Mothers Day

Happy Mothers Day to all you mothers out there. And to all you non-mothers . . . take note of this rare one-day-a-year benefit.

Books?

The future of Books . . . . Wikibooks!

The Fix

Here is a running email I got from a friend:

The Fix

Recently, there was an article in the St. Petersburg, Florida Times. The
Business Section asked readers for ideas on: "How Would You Fix the
Economy?"

I think this guy nailed it!
_____

Dear Mr. President,

Please find below my suggestion for fixing America 's economy.
Instead of giving billions of dollars to companies that will squander the
money on lavish parties and unearned bonuses, use the following plan. You
can call it the "Patriotic Retirement Plan".

There are about 40 million people over 50 in the work force.
Pay them $1 million apiece severance for early retirement with the following
stipulations:

1) They MUST retire. Forty million job openings -
Unemployment fixed.

2) They MUST buy a new American CAR. Forty million cars
ordered - Auto Industry fixed.

3) They MUST either buy a house or pay off their mortgage -
Housing Crisis fixed.

It can't get any easier than that!!

P.S. If more money is needed, have all members of Congress
pay their taxes...

Mr. President, while you're at it, make Congress retire on
Social Security and Medicare. I'll bet both programs would be fixed pronto!

Miley

Just saw Miley Cyrus perform on American Idol. Didn't care for it. Vocals were off. I thought she was attempting to put too much emotion in the song. Too much of that vocal quiver.

In other news . . . it's hump day! Two more day's to go. I owe the feds a few hundred dollars for taxes. Don't know what happened this year. I almost always get a couple hundred dollars back and if I owe, it's just a bit.

Eating dinner now and it is time for desert! Cheers.

Win Money

Here is the feel good sales pitch for a local Indian Casino:

You can win on any machine,
At any time,
On any spin.

Makes it sound like your odds of winning good. Sounds like gambling to me.

Tired

Haven't slept well in three nights now.

Night 1) Thursday night was a gym night, got home late, thus bed late. Friday's a work day.
Night 2) Friday - hit the sack about midnight, slept off and on, and woke up about 7.
Night 3) Saturday - Allergies or something. Couldn't breath and eye's ached.

I'm functioning at the moment, but just barely.

Thoughts - part 2

1) Boy, the Olympics are over! Life can get back to normal again.

2) Why is it (in Western society) that when the husband of a couple cheats on his wife, it is deemed, if not expected, that the wife work to forgive and reconvene a happy marriage. While if the wife has the extramarital affair, the husband is in now way expected to forgive and by most accounts, the marriage usually ends. In both cases though, the men still manage to come out ahead.

3) From a couple of weeks ago on the Sunday morning news program Face the Nation, Bob Schieffer's closing commentary was on the bottlenecks that prevent our representatives in congress from getting any work done. His argument was the following: it takes a lot of money to get elected. On average, elected officials spend about $3500 per day (that's right, per day) while on the campaign trail. So when it comes to doing the job, instead of doing what is morally right, they are are bound to abide the wishes of those who put them there (financially).

Thoughts

Let's see . . .
1) Olympics - I've noticed while watching the 2010 Winter Olympics that at times there seems to be discussions emphasizing particular athletes as the most decorated due to the number of metals they have won. Speed skater Apollo Ono is a prime example. Here's what I see - how can one relish success based on their metal's count. Some sports (insert Speed Skating example here) allow an athlete many opportunities for metals because the races are short and pointed. Think about the athletes who must work very hard to win their coveted metal. Ice skating dancers must train and compete in four different dances to win their metal. Hockey teams play a number of games to win their birth. Something doesn't add up here.

2) Computer problems - working to fix my brothers computer. He's got some viruses and such AVG is not clearing up for some reason. It's a Dell Home computer. What have I learned so far: F8 gets you into Safe Mode, back UP your systems registry before you make changes (better to learn late than not at all), there is an absolute ton of information on the Internet regarding virus and malware symptoms and correction solutions, have patience (a bag next to your computer chair comes in handy to collect your hair as you pull it out), have a second computer handy to do searches on the Web while your patient remains off the WWW and therefore isolated.

3) I miss my Dollhouse. Why can't they keep a show that I like. I'm in withdrawal mode. At least Fringe is still on.

4) Tired. The week is almost over.

5) Olympics again - Watched some of the pairs ice dancing the other day. This was the one in which all dancers do something like the Tango (I think they called it the compulsory dance). It's the same dance, the same music, the same steps. Just how do the judges grade you?

6) Movie Home - saw it last night at the local movie art house theater. Liked it a lot. Slow, but the story sucks you in on the emotional front.

7) SDFix still running - Its been an hour for this malware check. It's free, so I can't complain.

8) Bed time.

Quote

"The truth is . . . no one wants to be rejected."

- The show Life Unexpected.

It Starts

The Superbowl pregame show started at 11. Five hours before the game . . . .

. . . . I think I'll be wore out before the game even starts.