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

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Paradise Found...

It always feels better when the problem you have been fighting for two days turns out to be someone else's fault.   When the problem is finally fixed, we are all so glad.  I think I'll just go have a beer...


So it appears as though Breitbart cannot be held responsible for Sharrod's reputation or lost job, since apologies flew in all directions and she has been offered her job back.  She said that she is going to sue him though (and he deserves it), but I'm not quite sure what she could sue him for.







Money
It can buy a House
But not a Home

It can buy a Bed
But not Sleep

It can buy a Clock
But not Time

It can buy you a Book
But not Knowledge

It can buy you a Position
But not Respect

It can buy you Medicine
But not Health

It can buy you Blood
But not Life
So you see money isn't everything.

And it often causes pain and suffering.

I tell you this because I am your Friend,
and as your Friend I want to take away
your pain and suffering!

So send me all your money and I will suffer for you!
Cash only please.


 After I retired, my wife insisted that I accompany her on her
 trips to Target. Unfortunately, like most men, I found
shopping boring and preferred to get in and get out. Equally
unfortunate, my wife is like most women - she loves to browse.
Yesterday my dear wife received the following letter from the
local Target.

Dear Mrs. Wilson,


 Over the past six months, your husband has caused quite a
 commotion in our store. We cannot tolerate this behavior and
 have been forced to ban both of you from the store. Our
 complaints against your husband, Mr. Wilson, are listed below
 and are documented by our video surveillance cameras.

 1. June 15: He took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them
 in other people's carts when they weren't looking.


 2. July 2: Set all the alarm clocks in House wares to go off
 at 5-minute intervals.


 3. July 7: He made a trail of tomato juice on the floor
 leading to the women's restroom.


 4. July 19: Walked up to an employee and told her in an
 official voice, 'Code 3 in House wares. Get on it right away'.
 This caused the employee to leave her assigned station and
 receive a reprimand from her Supervisor that in turn resulted
 with a union grievance, causing management to lose time and
 costing the company money.


 5. August 4: Went to the Service Desk and tried to put a bag
 of M&Ms on layaway.


 6. August 14: Moved a 'CAUTION - WET FLOOR' sign to a carpeted
 area.


 7. August 15: Set up a tent in the camping department and told
 the children shoppers he'd invite them in if they would bring
 pillows and blankets from the bedding department to which
 twenty children obliged.


 8. August 23: When a clerk asked if they could help him he
 began crying and screamed, 'Why can't you people just leave me
 alone?' EMTs were called.


 9.. September 4: Looked right into the security camera and
 used it as a mirror while he picked his nose.


 10. September 10: While handling guns in the hunting
 department, he asked the clerk where the antidepressants were.


 11. October 3: Darted around the store suspiciously while
 loudly humming the 'Mission Impossible' theme.


 12. October 6: In the auto department, he practiced his
 'Madonna look' by using different sizes of funnels.


 13. October 18: Hid in a clothing rack and when people browsed
 through, yelled 'PICK ME! PICK ME!'


 14. October 21: When an announcement came over the loud
 speaker, he assumed a fetal position and screamed 'OH NO! IT'S
 THOSE VOICES AGAIN!'


 And last, but not least_:
 15. October 23: Went into a fitting room, shut the door,
 waited awhile, then yelled very loudly, 'Hey! There's no
 toilet paper in here.' One of the clerks passed out.


 If you don't send this to 12 of your dearest friends, your
 property taxes will go up, your stocks will go down, and your
 middle will spread. (How's that for a curse?!?) What? It's
 already come true? Then send it anyway--you've got nothing' to
 lose!



How to tell where the driver is from:
•One hand on wheel, one hand on horn: Chicago
•One hand on wheel, one finger out window: New York
•One hand on wheel, cradling cell phone, brick on accelerator: California. With gun in lap: Riverside
•Both hands on wheel, eyes shut, both feet on brake, quivering in terror: Ohio, but driving in California.
•Both hands in air, gesturing, both feet on accelerator, head turned to talk to someone in back seat: Italy
•One hand on latte, one knee on wheel, cradling cell phone, foot on brake, mind on game: Seattle
•One hand on wheel, one hand on hunting rifle, alternating between both feet being on the accelerator and both on the brake, throwing a McDonald's bag out the window: Texas male
•One hand constantly refocusing the rear-view mirror to show different angles of the BIG hair, one hand going between mousse, brush, and rattail to keep the helmet hair going, both feet on the accelerator, poodle steering the car, chrome .38 revolver with mother of pearl inlaid handle in the glove compartment: Texas female
•Four wheel drive pickup truck, shotgun mounted in rear window, beer cans on floor, squirrel tails attached to antenna, cousin/spouse in passenger seat: Arkansas
•Two hands gripping wheel, blue hair barely visible above window level, driving 35 on the interstate in the left lane with the left blinker on: Florida. 
 


Daddy's little girl
The farm had been mortgaged to give their daughter a university education. Now, driving home from the station after meeting her off the train, farmer Johnson was greatly disturbed when his daughter whispered, "I have a confession to make, Dad - I ain't a virgin no more." The old man shook his head sadly. "After all the sacrifices your Mum and I made to give you a good university education, you still say 'ain't'!"