What "brand" are you ?

I read an article about website that can be used to adjust the world's view of you through Google.   This site, BrandYourself.com, claims to trap references to you and allow you to modify them.  I have always been pushing the idea of maintaining one's privacy.  Short of our family, and our health; it is really all that we have.  This service may be what the doctor ordered, but still there should never be anything revealed on the web that you don't know about, theoretically.  Maintain control against blaspheming or revealing anything that you wouldn't want printed on the front page of the newspaper. Everything you say in print (electronically) or your pictures represent the first impression of you.  If you want to be known as that guy with the weird t-shirt on (or off), pictures of you on the web will speak for you- volumes.

Also, be wary when you access unencrypted WiFi or free hotspots.  The fellow sitting next to you at the local Starbucks or Tim Hortons may be listening in on your every keystroke.  Don't access any websites of importance unless it is a secure connection.  Even that car parked down the street from your house may contain someone on a laptop doing the same.  Keep your home WiFi encrypted to the hilt- and only allow known users.

Statistically speaking....

six out of seven dwarves are not Happy. 

Where to Retire

As we all know, sometimes we come face to face with the fact that it may be time to relocate. The big question is: where to? Here are some tips.

You can live in Phoenix, Arizona where.....

You are willing to park 3 blocks away because you found shade.
You've experienced condensation on your butt from the hot water in the toilet bowl.
You can drive for 4 hours in one direction and never leave town.
You have over 100 recipes for Mexican food.
You know that "dry heat" is comparable to what hits you in the face when you open your oven door.
The four seasons are: tolerable, hot, really hot, and ARE YOU KIDDING ME??!!

You can Live in California where...

You make over $250,000 and you still can't afford to buy a house.
The fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway.
You know how to eat an artichoke.
You drive your rented Mercedes to your neighborhood block party.
When someone asks you how far something is, you tell them how long it will take to get there rather than how many miles away it is.

You can Live in New York City where...

You say "the city" and expect everyone to know you mean Manhattan.
You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus Circle to Battery Park, but can't find Wisconsin on a map.
You think Central Park is "nature,"
You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you multi-lingual.
You've worn out a car horn.
You think eye contact is an act of aggression. 

You can Live in Maine where...

You only have four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup, and Tabasco.
Halloween costumes fit over parkas.
You have more than one recipe for moose.
Sexy lingerie is anything flannel with less than eight buttons.
The four seasons are: winter, still winter, almost winter, and construction.

You can Live in the Deep South where...

You can rent a movie and buy bait in the same store.
"y'all" is singular and "all y'all" is plural.
"He needed killin' " is a valid defense.
Everyone has two first names: Billy Bob, Jimmy Bob, Mary Sue, Betty Jean, MARY BETH, etc.

You can live in Colorado where...

You carry your $3,000 mountain bike atop your $500 car.
You tell your husband to pick up Granola on his way home and he stops at the day care center.
A pass does not involve a football or dating.
The top of your head is bald, but you still have a pony tail.

You can live in the Midwest where...

You've never met any celebrities, but the mayor knows your name.
Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor.
You have had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on the same day.
You end sentences with a preposition: "Where's my coat at?"
When asked how your trip was to any exotic place, you say, "It was different!"

OR You can live in Florida where..

You eat dinner at 3:15 in the afternoon.
All purchases include a coupon of some kind -- even houses and cars.
Everyone can recommend an excellent dermatologist.
Road construction never ends anywhere in the state.
Cars in front of you are often driven by headless people.
The four seasons are: tolerable, hot, really hot, and snowbirds. 

"The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us."

Why is the country in debt?

So let me get this straight.....If you cross the North Korean border illegally, you get 12 years hard labor. If you cross the Afghanistan border illegally, you get shot.Two Americans just got 8 years for crossing the Iranian border. If you cross the U.S. border illegally you get a job, a drivers license, food stamps, a place to live, health care, housing & child benefits, education, & a tax free business for 7 years... No wonder we are a country in debt.