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, March 21, 2010

Toilful Sunday...

Mostly worked in the yard today, after I got back from an hour at the office...  That is really unfortunate part of springtime.  Everything in the yard needs attention, so you don't get to enjoy the weather or the flowers... or whatever else.  Soon (manana), I'll be back at work and feel that I've missed the weekend...  Right now I'm a bit too tired to do anything more...but some funny business would be more to my liking.

I finally got the Vette completely put back together and started.  I haven't got it on the road yet, but soon....and I washed my truck.

A Polish immigrant went to the DMV to apply for a driver's license.
First, of course, he had to take an eyesight test. The optician showed him a card with the letters:

'C Z W I X N O S T A C Z.'

"Can you read this?" the optician asked.
"Read it?" the Polish guy replied, "I know the guy." 






During a ride in a taxicab, the rider touched the driver on the shoulder to ask him a question.

Upon the touch, the cab driver flinched, screamed, then went into a panic and almost wrecked the cab. Finally the driver got control and pulled to side of road.

Still shaking, he turned to his rider and apologized. He said, "Sorry about that. This is my first day as a cab driver. For the past 20 years I have driven a hearse". 




Interesting & Amazing Information On Chihuahua 
  • Chihuahua is the smallest breed of dog in the world.
  • As per American Kennel Club, Chihuahua is the 10th most popular breed in the United States.
  • Aztec and Toltec tribes of Mexico considered the Chihuahua to be a sacred animal.
  • Chihuahuas are prone to jawbone disorders, eye problems, heart disease and tooth and gum complaints.
  • Chihuahuas have a short nose and this is the reason why they tend to wheeze and snore.
  • Chihuahuas make up the oldest dog breed on the American continent. They were brought to Europe at the end of the nineteenth century only.
  • Chihuahuas prefer the company of other Chihuahuas to other dog breeds.
  • In comparison to the size of its body, a Chihuahua has the largest brains amongst all the breeds of dogs.
  • In Mexico and United States, humans have been found to be buried along with the remains of Chihuahuas.
  • Most of the Chihuahuas are born with floppy ears. However, they stand up as the dog gets older.
  • The dog Chihuahua is named after the Mexican state of Chihuahua.
  • The eyes of a Chihuahua are susceptible to corneal dryness and secondary glaucoma.
  • The first Chihuahua was registered by the American Kennel Club (AKC) in 1904.
  • The largest litter a female Chihuahua has ever given birth to comprised of 10 puppies.
  • Though Chihuahua is the world's smallest breed of dog, it is a Yorkshire Terrier who holds the record for being the smallest living dog.