1. STFL #1: My wife is always right.
  2. STFL #2: The harder a problem is to track down, the simpler the cause is likely to be.
  3. STFL #3: Having too much pizza is better than running out.
  4. STFL #4: Whiteboards are awesome.
  5. STFL #5: You must read the code.
  6. STFL #6: Donuts.
  7. STFL #7: When in doubt, nap.
  8. STFL #8: If you are comfortable with who God is and what He is doing, you’re doing it wrong.
  9. STFL #9: Children are always a blessing. I will say it again: Children. Are. Always. A. Blessing.
  10. STFL #10: I am the most humble and truthful person.
  11. STFL #11: Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, weak men create hard times.
  12. STFL #12: Parents are only responsible for their parenting, not for their children’s obedience.
  13. STFL #13: Children are only responsible for their obedience, not for their parent’s parenting.
  14. STFL #14: There are two classic blunders: (1) Never get involved in a land war in Asia. (2) Never get into an argument with a Sicilian when death is on the line.
  15. STFL #15: Giving a government official a big pile of money is almost always a bad idea. Just kidding. It is always a bad idea.
  16. STFL #16: Some things cannot be said.
  17. STFL #17: The belief in basic human goodness has led to many of the greatest evils in history.
  18. STFL #18: Words mean things.
  19. STFL #19: He who is easily amused shall never cease to be entertained.
  20. STFL #20: Without omniscience, faith is inescapable.
  21. STFL #21: Kansas is the best place on earth.
  22. STFL #22: Kansas has disassociative personality disorder.
  23. STFL #23: The Bible is written for those who believe it.
  24. STFL #24: Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you want.
  25. STFL #25: The only way to talk to trolls is to hand them rope and watch what they do with it.
  26. STFL #26: Life is pain. Anyone who says differently is selling something.
  27. STFL #27: If you are upset by how unfair life is, just imagine how upset you’d be if it were fair.
  28. STFL #28: Some people really want the Bible to say anything other than what it actually says.
  29. STFL #29: Never dig straight down.
  30. STFL #30: Never do live demos.
  31. STFL #31: What do you call a huge publicly-owned monopoly run by greedy, power-hungry shareholders, which can change the rules of the marketplace at will and force consumers to buy at the point of a gun? Democratic government.
  32. STFL #32: Patience is a matter of months and years, not hours or days.
  33. STFL #33: Love is properly defined as committing to do the best for someone.
  34. STFL #34: The literal meaning of “literal” is literally the most abused word in English.
  35. STFL #35: It is not an insult to be called “sheep” as long as your shepherd is worthy.
  36. STFL #36: Science is merely the practice of reverse engineering the parts of the universe we observe and care about.
  37. STFL #37: Sometimes the best way to help someone is to refuse to help.
  38. STFL #38: It is unwise to mix myth with truth.
  39. STFL #39: Buying a lottery ticket is always a mistake.
  40. STFL #40: The system of government matters far less than the character of the people being governed.
  41. STFL #41: Marriage is between a man and a woman.
  42. STFL #42: Don’t panic.
  43. STFL #43: It is better to take risks and live than to be safe and die.
  44. STFL #44: You will either be born twice or you will die twice.
  45. STFL #45: Short naps are better.
  46. STFL #46: Security by obscurity is security in name only.
  47. STFL #47: Most people want to appear holy, but only a very few want to be holy.
  48. STFL #48: Men and women are different.
  49. STFL #49: Like a glass window, a law broken is broken forever.
  50. STFL #50: America is a nation full of people who do not like being told what to do and how to live, but insist on telling other people what to do and how to live.
  51. STFL #51: Evil will always win because good is dumb.
  52. STFL #52: There are no secrets or codes in the Bible.
  53. STFL #53: Liberty is not liberty unless you are free to do things that are unpopular, stupid, and offensive to others.
  54. STFL #54: “Don’t judge me” implies “I can judge you.”
  55. STFL #55: The difference between a good administrator and a bad one is about 5 seconds.
  56. STFL #56: Unions, factions, and parties exist to bully power out of the hands of individuals.
  57. STFL #58: Even the worst tyrants must do some temporal good.
  58. STFL #59: Job teaches us that God does whatever he wants, but also that seemingly good friends may be worse than useless in a crisis.
  59. STFL #60: If it isn’t broken, it doesn’t have enough features yet.
  60. STFL #61: In software, common tasks should be easy. Everything else should be harder.
  61. STFL #62: People like statistics that confirm their bias and ignore everything else.
  62. STFL #63: No matter how cold it gets, you can always have fun.
  63. STFL #64: Science does not happen until after assumptions are made regarding the nature of knowledge and being.
  64. STFL #65: All non-trivial software programs contain at least one bug.
  65. STFL #66: Law defines what failure is.
  66. STFL #67: Sometimes the best way to cope with a frustrating situation is to write a horrible letter explaining your problem to the responsible person in detail... and then destroy it.
  67. STFL #68: There is a difference between liberty and license.
  68. STFL #69: Early to bed and early to rise makes a man stupid and blind in the eyes.
  69. STFL #70: Whenever Kansas makes headlines, you can expect Kansas expatriates who “love Kansas” to be the first and loudest critics of Kansas.
