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, January 20, 2011

Does American Idol Still Have the "X Factor"?

"American Idol" last night was like watching a different show.  Missing the sugary sweetness and bizarreness of Paula Abdul.  Missing the uncomfortable comments that were out of place as much as Kara Dioguardi was as a judge on this show.  Missing the wit of Ellen Degeneres. Missing the downright honesty and meanness of Simon Cowell.  The show has taken on a new perspective and warmness with Jennifer Lopez.  Steven Tyler is just a good judge of good singing, but he is definitely a creepy, dirty old man that doesn't want to be regarded as such.  Being tied (as usual) to the anchor of reality, is Randy Jackson.  The show is NOT the same, but it is too early to tell if that is good or bad.  The measure will be on the size of the flow of CONSTRUCTIVE criticism, rather than filtered mediocrity.  It is too early for an accurate judgment, but still it is worthwhile to watch.

Word is that America is tiring of Sarah Palin.  Have they come to their senses? Or have they just been re-focused?  I knew it would happen, but don't count her completely out yet.  He strength is that she can easily distract potential voters from reality.  She'll be popping up again, I'm sure.

Do you own your technology or does it own you?  If you think that you HAVE TO check your email very frequently, you are probably addicted.  Set aside a day once a week to shut off computer and cell phone.  Give your mind a break.  Lower your anxiety.  Slow the pace, and "smell the flowers".

Is everyone still mad at Jay Leno?  I don't know all the facts so I don't know how anybody could  ....



A Kansas farm wife called the local phone company to report her telephone failed to ring when her friends called - and that on the few occasions, when it did ring, her dog always moaned right before the phone rang.

The telephone repairman proceeded to the scene, curious to see this psychic dog or senile lady. He climbed a telephone pole, hooked in his test set, and dialed the subscriber's house.

The phone didn't ring right away, but then the dog moaned and the telephone began to ring.

Climbing down from the pole, the telephone repairman found:

1 . The dog was tied to the telephone system's ground wire with a steel chain and collar.
2. The wire connection to the ground rod was loose.
3. The dog was receiving 90 volts of signaling current when the number was called.
4.. After a couple of jolts, the dog would start moaning and then urinate.
5. The wet ground would complete the circuit, thus causing the phone to ring.

Which demonstrates that some problems CAN be fixed by pissing and moaning.




My prayer for 2011
Dear God,
My prayer for 2011 is for a fat bank account & a thin body.
Please don't mix these up like you did last year.
AMEN!!! 




Hard of hearing
This dude goes to the doctor complaining of a hearing problem.

The Doc says, "Can you describe the symptoms?"

The dude replies, "Homer’s fat and Marge has blue hair"