reading, this quote has been attributed to numerous people, but the earliest references are to Samuel Foote. Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 439 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Monday, January 14, 2019 - 11:16 am:    “It matters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.” Darin Weinberg (1963-) ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 1216 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Friday, February 08, 2019 - 09:21 am:    With thanks, again, to A WORD A DAY by wordsmith.org: A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: they must be fit for it; they must not do too much of it; and they must have a sense of success in it. -John Ruskin, author, art critic, and social reformer (8 Feb 1819-1900 How many of us settle for less? Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 442 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Tuesday, February 12, 2019 - 09:12 am:    "You know I could rent you out as a decoy for duck hunters?" Groucho Marx (1890-1977) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 444 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2019 - 01:35 pm:    "Some folks are wise and some are otherwise." Tobias George Smolett (1721-1771) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 445 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, February 15, 2019 - 08:54 am:    “The closest you will ever come in this life to an orderly universe is a good library.” Ashleigh Brilliant (1933-) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 446 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Monday, February 18, 2019 - 04:47 pm:    “George Washington had a vision for this country. Was it three days of uninterrupted shopping?" Jeff Melvoin (?1951-) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 447 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, February 20, 2019 - 10:18 am:    "He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." Winston Churchill (1874-1965) Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEED® AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 2180 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Wednesday, February 20, 2019 - 10:23 am:    The power to command frequently causes failure to think. - Barbara Tuchman, author and historian (30 Jan 1912-1989) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 448 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, February 20, 2019 - 02:40 pm:    Lynn; I have worked with some who Tuchman was talking about. Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 449 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2019 - 11:03 am:    “One possible reason why things aren't going according to plan is that there never was a plan.” Ashleigh Brilliant (1933-) David G. Axt, CCS, CSI ,SCIP Senior Member Username: david_axt Post Number: 1759 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2019 - 02:17 pm:    "Life is what happens while you are making other plans." -John Lennon David G. Axt, CCS, CSI, SCIP Specifications Consultant Axt Consulting LLC ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 1219 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2019 - 02:21 pm:    “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail!” Attributed to Benjamin Franklin Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 450 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Monday, March 04, 2019 - 01:45 pm:    “I didn't say it was your fault. I said I was going to blame it on you.” Ashleigh Brilliant (1933-) ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 1220 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Tuesday, March 05, 2019 - 11:06 am:    I think we've all been here - https://wordsmith.org/words/resistentialism.html Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEED® AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 2184 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Tuesday, March 05, 2019 - 11:41 am:    Yes, we have, Ken! We were discussing the various ways we've encountered events in which we would have used that word. Stepping on that jumping Lego in the dark won. Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 451 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 - 05:01 pm:    "I didn't like the play, but then I saw it under adverse conditions - the curtain was up." Groucho Marx (1890-1977) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 452 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Thursday, March 14, 2019 - 10:31 am:    “Quit worrying about your health. It'll go away.” Robert Orben (1927-) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 454 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Monday, April 01, 2019 - 04:24 pm:    “The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year. ”Mark Twain (1835-1910) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 455 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Monday, April 08, 2019 - 12:30 pm:    "Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself." Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) Anne Whitacre, FCSI CCS Senior Member Username: awhitacre Post Number: 1444 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Thursday, April 25, 2019 - 08:34 pm:    "Never trust a computer you can't throw out the window" Steve Wozniak Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 456 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, April 26, 2019 - 09:51 am:    ;-) Anne; I agree with Woz, but I doubt that I convince either our IT group or the head of our office that i was just following sage advice when I chuck my laptop because Outlook crashed again. Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEED® AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 2188 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Friday, April 26, 2019 - 10:06 am:    I've been tempted many times... Lisa Goodwin Robbins, RA, CCS, LEED ap Senior Member Username: lgoodrob Post Number: 362 Registered: 08-2004 Posted on Friday, April 26, 2019 - 10:18 am:    Ooooh, that gives me some ideas. My older daughter throws hammer and discus. When I throw my current computer out the window, there will be a dramatic video involved. Reserve me a timeslot at the next SCIP meeting. - Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 457 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Monday, April 29, 2019 - 09:56 am:    "A nightmare is like bad food; it passes." Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 458 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Tuesday, May 07, 2019 - 08:37 am:    “It's not easy taking my problems one at a time when they refuse to get in line.” Ashleigh Brilliant (1933-) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 459 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Tuesday, May 28, 2019 - 03:30 pm:    “All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.” Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) Chris Grimm, CSI, CCS, SCIP, LEED AP BD+C Senior Member Username: chris_grimm_ccs_scip Post Number: 487 Registered: 02-2014 Posted on Sunday, June 23, 2019 - 01:53 pm:    Ask pessimists for money, because they’ll never expect you to pay it back. Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEED® AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 2194 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Wednesday, July 03, 2019 - 03:08 pm:    Godwin's Law: The idea that as a debate progresses, it becomes inevitable that someone would compare another to Hitler or the Nazis. A lawyer named Mike Godwin coined an adage (in 1991) that stated: “As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.” Since then Godwin’s law has served as a useful reminder that whenever a comparison to Hitler or Nazis is made, the discussion is over and the one making such comparison loses. There is, however, an exception. When actual Nazis (or as our president calls them, “very fine people”) are involved in a discussion, invoking Godwin’s law doesn’t mean anything. Godwin himself has started that many times. Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 465 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, July 03, 2019 - 03:27 pm:    Lynn; All too true. ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 1227 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Thursday, August 08, 2019 - 10:38 am:    A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: When I can look Life in the eyes, / Grown calm and very coldly wise, / Life will have given me the Truth, / And taken in exchange -- my youth. -Sara Teasdale, poet (8 Aug 1884-1933) Why do I feel older but not smarter? James Sandoz, AIA, CSI, CCS, CCCA Senior Member Username: jsandoz Post Number: 278 Registered: 06-2005 Posted on Thursday, August 08, 2019 - 11:19 am:    Old age and the passage of time teach all things Sophocles Ken, you are more wise than you may suspect. :-) ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 1228 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Thursday, August 08, 2019 - 11:31 am:    You're very kind James; I'll take all the kindness sent my way. Lots of people have told me that I'm a wise ass to which I typically reply that it's better than being a dumb one. ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 1229 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Monday, August 12, 2019 - 02:52 pm:    A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: It has always seemed strange to me that in our endless discussions about education so little stress is laid on the pleasure of becoming an educated person, the enormous interest it adds to life. To be able to be caught up into the world of thought -- that is to be educated. -Edith Hamilton, educator and writer (12 Aug 1867-1963) Along those same lines, having read and listened to hundreds of speakers I have found what I believe to be the definition of a motivational argument. If you successfully stress the "why" the subject will be motivated to figure out the "how" for themselves. I believe Ms. Hamilton made a great argument that our current group of educators can learn from. Marc Chavez Senior Member Username: mchavez Post Number: 503 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Monday, August 12, 2019 - 03:22 pm:    see anything by Simon Sinek it is all about why. Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS Senior Member Username: michael_chusid Post Number: 503 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Monday, August 12, 2019 - 03:38 pm:    WHY The Jewish Sages asked, "Which is more important, Study or Action?" They answered, "Study, because it leads to Action." Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS 1-818-219-4937 www.chusid.com www.buildingproduct.guru Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 467 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Tuesday, August 13, 2019 - 07:37 am:    Michael; Of course some groups and individuals always want more studies before any action. In their minds no action should be taken until there is no risk. Since perfection is impossible this leads to nothing being done. The tobacco industry comes to mind. ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 1230 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Tuesday, August 13, 2019 - 10:52 am:    A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: The Supreme Ethical Rule: Act so as to elicit the best in others and thereby in thyself. -Felix Adler, professor, lecturer, and reformer (13 Aug 1851-1933) No small task but it sure seems to be worth the effort! Marc Chavez Senior Member Username: mchavez Post Number: 507 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Tuesday, August 13, 2019 - 11:46 am:    Do unto others before they do unto you! attributed to others as well as Terry Pratchett in Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch Dewayne Dean Senior Member Username: ddean Post Number: 200 Registered: 02-2016 Posted on Tuesday, August 13, 2019 - 02:37 pm:    Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.” Truman Capote Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 468 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, August 16, 2019 - 03:24 pm:    "Everyone needs to believe in something. I believe that I’ll have another beer." Unknown Rosa Cheney Intermediate Member Username: rdcaia Post Number: 4 Registered: 07-2018 Posted on Tuesday, August 27, 2019 - 08:57 pm:    "Nothing astonishes men so much as common-sense and plain dealing." -Ralph Waldo Emerson Ed Storer Senior Member Username: ed_storer Post Number: 23 Registered: 05-2009 Posted on Saturday, August 31, 2019 - 01:58 pm:    "You know that you're over the hill when your mind makes promises your body can't fill." Lowell George of Little Feat (band). ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 1234 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Saturday, August 31, 2019 - 05:49 pm:    Can't beat the classics. Little Feat is still one of the greatest bands that few people have heard of. Dave Metzger Senior Member Username: davemetzger Post Number: 754 Registered: 07-2001 Posted on Tuesday, September 03, 2019 - 05:48 pm:    "The 300th contributor to Aphorism of the Day gets a gold star". - Dave Metzger Marc Chavez Senior Member Username: mchavez Post Number: 521 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Tuesday, September 03, 2019 - 06:12 pm:    I have Aphorism and the doctor gave me glasses... I had an Aphorism once...almost killed me Aphorism: the state of being enamored of tall ancient Greek or Roman jars with two handles and a narrow neck...oh wait that is amphorism! APH! orism....gesundheit Margaret G. Chewning FCSI CCS Senior Member Username: presbspec Post Number: 315 Registered: 01-2003 Posted on Tuesday, September 03, 2019 - 11:07 pm:    Marc, you have too much time on your hands! Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 469 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, September 04, 2019 - 08:37 am:    "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." Clarence Darrow (1857-1938) Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEED® AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 2198 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Thursday, September 05, 2019 - 04:09 pm:    The only thing Flat-Earthers fear is sphere itself. Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 470 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, September 06, 2019 - 11:51 am:    Lynn; .... grown .... I wonder what is the appropriate punishment for punsters? Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEED® AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 2199 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Friday, September 06, 2019 - 12:27 pm:    Puncheons? Pungency? Carrying a hand punnet? (and headed we all know where - grin) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 471 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Monday, September 09, 2019 - 12:50 pm:    “If you don't like my opinion of you, you can always improve.” Ashleigh Brilliant (1933-) Ed Storer Senior Member Username: ed_storer Post Number: 30 Registered: 05-2009 Posted on Wednesday, September 11, 2019 - 06:41 pm:    "Tis better to have lost count..." (than to never loved at all) From a New Yorker magazine competition. (Add a word to an adage to change the meaning.) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 472 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Thursday, September 12, 2019 - 12:53 pm:    Ed; Is that your dating philosophy? Ed Storer Senior Member Username: ed_storer Post Number: 31 Registered: 05-2009 Posted on Thursday, September 12, 2019 - 02:28 pm:    Ellis, It was back in the 70's' but it applied to a coworker who introduced me to disco and the "meet market" Long since abandoned but fondly remembered. Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 473 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, September 13, 2019 - 02:54 pm:    "Months that begin on Sunday will always have a Friday the 13th. So does that make Sunday the 1st unlucky?" Unknown Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEED® AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 2200 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Friday, September 13, 2019 - 03:12 pm:    Perhaps. But since both my grandmother and I were born on Friday the 13ths, I don't believe in the unluckyness of Friday the 13th., nor do I suffer from triskaidekaphobia (and I'd bet that my grandmother felt the same) Paul Sweet (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted on Monday, September 16, 2019 - 06:20 pm:    "Tradition is a set of solutions for which we have forgotten the problems. Throw away the solution and you get the problem back." —Donald Kingsbury I found this on https://bluebirdofbitterness.com/ Louis Medcalf, FCSI, CCS Senior Member Username: louis_medcalf Post Number: 107 Registered: 11-2010 Posted on Thursday, September 19, 2019 - 04:13 pm:    Progress is a myth invented to shield us from the terrors of the future. --Frank Herbert Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 474 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, September 20, 2019 - 04:27 pm:    “The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.” Sir William Osler (1849 - 1919) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 478 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Monday, October 07, 2019 - 04:41 pm:    “My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I'm right.” Ashleigh Brilliant (1933-) Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 479 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Friday, October 11, 2019 - 04:01 pm:    “Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing." Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 1242 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Friday, October 18, 2019 - 02:30 pm:    A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. -William James, psychologist and philosopher (1842-1910) If only more people could learn to live by this simple principle. With thanks to A Word A Day, www.wordsmith.org Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 481 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Monday, October 21, 2019 - 10:23 am:    "The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun." P.G. Wodehouse (1881-1975)