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, September 22, 2012

Confusing times...

I've had a hard time understanding the goings on, this week:  
Romney made some stupid remarks during a video that he didn't know was being made, and now they say that the election is over.  I don't remember voting.  Are they telling me that I might as well not vote, because I don't live in a battleground state ?  With that attitude, doesn't that make all of the states battlegrounds states ?
People forget (I didn't) that the formerly (G)OP had a tremendous time finding a viable candidate.  Most of them were Bat Chain Pullers from the get go.  Romney was the least offensive or from another perspective, he is the best of the lackluster, inadequate, unsellable perspective candidates.  Now that weakness is showing.  What am I missing here ?

The Muslim world is upset over a video that appeared on the internet.  The people that created the video (NOT the American gubmint) happened to live in the US.  Why would that mean that they should storm our embassies and kill people.  I could understand it if they went after the maker of the video, but the rest just doesn't make sense.  What am I missing here ?

Millions of people are pre-buying the iPhone 5.  They are coming up with $400 to satisfy a whim.  It is great for our economy, but the iPhone 4 is now free and the 4s is $99.  What GREAT new feature does the iPhone 5 providing that makes it worth the price.  The screen is bigger, but only half an inch.  It works on 4G, so it is fast, so I can use my data allotment faster and begin paying for more sooner.  It is lighter and has a better battery.  Is it worth the difference in price ?  Or waiting in a long line to get on the first day ? What am I missing here ?

Our society has eroded.  There may not be a way to return.  For one thing, it has accelerated beyond belief and is fueled by our technologies such as the internet.

I am still favoring a simpler and kinder society, a "Mayberry", which I know doesn't exist anymore- if it ever did.

The shuttle flew over Goleta today, coming from Vandenberg and on its way to Malibu...

 
22 ADULT TRUTHS
1. Sometimes I’ll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.

2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you’re wrong.

3. I totally take back all those times I didn’t want to nap when I was younger.

4. There is great need for a sarcasm font.

5. How are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

6. Was learning cursive really necessary?

7. Map Quest really needs to start their directions on # 5. I’m pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

8. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.

9. I can’t remember the last time I wasn’t at least kind-of tired.

10. Bad decisions make good stories.

11. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you know that you just aren’t going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.

12. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue Ray? I don’t want to have to restart my collection...again.

13. I’m always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten-page technical report that I swear I did not make any changes to.

14. I keep some people’s phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.

15. I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

16. I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Light than Kay.

17. I wish Google Maps had an “Avoid Ghetto” routing option.

18. I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.

19. How many times is it appropriate to say “What?” before you just nod and smile because you still didn’t hear or understand a word they said?

20. I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars team up to prevent a jerk from cutting in at the front. Stay strong brothers and sisters.

21. Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.

22. The first testicular guard, the “Cup,” was used in Hockey in 1874 and the first helmet was used in 1974. That means it only took 100 years for men to realize that their brain is also important.