You know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you're down there.

Boy, isn't that the truth.

George Burns US actor & comedian (1896 - 1996)

Not Always Right: Some Customers You Just Have To Let Slide

(Cellphone Store | Wichita, KS, USA)
Me: “Good afternoon, this is [cellphone store]. How may I help you?”
Customer: “I came in to your store today and you sold me a defective phone!”
Me: “I’m sorry, sir. What is your full name and phone number so I can pull up your account?”
Customer: *gives information*
Me: “Okay, thanks. I see, you bought a [phone]. What seems to be the problem?
Customer: “The keyboard on this piece of s*** won’t come out!”
Me: “Have you tried sliding it the other way?”
*really long pause*
Customer: “Well thanks a lot b****!, now you made me feel like a f***ing idiot!” *click*

Saturday Night Special: The Skivvies

I wonder why they ever thought this was a good idea.

Not that I have room to be critical... but the guy on the left probably should have worn boxers at least.

When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them.

Rodney Dangerfield US actor & comedian (1921 - 2004)

The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet.

William Gibson US science fiction novelist in Canada (1948 - )

 

That is okay.  I still have a large supply of past to tide me over.

It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Pierre Beaumarchais French businessman & comic dramatist (1732 - 1799)

Wired: Only Old Fogies Hate the New Facebook, Research Suggests

Guilty as charged.

The current backlash against Facebook for having turned its privacy promises inside out is likely being driven by adults over the age of 35, according to survey data from YouGov’s Brandindex.

As for 18- to 34-year-olds, Facebook continues to be the hottest thing on the net since YouTube, according to the company’s daily profile.

Working 10 Hours or More a Day Raises Heart Risk, Study Finds

I guess this shouldn't come as too much of a surprise...  I don't work long days as much as I used to, but still too often.

May 11 (Bloomberg) -- Working 10 hours or more a day may harm the heart, according to a study of more than 10,000 British civil servants.

People who added three or more hours to a seven-hour day had a 60 percent greater risk of heart attack, angina and death from cardiovascular disease than those with no overtime work, researchers from the U.K., Finland and France reported today in the European Heart Journal. The findings are from the Whitehall II study, which has tracked British civil servants since 1985.

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

Hunter S. Thompson US journalist (1939 - 2005)

 

In my business, weird is the norm.

We are none of us infallible--not even the youngest of us.

W. H. Thompson

He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife.

Douglas Adams English humorist & science fiction novelist (1952 - 2001)

44 Ways to Ruin Your Financial Life By Age 30

I am quite happy to say that I did avoid many of these pitfalls when I was younger.

I am quite sad to say that I did not avoid all of them.

Live and learn.

Admiration, n.: Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.

Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary US author & satirist (1842 - 1914)

The glory of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acquire it.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld French author & moralist (1613 - 1680)

UT study: No proof that eliminating gluten, casein from diets of autistic children is effective

We tried putting John on a gluten and casein free diet for awhile.  He did not like the diet and I didn't any improvement. 

Here are some of what I thought were the more interesting quotes.  Check out the entire article here. 

• But the study says there is no scientific evidence that the diets help, and in fact, they can lead to reduced bone thickness and cause other harm.
• "As I reviewed the research, I developed the theory; the diet doesn't have anything to do with autism," Mulloy said in an interview.
• The UT study concludes that such diets should only be used on children with autism who have "acute behavioral changes, seemingly associated with changes in diet, and/or (when) medical professionals confirm through testing the child has allergies or food intolerances to gluten and/or casein."

 

 

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

William Blake English engraver, illustrator, & poet (1757 - 1827)

More Cuteness

Great pictures from Emily.

 

 

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More Cuteness

via Murdocks and Sons by Emily M on 5/2/10

I feel like Anna is already getting a little more chubbiness in her cheeks. These are from three or four days ago, so I need to take some more! She's been a lot more awake lately, and she's beginning to lose that fresh-from-the-womb appearance. Fun, but sad, too.



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Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

Albert Camus French existentialist author & philosopher (1913 - 1960)

It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

William G. McAdoo US industrialist, lawyer, & politician (1863 - 1941)

Been there

Actually, I am posting this from my office on a Saturday morning.  That is me, minus the hair, the tie, and the Red Bull.