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

Friday, August 3, 2012

A naked chicken sandwich, please!

So just answer one all important question for me: what does gay marriage have to do with my chicken sandwich? Why is it important for Chick-Fil-A to sell their sandwiches "religiously"?  In spite of the fact that they are opening a new restaurant where I live, I don't want my chicken sandwich to be involved with my religious or political beliefs, whatever those might be.  They can keep their extra baggage.  I'll get my chicken sandwich where it doesn't matter....  Isn't this whole ordeal very sad?  It beckons from the times with separate doors for blacks and being forced to ride in the back of the bus.  Why isn't our culture making any progress in acceptance ?

We scored free tickets to the Professional Bull Riders performance last night.  It was hard to believe that we had $80 seats because we had a lot of trouble seeing the action.  These bulls come out of the chute in a massive explosion of thrashing mad muscles and hooves.  They usually throw their riders in the first five yards or so, therefore the action is only located directly in front of the chute.  Squirming and bending, we could barely see over the plethora of cowboy hats in front of us.  Consequently, we left at halftime. As we walked out of the area, I could only think about that fact that we had better seats than most.  Those fans had only the gigantic monitor to catch the action- which they certainly could do at home on their TV.




I was visiting my daughter and son-in-law the other night when I asked if I could borrow a newspaper.

'This is the 21st century, ' he said. 'We don't waste money on newspapers.
Here, you can borrow my iPod.'I can tell you, that bloody fly never knew what hit it.




Kids say the darndest things
I was eating breakfast with my 10-year-old Granddaughter and I asked her,

"What day is tomorrow?"; She said "It's President's Day!"

She is a smart kid. I asked "What does President's Day mean?"
I was waiting for something about Washington or Lincoln .... etc.

She replied, "President's Day is when President Obama steps out of the White House,
and if he sees his shadow, we have 4 more years of Bull Shit."

You know, It hurts when hot coffee spurts out your nose!

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