Well I don't have much to say today. There wasn't much that happened that was funny. I did hear that the three millionth iPad has been sold and it has forced a price war with the competitors. I've told you all that most people want more from their reader than just the capability to read books that they are forced to buy from Amazon, or any other single vendor. They also want their reader to do more: web surf, email, et cetera. I believe that the iPad does most of that, but still forces me to get my books from iBooks. If a company REALLY wants the monopoly on my book source, they will have to give me the reader for free.
This, historically, has not worked. Remember Polaroid? Not only were the cameras expensive, but so was the film. To be successful in a linked marketplace like that, Polaroid should have given the cameras away, thereby creating a market for its film. Printers should be free, as well. Those companies make more than enough on the ink we are forced to buy at extravagant prices.
I think the iPad is successful for a number of reasons: 1) some people will break down doors to get at the newest Apple product, no matter what it is.& 2) They already have the infrastructure to support it with music and books. Just what will they do if they lose Mr. Jobs. You see, he tells Apple to make what he wants the public to NEED. They do. All the other manufacturers make products that we might need, we might want, but ultimately we can live without.
$50 lesson - for free
I recently asked my friend's little girl what she wanted to be when she grows up.
She said she wanted to be President some day.
Both of her parents, liberal Democrats, were standing there, so I asked her, "If you were President what would be the first thing you would do?"
She replied, 'I'd give food and houses to all the homeless people.' ... Her parents beamed.
"Wow...what a worthy goal." I told her, "But you don't have to wait until you're President to do that. You can come over to my house and mow the lawn, pull weeds, and rake my yard, and I'll pay you $50. Then I'll take you over to the grocery store where a homeless guy hangs out, and you can give him the $50 to use toward food and a new house."
She thought that over for a few seconds; then she looked me straight in the eye and asked, 'Why doesn't the homeless guy come over and do the work, and you just pay him the $50?'
I said, 'Welcome to the Republican Party.' ......... Her parents still aren't speaking to me!
Things You'll Never Hear In A Western Movie ....
"Guns? We don't need no stinking guns!"
"Hey, Buck, do these chaps make my ass look big?"
"Injuns! Quick, pull the wagons into an irregular dodecagon!"
"Let's see ... hardtack and pemmican ... that's three grams of fat, seven grams of protein, and two starches."
"Gentlemen, rather than get caught up in mindless reaction, let's draw upon our feminine selves for a more intuitive solution."
"Can we postpone this duel till 12:05? I gotta use the little boys' room."
"It's like I keep tellin' ya, Earl: men is from Tombstone, women is from Dodge."
"HANG HIM HIGH, BOYS!! ...Okay, now a little to the left... Oooh! Stop right there. Perfect!"
"That's him! That's the yella-bellied varmint who shot my therapist!"
"Y'know, Badlands Pete... a roaring campfire, good coffee, nice prairie breeze, just you 'n' me ... what say we put on the rhinestone gowns and dance a jig or two?"
"I reckon I'll have me a half-caf double latte with a twist. IN A DIRTY MUG!"
You 'n' Slim round up them strays, and I'll tell Cookie to get started on the gazpacho and the fondue."
"He was a strong man, a good marshal, and I reckon he had a keen eye for interior decoration."
Two blondes were flying
to New York from San Francisco. Fifteen minutes into the flight, the Captain announced, "One of the engines has failed and the flight will be an hour longer. But don't worry we have three engines left and can continue safely with that."
Thirty minutes later, the Captain announced "One more engine has failed and the flight will be two hours longer. But don't worry we have two engines left."
An hour later the Captain announced, "One more engine has failed and the flight will be three hours longer. But don't worry we have one engine left."
One blonde looked at the other the other blonde and said, "Do you know what will happen if that last engine fails?"
"Yes!" said the other Blonde. "We'll be up here all day!"