  70. STFL #71: Never comfort someone by offering advice or saying “I understand.”
  71. STFL #72: Always keep two calendars: one online and one manual.
  72. STFL #73: Committees fail when focused on implementation and succeed when focused on direction and assigning responsibility.
  73. STFL #74: No cats.
  74. STFL #75: If your code is unreadable, what makes you think your comments will be more helpful?
  75. STFL #76: Only a false gospel can be completely explained in a few minutes.
  76. STFL #77: Just because an action is wrong does not mean there should be a law against.
  77. STFL #78: Disciplined children start with disciplined adults.
  78. STFL #79: People do strange things to show they care.
  79. STFL #80: Everyone gets their day in court.
  80. STFL #81: Don’t make me participate in your stupid crap if you don’t like the way I do it.
  81. STFL #82: Babies do not sleep like a baby.
  82. STFL #83: The wealthiest individuals and largest companies are the ones most able to shrug off regulations and taxes.
  83. STFL #84: Public schools are not a sacrament.
  84. STFL #85: The weakest link in any security system is always people.
  85. STFL #86: Publishing negative things about others is poor taste. Publishing negative things about your employer is stupid.
  86. STFL #87: “Invalid” is the word most abused by engineers when something is incorrect.
  87. STFL #88: Computer simulations and reality are never equal and rarely even very similar.
  88. STFL #89: The more petty a user interface or user experience improvement is to an application, the more the users will appreciate it.
  89. STFL #90: If you go online to complain about being too poor, you are not nearly so poor as you think you are.
  90. STFL #91: Speed limits are a money-making scam.
  91. STFL #92: Be careful what you say. Sometimes people will listen.
  92. STFL #93: God does not make mistakes nor is He trying to confuse you.
  93. STFL #94: The proper amount of consent before engaging in sexual congress with another person is, “I do.”
  94. STFL #95: Parents are obsessed with the poop of their kids.
  95. STFL #96: If you find yourself in awe, you are engaged in worship.
  96. STFL #97: Friendship is not something others give to you, but something you give to others.
  97. STFL #98: Pretending a doll is watching your kids and checking up on them is a good plot for a horror movie, not good real-life parenting.
  98. STFL #99: “God is leading me to...” is a phrase that is almost always followed by bad theology.
  99. STFL #100: When someone asks an impertinent question, you should respond with an impertinent answer or nothing.
  100. STFL #101: Never read comments on the Internet.
  101. STFL #102: If we each spent more time feeling sympathy for one another rather than giving advice, we’d be better, happier people.
  102. STFL #103: Repartee is that which you think of hours after you need it.
  103. STFL #104: If someone says they are joking, how do you know they are being serious? If someone says they are serious, how do you know they aren’t joking?
  104. STFL #105: No organization is a monolith.
  105. STFL #107: Invention and discovery are not inevitable consequences of human existence.
  106. STFL #108: The first implementation is always wrong.
  107. STFL #109: We are all going to die.
  108. STFL #110: Multiverse Theory is not science.
  109. STFL #111: There are fewer people who correctly know how to use “fewer” and “less” all the time.
  110. STFL #112: Forgiveness does not guarantee the restoration of trust.
  111. STFL #113: Do not carry your cross alone, even Jesus had help.
  112. STFL #114: If an engineer tells you something is the worst ever, what he really means is that it is pretty good, but needs some work.
  113. STFL #115: In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice they are not.
  114. STFL #116: Knee-jerk reactions to current events might score political points, but make for terrible policies.
  115. STFL #117: All technology is magic.
  116. STFL #119: If you must choose between being nice and being honest, err on the side of honesty.
  117. STFL #120: Admiration is a virtue, pride is a vice.
  118. STFL #121: Witnessing is good. Proselytizing is bad. Very few people discern between these.
  119. STFL #122: There is no unconscious bias, only hypocrisy.
  120. STFL #123: If you want to prevent crime, change your culture, not your laws.
  121. STFL #124: Never write code in a module containing “util” in the name.
  122. STFL #125: True peace comes from focusing on eternity.
  123. STFL #126: Code written by me more than 6 weeks ago might as well have been written by someone else.
  124. STFL #127: There's no magic formula to parenting.
  125. STFL #128: Theology is everything.
  126. STFL #129: The simplest way to explain the behavior of any bureaucratic organization is to assume that it is controlled by a cabal of its enemies.
  127. STFL #130: Some words lose their meaning if you use them.
  128. STFL #131: Allow your boss take credit for your ideas, but when you're the boss, give your subordinates credit for your own ideas.
  129. STFL #132: Never be surprised when someone has a serious problem, does not know what to do, asks for advice, and then ignores you because you did not confirm whatever preconceived tomfoolery they hoped to hear.
  130. STFL #133: Celebrate people while they live. Mourn them when they pass away.
  131. STFL #134: If you want to be good at something, you must enjoy being bad at it first.
  132. STFL #135: That which a person will not permit to be mocked is sacred to that person.
  133. STFL #136: All engineering problems are people problems.
  134. STFL #137: People can be trash at something, but cannot be trash themselves.
  135. STFL #138: Men usually solve their problems by trial and error, but mostly error.
  136. STFL #139: The first 90% of a software project takes 90% of the time. The last 10% takes the other 90%.

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