Had a lot of fun and good eats with lot's of friends last night playing Bunco and ushering the new year in. There were some very interesting conversations at the three Bunco tables. One in particular contained an author. She said that there is no doubt in her mind that the publishers are trying to rape-us-all-over on book prices before only electronic versions are available (the paradigm shift). Also, currently they are getting the workaround by many authors that choose to publish electronically (only) for free or almost free and therefore also escape the dreaded turn-downs by publishers. After the clean-up is done...time to lay back.
Check that date: we'll never see that again!
It's a new year, and Sarah Palin is still full of crap! Some things never change! [The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits........Albert Einstein]
We went to see "The King's Speech" tonight and all I can say is bravo. It is a well done period piece with super costuming and proper sets. The performances by Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush are surely to get Oscar nominations as they were enviably well done. It is really nice to go see a movie without special effects, CGI, sex or violence and still eave the theater with a satisfying experiance.
"Up in Oregon a female police officer was fired because they
found out she was selling Mary Kay cosmetics out of her squad
car. They got suspicious when she described a suspect as tall,
Caucasian, and an Autumn."
- Bill Maher
An RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) officer stopped to help a
stranded rider standing beside a stalled motorcycle in the
mountains. It was extremely cold, and the rider was heavily
dressed in a helmet, balaclava and snowmobile suit.
In a muffled voice, the rider told the Mountie that the
carburetor was frozen.
A motorcyclist himself, the Mountie remembered an old trick for
just such an occasion
"Try peeing on it," the Mountie said, "That should unfreeze it."
"Can't," replied the rider.
So the helpful Mountie took out his own equipment and liberally
hosed down the carburetor, and the bike soon fired up.
A few days later, the local department received a thank you note
from a father, grateful for the roadside assistance his young
daughter had received from the RCMP.
Top 10 New Years resolutions for dogs
1.Have a torrid one-night stand with a street mutt.
2.Try to understand that the cat is from Venus and I am from Mars.
3.I will no longer be beholden to the sound of the can opener.
4.Circulate petition that Leg Humping be a juried competition in major dog shows.
5.Take time from busy schedule to stop and smell the behinds.
6.Hamster: Don't let them figure out I'm just a rat on 'roids, or they'll flush my ass.
7.Always scoot before licking.
8.Grow opposable thumb; break into pantry; decide for MYSELF how much food is *too* much.
9.January 1st: Kill the sock! Must kill the sock! January 2nd - December 31: Re-live victory over the sock.
AND the Number 1 New Year's Resolutions Made by Pets...
10.I will NOT chase the damned stick unless I see it LEAVE HIS HAND.
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