OK, this might not pass your politically correct test, but I really belly laughed over it when it arrived in my In box. In addition to being funny, it is also very true.
Looking back to a time when we once shared a house with a Miniature Schnauzer who daily lived by the quoted philosophy, I […]
In the words of George Santayana, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” You need to remember that work-site safety rules, the forty hour work week, health care, retirement benefits, overtime pay, paid vacation, seniority and many other things that are now considered commonplace were instituted because of the sacrifices made […]
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I am ashamed to say that I live in the same county that has just had a brawl at a Chuck E Cheese. That certainly seems to be an indicator that our society is in its last days. Maybe the radical Muslims have been right about us after all.
I have been angry with the music industry for many reasons for many years. The latest reason is their utter stupidity when dealing with the issue of a new disribution medium. The shift to digital from the more easily controllable analog stuff was just too much for them to handle and they went totally berserk. […]
In an article by Phil Mercer, on the BBC News (Sydney) web site, we learn of an interesting way to keep life interesting for older men. I include this because the average ham’s age is over fifty. The article makes you want to invite a bunch of guys over to your ham shack and hand […]
Continuing on the theme of on-line privacy, here is a way to prevent anyone from tracking what you search for on Google. What, you didn’t know that your IP address and the search subject is stored, along with the time, whenever you use Google and the other search engines? Well, it is and Google isn’t […]
Yesterday’s post about privacy got me thinking about all those requests for Social Security numbers that we get. Many US citizens don’t know that we don’t need to (and shouldn’t) give it to everyone who asks. Chris Hibbert’s blog post What to do when they ask for your Social Security Number is full of good […]
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Estimates are that 1,000 people each have more than $5 million worth of Google shares from stock grants and stock options. This is the story of one of them, their masseuse.
Bonnie Brown was fresh from a nasty divorce in 1999, living with her sister and uncertain of her future. On a lark, she answered an ad […]
A hunter, James Harris, 37, of Tama, Iowa was shot in the leg by his dog when the dog stepped on the trigger of the man’s shotgun. The hunter was hit in the calf Saturday, the opening day of pheasant season, said Alan Foster, a spokesperson for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
Harris put his gun […]
I recently ran across this tongue-in-cheek guide to food freshness. It caused me to stick my head into our refrigerator to start reading expiration dates. I belive you will, also.
The Layman’s version of how to tell if an item is still good (just for fun, of course)
THE GAG TEST: Anything that makes you gag is spoiled (except […]
