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posted by Joe S. at 2/28/2005 12:00:00 AM 1 Comments
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Just who is watching whom?
I got a pop up saying "Spyware has been detected on your computer: click yes to remove." The fact that is was a pop up has me a tad worried. The thing that bothers me here is I'm not sure who is being spied on. As far as I can tell the spy spied the spyware and reported it to me so I can give them permission to spy on the spy that put the spyware in my computer and remove it, possibly to spy on the spy again to see if the spied spy is really gone.Call me silly but what happens if I don't answer yes?
posted by Joe S. at 2/26/2005 04:20:00 PM 0 Comments
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A Fable of a Duck and a Fish.This is the story of Mr. Duck who always saw the fish, a speck of silver to be mined from a blue stream. Carefully adjusting his trajectory, Mr. Duck dove blindly into the waters, again and again. He was never really certain of what was beneath the surface of the stream, except for the fish. That he knew was there...swimming, swimming, mocking in his continued freedom. Over and over Mr. Duck would mount up his wings, make the long arch across the sky and zero in on his scaly prey. Not once did Mr. Duck think twice of his fate, for he was sure that no matter how many attempts, if his aim was true he would reap the benefit. In the end there was a busted beak, and a sprained wing, but there was also the reward of the full gizzard.
The Moral: If at fish you don't succeed, fly fly again.
posted by Joe S. at 2/23/2005 03:08:00 AM 1 Comments
273 years old and still showing his teeth... George Washington Gets Extreme Makeover and a new kind of revisionist history is made. Surely most of us grew up with the stories of our Founding Father cutting down a cherry tree.
The story goes that the wind was howling that day as Washington's powder wig flew to the top of a cherry tree. As he attempted to chop it down, to retrieve his toupee, his aim was a little low as he hit a stone near the root. The impact caused the axe to bounce back and knock out George's front teeth. Running home to his father he said, "Father, I cannot tell a lie. John Adams called you a redcoat, and I punched him out...if you think my teeth look funny you should see John." He and his father then cut down the tree and fashioned wooden dentures for George.Now these historians and technicians are using modern science and some computer gizmos to change all the wonderful tales of ole' GW. Now he will just be another boring action figure. Sure I'll bet they'll say he was an adventurer, a reckless and wild youth who escaped death many times during battle. They'll say he was an explorer who carved incessantly on everything "George Washington Slept Here". If you ask me he did more sleeping than exploring. It must be an exhausting vocation. And yes, they will say his teeth were not wooden at all, but ivory that when stained looked like wood. Sure... like anyone would stain ivory.
posted by Joe S. at 2/22/2005 04:01:00 AM 1 Comments
Who ever wishes anyone a Happy President's Day anyway? And what do you give as a gift? A mattress maybe! Or some furniture...
I spent the day looking for a President's Day gift for my wife. I was immediately in trouble as I didn't really know who her favorite president is. I have to say that Valentine's Day was soooo much easier. I tried to get her a box of president's day chocolate. Were any of the presidents a rabbit?I went to a flower shop to get her a president's day corsage. All they had for me was a cross with R.I.P. written on it. I thought it might mean "really interesting President" until I remembered my grandfather got one of these on not one of his better days. So I thought to myself, as I often do, "Hey, I'll get her a nice card...” I ran into another dead end there. It seems President's Day is for Presidents, bankers and postal workers only.Finally I did the next best thing. In my attic in a box marked "memorabilia", I found an old box of blank Christmas cards. On the front was the Madonna and Child, and inside was a blank page on which I wrote, “to my dear wife on President's Day. May your day be filled with Pomp and Circumstance!” To which she replied, "I thought Jesus was a King!"Well, I know who her favorite king is. I'll be prepared on Three King's Day.
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