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, September 12, 2014

My two cents....or more...


Another 9/11 has gone by.  I can't help but to expect that there will be some sort of attack attempt on the homeland by the extremists of ISIS anytime soon.  It is such a waste to attempt to drive a 21st century population back to a 7th century culture and by using methods that are contrary to all Muslim beliefs.  These people are just wrong, very wrong.  We cannot sit idly by and let this continue unfettered.  I am glad that the POTUS has put together a coalition (especially containing Arab countries) to go after these animals. ISIS is funding their efforts by raping Iraq of its oil profits.  IMHO, therein lies the solution.  Not only do we need to stop them, but we must cut off their monetary support.  Also, anyone that trades with them has already picked which side of the issue they are on.  Cut off the head of the snake next, and the whole of them will surrender to Allah.

So much for those nasty current events.  They get my blood pressure up (and my ire).  I am trying very hard to be positive and not dwell on my current predicament.  Eviction procedures have begun to get the elephant out.
 

I am in the process (once again) of re-branding myself to better fit into the opportunities as they present themselves.




Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.   --Janis Joplin-- 




Loudspeaker

A voice on the office loudspeaker announced: "We will be testing the speaker system to make sure it will work properly in case of emergency." All our confidence in this safety precaution faded when the voice added: "If you are unable to hear this announcement, please contact us."

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