Right now I’m sitting here typing out this story, and I’m still not entirely sure why I’m not nursing a fat lip or a black eye.  Because that obviously made him so mad that I still am not sure why it didn’t come to blows.

This is awesome! (thanks Anna via Rich)

I think I agree with Bear. I have read about a variety of approaches for storing the configs encrypted, but never actually done it. Doesn’t feel right to me.

Girls who play sport at school learn at a young age that it is acceptable to compete aggressively. They also discover that success does not depend on looking good and that it can be acceptable to take pleasure in winning.

This makes a good bit of sense to me. Encouraging participation in sports is already something I was doing with my daughter, this is just another reason to do so.

This is deliciously absurd and enjoyable.

This requires you to have confidence in your judgement, to assume authority and responsibility, to make decisions, to take risks – in other words to do what you have been hired to do!

I love this, just don’t read the comments – advice that applies to most sites, sadly. (thanks Martin)

I hadn’t realized this, but it definitely makes sense. (thanks MG)

This is so good. (thanks Daring Fireball)

I just pre-ordered my copy.