Reality is like a fruitcake; pretty enough to look at but with all sorts of nasty things lurking just beneath the surface.

Nutty as a fruitcake

A bot had to find his own way, and I'd figured out that functioning for function's sake was pointless." - Mack Megaton

I believe it was the great ogre philosopher Gary who observed that complexity is, generally speaking, an illusion of conscious desire. All things exist in as simple a form as necessity dictates. When a thing is labeled 'complex,' that's just a roundabout way of saying you're not observant enough to understand it.

Those who write are writers. Those who wait are waiters.

Ned passed the next few minutes quietly not dying in his office, and was pleased with how well it was going. He'd stayed alive longer, but now that he was concentrating on it, it felt more like an accomplishment.