Are the pressures, noise and congestion of life in the urban jungle causing you to consider goin country? Be careful what you wish for!
On the Road Again
A middle-aged couple take up mountain biking.
Microsoft Postpones Plan To Introduce At Least One Original Idea
Imagine the complexities, not to mention the complexes, attendant to being the worlds largest software manufacturer when your principal original idea so far has been a cheaper price than Apple?
Microsoft may well qualify as the American company to achieve the most success without introducing to the needy world at least one original idea, unless, of course, a low-down price can be construed as such a welcome contribution.
Lets look at the spotty history of, not innovation, but imitation.
Jimmy Hoffa Continues To Evade FBI
As the FBI, operating on a tip from a prisoner who reported witnessing suspicious activity on the night of Jimmy Hoffas disappearance, continued to search for the former teamster leader, he was somehow still able to evade capture.
Although Mr. Hoffa disappeared over fifty years ago, no sign of him or his remains have been detected, despite numerous tips of eithers possible whereabouts.
Given the run-ins the teamster boss had with the FBI during the period when he was definitely alive, some observes say it is no wonder he refuses to be located.
How to drive traffic to your website using funny videos
Many webmasters are using the same techniques to drive traffic to their websites with paid advertising and SEO. But creative marketing with funny videos and/or training videos is simple and effective for making a website stand out from the competition.
Free goughnuts
Drunken doughnuts adventures. Its not as bad as it sounds.
Diving For Treasure In My Own Living Room
So, time arrived for replacing the living room furniture. Grandpa and I had our same sofa, loveseat, extra chair, tables, and lamps from our thirty-five years of marriage. Still leaning toward denial, we agreed blue remains our favorite color, not one person has fallen all the way to the floor in our chair yet, and parts of the lampshades still block the view of the bare GE 100 watt lightbulbs. Besides, right before the delivery men appeared at my fingerprint-smudged storm do…
Calvin and Hobbes: A Brief History
Calvin and Hobbes has been one of the most popular comic strips for quite some time now. The story details the adventures of an imaginative young boy named Calvin, and his pet tiger, Hobbes. The comic strip was run in papers from 1985 to 1996 and was printed in over 2400 papers all over the world.
Bat Ejection Techniques Country Survival Course #27
Would be rural dwellers should all master Bat Ejection Techniques (BET). Realtors will never admit to the bat inundation plaguing Americas heartland. Property values would tumble! Amidst all this denial, a seamy cover-up has formed. Copies of Bat Removal for Dummies are burned at country BBQs. But never fear, one former city-slicker gone country is breaking ranks.
Another Dracula, Another Flop
This week Warner Brothers joined the Walt Disney company in attempting to transform Broadway from a venue with a whisper of hope for social relevance into one that presents works that are the intellectual equivalent of a Mickey Mouse caper. As even the blind could foresee, the critics went for the jugular.
As we often say about working with an idea that doesnt have a life of its own, you can stand up a dead body, but you cant make it sing and dance, and, once you let go, its bound to fall back down.
Things I have learned
Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night. But if you do, sleep in the bathtub …
If you are extremely drunk and swear you will never drink too much again, you WILL forget this when you are sober.
Surgeon General Uncertain About What Hospital To Check His Grandmother Into
The Surgeon General, after reading the results of a recent report about the alarming number of fatalities in U. S. hospitals that are due to preventable human error, was uncertain about what hospital to check his grandmother into when he learned that she was suffering from shortness of breath.
He decided the time had come from decisive government action. As a result, all hospitals must now display at the registration desk the following warning: “The Surgeon General has determined that hospitals may be hazardous to your health and may result in accidental death.”