Returned Tori to school yesterday. I haven't figured out why we can get there in an hour and a half, and it seems as though it is a three hour return trip! Maybe Max whining was the reason. It was like having a baby-on-board!
Today was horrendously busy at work, and I wanted to get a lot more done, but it didn't happen.
What about that Prius that doesn't test out as defective. I can't figure out why the driver would fake the whole incident. Especially since he called 911 and was corralled by a CHP. What would he gain ? If they prove him a liar, he could be charged with "exhibition of speed" or "(W)Reckless endangerment" or "(W)Reckless driving". None of them sound good. I hope the evaluators of his car were independent and not employees of Toyota!
TOP TEN TIMES IN HISTORY, WHEN USING THE "F" WORD WAS APPROPRIATE
10th - "Scattered @#$%ing showers, my ass!"
- Noah, 4314 BC
9th - "How the @#$% did you work that out?"
- Pythagoras, 126 BC
8th - "You want WHAT on the @#$%ing ceiling?"
- Michelangelo, 1566
7th - "Where did all those @#$%ing Indians come from?"
- Custer, 1877
6th - "It does so @#$%ing look like her!"
- Picasso, 1926
5th - "Where the @#$% are we?"
- Amelia Earhart, 1937
4th - "Any @#$%ing idiot could understand that."
- Einstein, 1938
3rd - "What the @#$% was that?"
- Mayor Of Hiroshima, 1945
2nd - "I need this parade like I need a @#$%ing hole in the head
- JFK, 1963
And, the Number 1 most appropriate time for using the "F" word...
"Aw c'mon. Who the @#$% is going to find out?"
- Bill Clinton, 1997
FLORIDA COURT SETS ATHEIST HOLY DAY
In Florida, an atheist created a case against the upcoming Easter and Passover Holy days. He hired an attorney to bring a discrimination case against Christians and Jews and observances of their holy days. The argument was that it was unfair that atheists had no such recognized days.
The case was brought before a judge. After listening to the passionate presentation by the lawyer, the judge banged his gavel declaring, "Case dismissed!"
The lawyer immediately stood objecting to the ruling saying, "Your honor, How can you possibly dismiss this case? The Christians have Christmas, Easter and others. The Jews have Passover, Yom Kippur and Hanukkah, yet my client and all other atheists have no such holidays."
The judge leaned forward in his chair saying, "But you do. Your client, counsel, is woefully ignorant."
The lawyer said, "Your Honor, we are unaware of any special observance or holiday for atheists."
The judge said, "The calendar says April 1st is April Fools Day. Psalm 14:1 states, 'The fool says in his heart, there is no God.' Thus, it is the opinion of this court, that, if your client says there is no God, then he is a fool. Therefore, April 1st is his day. Court is adjourned."
You gotta love a Judge that knows his scripture!
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