Neal’s Irksome Corner
The CIO in the organization (that would be Chief Irksome Officer–not Chief Information Officer) is my husband, Neal Melvin. His primary function is to irk me and he is diligent in his job. Really though, his function is a sounding board for me to bounce ideas off of, and he also comes up with quite a few of his own. His irksome idea to date is a corner of the blog where he can put the irksome message of the week. Hopefully you will find them clever, or annoying, or oftentimes both, as they are intended to be.
All of Neal’s Irksome quotes of the week can be found here.
July 8, 2008: The attraction of a Totalitarian system, which has had a powerful allure for many, has had its roots in a fear of freedom and responsibility. — Tzvetan Todorov
June 30, 2008: Life cannot withstand death, but memory is gaining in its struggle against nothingness — Tzvetan Todorov
June 16, 2008: Men believe in the truth of anything so long as they see that others strongly believe it is true. – Friedrich Nietzsche
February 19, 2008: Courage is to feel the daily daggers of relentless steel and keep on living — Douglas Mallock
February 6, 2008: Medical research reveals that butting into other people’s business is 17 times more fatal than smoking. Not only is it more fatal, it is also a lot quicker. – Ron Bush
February 1, 2008: Everyone has something to conceal. — The character Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon (played by Humphrey Bogart)
January 14, 2008: Life is a trial and error process. You make a big enough error and there will be a trial. – Sam Griesbam
December 21, 2007: From all of us to all of you: May you have the peace of Christmas, a joyous season and a prosperous New Year! — Neal P. Melvin and the entire Hummingbird World Media team
December 10, 2007: There’s two sides to every story — and dead men don’t talk. — Anonymous
December 3, 2007: I think, therefore I am. You think, therefore you’re wrong. — Anonymous
November 17, 2007: Old age and deceit will beat youth and enthusiasm every time. — Neal P. Melvin
November 9, 2007: God Bless our Veterans. Thank you to all those who serve, past and present. — Neal P. Melvin and the entire Hummingbird World Media team
November 1, 2007: Ripped papers, puppy poop, and various other annoyances. . . tell me why we wanted a puppy, again? –Neal P. Melvin
October 22, 2007: If at first you don’t succeed. . . don’t take up skydiving or bungi-jumping. (anonymous)
October 15, 2007: That which does not kill us. . . only makes us try other things that may. – Neal P. Melvin
October 8, 2007: Andy Warhol said everyone is famous for fifteen minutes. . . For some that’s fourteen minutes too long. – Neal P. Melvin
October 1, 2007: “Without victory, there is no survival.” — Winston Churchill
September 22, 2007: Everyone thinks they have a story to tell that everyone wants to know. Trust me, you don’t. – Neal P. Melvin
