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• First Law of Applied Terror: When reviewing your notes before an exam, the most important ones will be illegible.
• When reviewing the radio frequencies that you just wrote down, the most important ones are always illegible.
  -- Murphy's Military Laws, #45...
• The real questions are the ones that obtrude upon your consciousness whether you like it or no
  he ones that make your mind start vibrating like a jackhammer, the ones that you "come to terms with" only to discover that they are still there....
• First Law of Kitchen Confusion: In a family recipe that you discovered in an old book, the most vital measurement will be illegible.
• Dessert is probably the most important stage of the meal, since it will be the last thing your guests remember before they pass out all over the table.
  -- The Anarchist Cookbook...