A quote from Alice

"The time has come, " the Walrus said, "to talk of many things:

Of shoes-- and ships-- and sealing wax--

Of cabbages-- and kings--

And why the sea is boiling hot

And whether pigs have wings."

                                            -Lewis Carroll, Alice Adventures in Wonderland 


An open and inquiring mind sees everything under the sun, including those which are hidden and even those which are deemed inconceivable.

The Cheshire Cat from Alice Adventures in Wonderland.

For quiz show geeks out there, the real name of Lewis Carroll is Charles Lutwidge Dodgson who wrote the story for kids. But it doesn't end there since it has also captured the imagination of practically all ages. This makes Alice in Wonderland required reading, even for engineering students. As a matter of fact, Science, Technology and Society lectures have reference to the social parodies of Alice, which places the book together with Thoreau's Walden and Pirsig's Zen and the  Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, to name a few, among the best in their discussion of the role of science and technology in the society.

There is a copy by Bantam Classics which incorporates Alice and the sequel, Through the Looking Glass, in one book. If you're going to tell me you'd rather watch the movie instead, or there's no need to read because you already watched the movie, then accept my look of combined disappointment and derision.