Proposed Manifesto for the Hot Chocolate Party

Spurred by some tweets and a LJ posting of djinni's, comes the idea of the Hot Chocolate Party.

Here is my thoughts on what the position of the Hot Chocolate Party should be.

• Have a mug of cocoa, it's good for you.


• We all live here, so remember when you fight, you're fighting with family


• When the voices get too loud -- come calm down with some hot chocolate, we'll even add your preference of marshmallow (mini's, full size, spoonfuls of fluff)


• Neither side has a monopoly on truth, both the liberal and conservative world view are valuable




• One serves to remind us of our values, our history, and tradition


• One tells us to live up to our values, and considers if some traditions are better left to the past.




• Chocolate rules! Coffee drools! (Er, wait, that might be a more personal comment there :p)


• Everything is better with some cocoa (there, that's better).


• Extremists lead to ruin, no matter which world view they claim to enforce.


• No, really, we're serious about the cocoa. It's far better we sit and talk than for us to fight, even if we walk away still disagreeing with each other.

In case you're wondering if I'm serious? This is definitely a Ha ha, Only Serious post. One that is both humorous, and yet contains truth to hopefully be considered.

So, what do you think the Hot Chocolate Party should stand for?

Now this looks like a nifty programming book

O'Reilly books has posted a note on a new book out from No Starch Press, Land of Lisp which aims to teach the Lisp programming language by guiding you through programming some games.

I have to say, that sounds like more fun than most programming books.