Re: Making money from Java

On Sat, 3 Dec 2005 17:44:22 -0600, "Judson McClendon"
<judmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>How much more don't I know? There really is a Santa Clause, right? ;-)
>Actually, learning there wasn't a Santa Clause was very traumatic for me.
>Not because of Santa (I didn't care who brought the presents!), but because
>I had been systematically deceived by society, my teachers, even my own
>parents. I began to worry about what else I didn't know, and wondered "If I
>can't depend on my own parents to be honest with me, how do I know when I'm
>being lied to?"

My mother was hurt that her parents never bought her any Christmas
gifts. If Santa liked her enough to buy gifts, why not her parents?

My wife never was an effective liar. My kids learned to play the
Santa game, but it never became very real. I kind of like the idea
of having kids playing Santa just the way they play Cinderella or
Spiderman.

My son still claims that he believes in the Tooth Fairy - except when
his kids lose teeth. After all, there is only one consequence in
disbelief in the tooth fairy.
.

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