I just want to mention a couple of things that I’ve come up with.

The first is the quote:


Reality isn’t important. The perception of reality is the only thing that matters.

I’ve been using this phrase for a couple of years now. It’s really a great sentiment, if I do say so myself. It covers practically all of life as we know it. Think about any human event that involves a misunderstanding. Generally speaking, reality isn’t important. How a person perceives reality is all that matters to that person. Every once and a while, said individual can actually be convinced otherwise, but generally not.

This quote really hits home when you apply it to “the press”. It often applies to them as well. In theory (as far as I’m concerned), the press should be mindless automatons that do nothing more than convey reality, and all of reality, to the masses. As we all know, though, it doesn’t work that way. They get to perceive whatever portion of reality they wish, however they wish, and then convey that perception to the masses. The masses then take that perception as actually being reality. Tsk tsk tsk.

For my second item of the day.. It’s an abbreviation that I’ve come up with. I actually came up with this particular definition when I was teaching programming back at the University of Missouri – Rolla. It wasn’t a term that I used around the students. Rather, I used it to describe certain student conditions. The term, or abbreviation:


fluc, or FLUC. I pronounce it “fluke”. I can’t control how others might pronounce it.

A “fluke” is generally defined as an accidental positive event that has occurred. But, that’s not what I’m talking about here. fluc stands for a Fundamental Lack of Understanding of the Concepts. Back in my teaching days, I used it when a student had a question about a programming assignment that clearly showed that they didn’t really understand what was actually going on. Programming is (painfully) logical. Everything really makes sense, as long as you have a firm understanding of the underlying concepts. But, many students didn’t have this understanding. Hence, the fluc’s. I still use the term. It continues to apply to various things in life. Good stuff.

Feel free to use either or both of the above concepts. Just remember.. You heard it here first.

And, the third quote that I want to put out there..


We all grow old together. Some of us just have a head start.

This one doesn’t need much explanation. I usually invoke it when people are talking about their age. Whether they are commenting on how young they are, how old they are, how young I am, or how old I am.. It still just works. It’s a nice little phrase. I’m glad I thought it up.

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