Tonight, I dropped my cell phone. That has happened before, but this time one hinge broke off. Since it is a Razor (flip) phone, that doesn't flip anymore, I grabbed one of our older phones and moved my SIM card. Terre's phone goes off contract in December. If I hold off until then, we'll upgrade together. Not really such a big deal, except they tend to do a lot of two-for-one sales that we've never been able to take advantage of. So much for the day....nothing else of consequence even had a chance of occurring!
A teacher was helping one of her kindergarten students put
his boots on. He asked for help and she could see why.
Even with her pulling and pushing the boots just didn't want
to go on. By the time she'd got the second boot on, she'd
worked up a sweat.
That's when the little boy said, "Mrs. Smith, they're on the
wrong feet."
She looked, and sure enough, they were.
It wasn't any easier getting them back off and re-put on the
correct feet. That's when the little boy said,
"These aren't my boots."
She bit her tongue (who wants to swear at a 5 year old boy?)
and managed to keep her cool as together they worked 'em
back off.
He said, "They're my brother's. My mom made me wear them."
Mrs. Smith didn't know whether to laugh or cry. But she
mustered up the courage one more time to wrestle those
boots on his feet again.
"Now," she said, "where are your mittens?"
"I stuffed them in the toes of my boots."
AS PROMISED: "The lighter side..." and free erudite opinions (and whines and gripes, that may not be politically correct), hyperboles and advice (on current events as well as topics for the digerati), and even some temporary(?) insanities too (daily risibility exercises)!... And the Picture-Of-The-Week:
Picoftheweek
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
"For the strength of the Wolf is in the Pack, and the strength of the Pack is in the Wolf." - Rudyard Kipling
“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
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