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

Friday, November 26, 2010

HP7

Had a nice family Thanksgiving dinner and then decided to go see the latest Harry Potter movie.  The theater was only about half-full which was nice.  The story was well done, not leaving out any particular details from the book.  The mood of the movie expressed the gravity of the plot.  The acting was actually pretty well done.  Except for it's very abrupt ending (since this is only part 1), the almost three hour movie kept moving a a good pace and I was wanting more movie when it ended. 



WHY AM I MARRIED?
You have  choices in life:  You can stay single and
be miserable, or get  married and wish you were dead.

Marriage is the triumph  of imagination over intelligence.

A Woman's Prayer
'Dear Lord, I pray  for Wisdom - to understand a man, to love and to forgive him, and  for patience for his moods.  Because Lord, if I pray for  Strength, I'll just beat him to death'





A Mafia  Godfather finds out that his bookkeeper, Enzo, has cheated him out of 10 million bucks. His bookkeeper is deaf. That was the reason he got the job in the first place.  It was assumed that Enzo would hear  nothing that he might have to testify about in court.

When the  Godfather goes to confront Enzo about his missing $10 million, he takes along his lawyer who knows sign language.

The Godfather  tells the lawyer, "Ask him where the 10 million bucks is that he embezzled from me."

The lawyer, using sign language, asks Enzo where the money is.

Enzo signs  back, "I don't know what you are talking  about."

The lawyer  tells the Godfather, "He says he doesn't know what you are talking about."

The  Godfather  pulls out a pistol, puts it to Enzo's temple and says, "Ask him again!"

The lawyer  signs to Enzo, "He'll kill you if you don't  tell him."

Enzo signs  back, "OK. You win!  The money is in a brown briefcase, buried  behind the shed in my cousin Bruno's backyard in Woodbridge!

The Godfather  asks the lawyer, "What did he  say?"

The lawyer  replies, " He says you don't have the balls to pull
the  trigger."

Don't you just LOVE lawyers?!






Driving through Oklahoma, my husband and I went out of our way to stop at what was billed as the largest McDonald's in the world.

However, we were less than thrilled when an employee addressed everyone over the intercom: "Attention, world's largest McDonald's customers."





As the family gathered for a big dinner together, the youngest son announced that he had just signed up at an army recruiter's
office.

There were audible gasps around the table, then some laughter, as his older brothers shared their disbelief that he could handle
this new situation. "Oh, come on, quit joking," snickered one. "You didn't really do that, did you?"

"You would never get through basic training," scoffed another.

The new recruit looked to his mother for help, but she was just gazing at him. When she finally spoke, she simply asked, "Do you really plan to make your own bed every morning?"
 

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