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

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Two Semester Expansion...

We went to Oxy today to pick up my daughter for summer break (already).  I am utterly amazed at how much stuff she seemed to accumulate in just two semesters.  Luckily, my daughter didn't expand at the same rate... I'm sure that we had the car packed when we took her down, but not quite as full.  Unfortunately, a few larger items would not fit and we had to leave them to be replaced next year.  Meanwhile safe and sound at home...

Still trying to figure out last night's Fringe season finale.  It started out in the future (2026), but it was actually one of the alternative futures. Peter backed up and chose another.  I'm still trying to figure out who or what was part of that original future and what changed for the current alternative future.  Also, who ARE the First People and who are the Observers ?



LEARN CHINESE IN 5 MINUTES
English phrase     Chinese Interpretation

Are you harboring a fugitive?   Hu Yu Hai Ding?

See me A.S.A.P.     Kum Hia Nao

Stupid Man      Dum Gai

Small Horse      Tai Ni Po Ni

Did you go to the beach?    Wai Yu So Tan?

I bumped into a coffee table   Ai Bang Mai Ni

I think you need a facelift    Chin Tu Fat

It's very dark in here    Wai So Dim?

Has your flight been delayed?   Hao Long Wei Ting?

That was an unauthorized execution  Lin Ching

I thought you were on a diet   Wai Yu Mun Ching?

This is a tow away zone    No Pah King

Do you know the lyrics to "Macarena"?  Wai Yu Sing Dum Song?

You are not very bright    Yu So Dum

I got this for free     Ai No Pei

I am not guilty     Wai Hang Mi?

Please, stay a while longer   Wai Go Nao?

Our meeting was for next week   Wai Yu Kum Nao

They have arrived     Hia Dei Kum

Stay out of sight     Lei Lo

He's cleaning his automobile   Wa Shing Ka

Your body odor is offensive   Yu stin ki pu
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