Playing to Win

I find it very interesting that certain portions of my life appear to be in a repeating cycle.  For example: I get contest offers in email ALL OF THE TIME.  I find that I can't resist entering these contests, even though it is a thinly disguised way to get my name, address and phone number, kind of like responding to a QR tag.  I never win anything nor do I ever see an announcement of who did win, but that doesn't normally deter me.  If the entry is easy, I will probably enter every day.  If it is not, maybe once.

Frequently, I lose interest because I never win.  I ask myself why should I enter if I never win.  I really don't know what I would do if I won.  The shock would be overwhelming.

We still buy lottery tickets as well.  We don't go nuts, but maybe five dollars a month.  At least, in this case, the winner is announced.  The odds are REALLY bad though.  In fact, the odds of winning are barely better when you buy a ticket versus not!  It would probably give me a heart attack to win the lotto, but somebody always wins.  The almighty must think that they need it or deserve it more than I do...

A Cowboy's Guide to Life

1. Don't squat with your spurs on.

2. Don't interfere with something that ain't bothering you none.

3. If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.

4. Always drink upstream from the herd.

5. Telling a man to git and making him do it are two entirely different propositions.

6. When you give a personal lesson in meanness to a critter or to a person don't be surprised if they learn their lesson.

7. If you're riding ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still back there.

8. The quickest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it back in your pocket.

9. If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else's dog around.

10. And never, ever, miss a good opportunity to shut up.
 

Political Correctness

I think the political correctness is getting ridiculous. Today I overheard a little boy say he was going to go play a game of Cattle Management Specialists and Native Americans.

Murphy's Law - The Tech Version
* All great discoveries are made by mistake.

* Tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it and he'll have to touch to be sure.

* Nothing ever gets built on schedule or within budget.

* All's well that ends.

* A meeting is an event at which the minutes are kept and the hours are lost.

* A computer makes as many mistakes in two seconds as 20 men working 20 years make.

* Nothing motivates a man more than to see his boss putting in an honest day's work.

* After all is said and done, a heck of a lot more is said than done.