...i suppose you might possibly want to go back to my OFFICIAL PAGE...

scientists are baffled by my astounding birthmark {pic of sumo with a butterfly face painting}

sumo's favourite things (besides my family, of course!):

** my dog(s):
 * JEL Honey Bar, the greatest dog in all the world: 14/jul/1981-03/mar/1993
{photo of Honey Bar} {photo of Honey Bar and Mica}
Honey by the Isar, Englischer Garten, Munich; with sumo and Mica 2 days before her death

 * Mica (Clearlake Rainstorm, 18/nov/1992), who is trying to learn manners
 * Wolf (1985?- ), Mica's friend, a fun girl who stays with us sometimes
 * Macintosh (1991), a really nice guy we dog-sat Jan to May'96.

Wolf, Mica, Mac ............ Mac and Mica, Jan 1996

 * Bear (??-09/aug/1994), a sweetheart we often dog-sat
why don't i have any cats? i wish i could (my daughters too) but i developed allergies to the lovely creatures once i stopped living with them. colour me sad :-(

** browsing/surfing/wandering/absorbing the net!

** broomball (. . . IS MY LIFE)

** beer & popcorn

** LOUD music :-)
 * Pink Floyd.  * Pearl Jam.  * Stone Roses.  * Smashing Pumpkins.  * Judy Small.  * Pixies.  * Neil Diamond.  * Breeders.  * Tchaikovsky.  * Kate Bush.  * Talking Heads.  * Doug and the Slugs.  * Proclaimers.  * Vinaigrettes.  *


this is Home: {Earth.gif} isn't she just beautiful!?
words that struck a chord (sung in the movie "Babe")
And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair... ~~~ Kahlil Gibran
As soon as we started programming, we found to our surprise that it wasn't as easy to get programs right as we had thought. Debugging had to be discovered. I can remember the exact instant when I realized that a large part of my life from then on was going to be spent in finding mistakes in my own programs.
Maurice Wilkes, 1949
excerpt, "What a language!", Kevin Daniels, PhD, Procept, Inc., Cambridge MA
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Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell? Park on driveways and drive on parkways?
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