This from the wit and wisdom ezine. I went there, but she wouldn't tell me much. ;-)

Chatter Bots

The first chat bot, Eliza, was created in 1966 by Professor Joseph Weizenbaum of MIT, to study natural language communication between man and machine. Eliza parodies a therapist by answering questions with questions. Here's a conversation I had with Eliza:

Me: Hi there. I've got a few questions to ask...
Eliza: Please go on.
Me: Well, I think I have a drinking problem.
Eliza: But you are not sure you have a drinking problem?
Me: I'm sure. All my shirts are stained in front.
Eliza: Why do you say your shirts are stained in front?
Me: The dry cleaning bills are really getting out of hand.
Eliza: Would you like it if they were not getting out of hand?

Although Eliza is 36 years old, you can still try it out at:
http://www-ai.ijs.si/eliza/eliza.html

Put this in your pipe and smoke it:

"The preservation of our children's childhood," [professor and author Neil] Postman said, "requires nothing less or more of us than this: if they are to remain children, then we must become adults."

Context: watching television.

To become adult: take responsibility for your children.

Implication: turn off the TV.

Here's the source.

http://home.earthlink.net/~marciawilson1/mwoils.html

Like art? Oil paintings? You may find a painting here to suit your fancy. And one that may not ....

http://www.spaceheadjim.com/

Illustrations and art from a Jersey flosser.

This is not mine, but I found it compelling:

I think I should mourn o'er my sorrowful fate,
If sorrow in heaven can be;
If no one should be at the Beautiful Gate,
There watching and waiting for me.

From Guy N. Woods's commentary on James, p. 314.