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

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

What happened to Spring ??

This will be an interesting experience, as I have sold some coins on Ebay to someone in the Ukraine.  International postage through the USPS is extremely confusing.  After visiting the post office today and discussing the issue with the postal worker at the window, I am even more confused, but I will go with the flow and be extra sure not to complain while I am inside the post office!!!


Getting cold outside and feels more like Fall than Spring.  I wonder what that says about the Summer we should expect....






10 things in golf that sound dirty

1. Look at the size of his putter.

2. Oh, dang, my shaft's all bent.

3. You really wacked the hell out of that sucker.

4. After 18 holes I can barely walk.

5. My hands are so sweaty I can't get a good grip.

6. Lift your head and spread your legs.

7. You have a nice stroke, but your follow through leaves a lot to be desired.

8. Just turn your back and drop it.

9. Hold up. I've got to wash my balls.

10. Damn, I missed the hole again. 



Vet Death
Veteran Pillsbury spokesman Pop N Fresh died yesterday of a severe yeast infection. He was 71. Known also as Brown N Serve, he received one of the warmest funerals. Dozens of celebrities showed up including Mrs. Butterworth, Aunt Jemima, the California Raisins, Hungry Jack, Betty Crocker and Skippy. The grave was stacked with flours as Aunt Jemima delivered the eulogy, calling Fresh a man who never knew how much he was kneaded. Fresh rose quickly in the business, but his later life was filled with turnovers. Never considered a smart cookie, he wasted much dough on half-baked ideas, falling for tarts who buttered him up. Still, the crusty old man was a roll model for millions. Fresh is survived by a second wife. They have two children and a bun in the oven. The funeral was held at 3:50 for about 20 minutes.




An East Texas couple, both real-life rednecks
had 9 children. They went to the doctor to see about getting the husband "fixed". The doctor asked them why, after nine children would they choose to do this. The husband replied that they had read in a recent article that one out of every ten children being born in North America was Mexican and they didn't want a Mexican baby because neither of them could speak Spanish.