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, February 3, 2012

First Snow in Rome in 1985...

Good words from Tori in Rome:  She is having a fantastic time, except for the cold.  She is getting to visit so many places that either a tourist wouldn't know to got, or couldn't find.  She finally capitulated by buying some rubber boots, even though they are NOT stylish- it is better than wet feet that get very cold.  She looked so happy when it snowed...



I want to express my appreciation to Zuck and Fleecebook for making the market close higher and making me a lot of money.  Unfortunately, the market will take it back in the next trading day, but is was a nice gesture on his way to becoming a billionaire. 


Sorry I haven't been keeping up with much of the news as I've been too busy.  Obviously there is a similar issue in the L.A. Unified School District.  These officials must live under rocks and how do they manage to keep their jobs while there a pedifile predators disguised as teachers operating for almost two decades without even a hand slap.  I understand that they were concerned with lawsuits from the accused and therefore put the children's welfare way behind the financial risk.  Now, their problems are much worse, as they will certainly be sued by the victims, their parents, et cetera - AND hopefully lose their jobs AND hopefully spend some time in jail!!!



The Cure
Two housewives were drinking coffee.

Louise said, "I woke up this morning with an awful headache. Do you have a good remedy?"

Martha responded, "For my headaches, my husband is my remedy. He rubs my shoulders and neck, caresses my breasts, kisses my tummy, and... well, you can guess the rest. In no time at all, I forget all about my headache. You should try it!"

Louise smiled. "Sounds great! What time does he get home?"





The latest telephone poll
taken by the Florida Governor's office asked whether people who live in Florida think illegal immigration is a serious problem.

29 percent of respondents answered: "Yes, it is a serious
problem."

71 percent of respondents answered: "No es una problema
seriosa."


A woman and her ten-year-old son were riding in a taxi in the big city......

It was raining and all the prostitutes were standing under the awnings.

"Mom" said the boy "what are all those women doing?"

"They're waiting for their husbands to get off work" she replied.

The taxi driver turns around and says "Geez lady, why don't you tell him the truth? They're hookers, boy! They have sex with men for money.."

The little boy's eyes get wide and he says "Is that true Mom?"

His mother, glaring hard at the driver, answers in the affirmative.

After a few minutes, the kid asks "Mom, what happens to the babies those women have?"

"Most of them become taxi drivers" she said.



The French
"I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me."

General George S. Patton
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"Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion."

Norman Schwarzkopf
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"We can stand here like the French, or we can do something about it."

Marge Simpson
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"As far as I"m concerned, war always means failure."

Jacques Chirac, President of France
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"The only time France wants us to go to war is when the German Army is sitting in Paris sipping coffee."

Regis Philbin
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"The last time the French asked for"more proof" it came marching into Paris under a German flag."

David Letterman
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"Only thing worse than a Frenchman is a Frenchman who lives in Canada."

Ted Nugent
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"War without France would be like ... World War II."

Unknown
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"What do you expect from a culture and a nation that exerted more of its national will fighting against Disney World and Big Macs than the Nazis?"

Dennis Miller
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"It is important to remember that the French have always been there when they needed us."

Alan Kent
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"Do you know how many Frenchmen it takes to defend Paris ? It"s not known, it"s never been tried."

Rep. R. Blount, MO
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"Do you know it only took Germany three days to conquer France in WWII? And that"s because it was raining."

John Xereas, Manager, DC Improv