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

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Liver Mush?

Very high on my Yuck meter:  The latest "old" treat to come to light is North Carolina's Liver Mush.  Why couldn't they even come up with a misleading-to-the-actual-contents name? I was brought up on organ meats like kidney, hearts,  thymus (sweatbreads) and liver, and parts of the steer, pig and lamb that we even recognized; like tongue and tripe.  It was never foisted upon me as a cheap means to get meat protein, or a stomach filler consisting mostly of corn mush.  I'm really not surprised that there are local ethnic and traditional food still available.  I AM surprised though, that they (in particular, this one) is so popular!
More fuel for the Bank of Idiots fire over invalid foreclosures.  This guy owed $0.00 and BOA decided to foreclose.  Gimme a break!  Apparently between Wall Street and BOA, the idiots are keeping employed...

So Zuck has rolled out another new feature on Fleecebook to aid in stripping another layer of privacy.  The feature will scan pictures that are on your page and attempt, through facial recognition. to label who is in the picture.  Of course, this feature is ON by default.  Anonymity no longer exists on Fleecebook.  Anyone that can see your page, can see your pictures  and the names of who appears in them, correct or not.  This is bad for all concerned.

People in Russia must have nasty toilet habits or that is where they run when there is a bomb threat!  They have now developed "Bomb Proof" toilets!
I think I'm in the wrong profession.  I think that there is REAL money in a Clearinghouse for politicians' tweets and e-mails.  The service would receive them and filter out the ones that would KILL YOUR CAREER!




Why Why Why
Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are almost dead?
Why do banks charge a fee on 'insufficient funds' when they already know there is not enough money?
Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars; but have to check when you say the paint is still wet?
Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?
Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him?




You know you're in California when . .

Your coworker has 8 body piercings and none are visible.
You make over $300,000 and still can't afford a house.
You take a bus and are shocked at two people carrying on a conversation in English.
Your child's 3rd-grade teacher has purple hair, nose ring, and is named Breeze.
You can't remember... is pot illegal?
You've been to a baby shower that has two mothers and a sperm donor.
You have a very strong opinion about where your coffee beans are grown and can taste the difference between Sumatran and Ethiopian.
You know which restaurant serves the freshest arugula.
You can't remember..... is pot illegal?
A really great parking space can totally move you to tears.
A low speed police pursuit will interrupt ANY TV broadcast.
Gas costs $1.00 per gallon more than anywhere else in the US
A man gets on the bus in full leather regalia and crotchless chaps.You don't even notice.
Unlike back home, the guy at 830 at Starbucks wearing the baseball cap and sunglasses who looks like George Clooney IS George Clooney.
Your car insurance costs as much as your house payment.
Your hairdresser is straight, your plumber is gay, the woman who delivers your mail is into S & M and your Mary Kay rep is a guy in drag.
You can't remember... is pot illegal?
It's barely sprinkling rain and there's a report on every news station about "STORM WATCH."
You have to leave the big company meeting early because Billy Blanks himself is teaching the 4:00 PM Tae Bo class.
You pass an elementary school playground and the children are all busy with their cell phones or pagers.
It's barely sprinkling rain outside, so you leave for work an hour early to avoid all the weather-related accidents.
Hey!!!! Is pot illegal????
Both you AND your dog have therapists
Your power goes off before you finish reading thi..............