Teach your children (too) well.

Dad taught me a very basic lesson, though sometimes I refer to it as a curse:

If you want to get something done, you'd better do it yourself.

Sadly, there's much too much truth in that statement. On the other hand, though it might seem to be related to this column's topic (along the lines of, "when in doubt, do the research yourself") my resistance to the Wikipedia doesn't stem from not relying on others to furnish me with useful, or desired, information.

Go to: Working from experience, or
Go to: I've got my reasons, or
Go to: Just what does it want to accomplish?, or
Go to: As far as resources go ..., or
Go to: Don't Bogart that Info