While we sit by and watch our local employment base decimate, Google, KS [AKA Topeka], Ventura and now San Luis Obispo are actively courting Google [ see SLO Courts Google] and the jobs they bring with them. How many more hungry locations are vying for Google's attentions that we don't know about ? What would be our chances if we tossed our hat into the ring [fray] ? Certainly, by now, it may be too late. The complacency that we frequently enjoy here in the Santa Barbara/Goleta area will not last for long as the demographics change dramatically and drastically. We will be the saber-toothed tigers stuck in the tar pit with no alternatives because we were not gravely aware of the dangers lurking in our near future. Please excuse me for pointing out that the sky is falling, but it didn't just start. The Ostrich-farm that we call local government only appear to be attempting to deal with shortfalls in tax dollars rather than planning how to increase the contents of the coffers by attracting new businesses and keeping what we have.
Interesting Questions
Why do we put suits in garment bags and garments in a suitcase?
If I melt dry ice, can I take a bath without getting wet?
Why is it that bullets ricochet off of Superman's chest, but he ducks when the empty gun is thrown at him?
When your pet bird sees you reading the newspaper, does he wonder why you're just sitting there, staring at carpeting?
Why do tourists go to the tops of tall buildings and then put money into telescopes so they can see things on the ground close-up?
After eating, do amphibians have to wait one hour before getting out of the water?
Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are getting weak?
Why do banks charge a fee on "insufficient funds" when they know there is not enough?
Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?
Why doesn't glue stick to the bottle?
Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?
Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white?
Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?
Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?
Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum one more chance?
Why is it that no plastic bag will open from the end you first try?
How do those dead bugs get into those enclosed light fixtures?
When we are in the supermarket and someone rams our ankle with a shopping cart then apologizes for doing so, why do we say, "It's all right?" Well, it isn't all right so why don't we say, "That hurt, you idiot?"
Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that's falling off the table you always manage to knock something else over?
In winter why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat?
Perspective on life according to George Costanza:
"The most unfair thing about life is the way it ends. I mean,
life is tough. It takes up a lot of your time. What do you get at
the end of it? A death. What's that, a bonus?!?
I think the life cycle is all backwards. You should die first,
get it out of the way. Then you go live in an old age home. You
get kicked out for being too healthy, go collect your pension,
then, when you start work, you get a gold watch on your first
day. You work forty years until you're young enough to enjoy your
retirement. You drink alcohol, you party, and you get ready for High School. You go to primary school, you become a kid, you play, you have no responsibilities, you become a little baby, you go back, you spend your last 9 months floating with luxuries like central heating, spa, room service on tap, then you finish off as an orgasm!! Amen."
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