Picoftheweek

Picoftheweek
Waaaaaaaay too many to count...

My Statement

"Let me emphatically say that I am not anti-Facebook (Fleecebook), anti-smart phone, anti-Microsoft, anti-Apple, anti-Google or anti-Internet. I do believe, though, that the consumer is being ripped off of his privacy, identity and purchase history. We are being herded into a Facebook corner where what we "Like" and where we go physically and on the net will be scrutinized and sold numerous times to actually corrode and erode our culture while tempting us only with convenience, high tech and flashing video screens. The unsuspecting consumers need to be aware..." - Gary Lapman

Quote of Note

“If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit.”-W.C. Fields

"For the strength of the Wolf is in the Pack, and the strength of the Pack is in the Wolf." - Rudyard Kipling
"Common sense is not so common. " -Voltaire

“Fame is vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wing, but only character endures.” - Matthew McConaughey
"In order to keep a true perspective of one's importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore him"

"Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason" - Jerry Seinfeld

"Fleecebook is free, you (and your identity) is the product!" - Gary Lapman

"Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we're here for something else besides ourselves." - Eric Sevareid

"'Smart' phones are only smart for the cell phone providers!" - Gary Lapman

"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." -- Charles Babbage (1791-1871)

“Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity.” -Albert Einstein

"Technology creates the illusion of companionship without the intimacy of friendship." - unknown

"No worry, there's an app for that..." - Gary Lapman

Sunday, January 3, 2010

So here I am at the end of my holiday/vacation...

There were a few things that I wanted to do that I didn't.  There were a few things that I did that I didn't plan on.  I'd say I'm even.  The time off from work went by way too fast, but I'm refreshed and ready to return (at least I can say that today).



I thought a lot about New Year's Resolutions, but realized that they would probably get broken anyway.  I think my own resolve to be happy has outweighed giving up things I like because they are not necessarily good for me.  Starting tomorrow we will be going on a low (to no) carb diet.  We'll see how it works and how long it lasts.


Today we put the rest of the holiday stuff in boxes to be taken (once again) up to the attic for next year.  Without little kids at home, the celebration doesn't seem the same or even necessary for the season.  It is great to get everyone together, but I didn't miss putting decorations outside this year, nor taking them down.  The indoors decorations were much abbreviated and it was appreciated.

It was about 79 degrees here today and felt even hotter.  We went down to Shoreline Park and took Max for a walk.  He definitely needs some training efforts to be around other dogs.  The only one (and there were lots of them out today) that he didn't growl at and attempt to posture himself alpha-style was smaller than himself.  He was scolded, which he didn't like.  We bought lunch in the snack-bar and sat at a picnic table and ate in the warm sun while watching the sailboats and the surfers.



Back to the grindstone in the a.m....


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