"Too much and too long, we seem to have surrendered community excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things. Our gross national product ... if we should judge America by that - counts air pollution and cigarette advertising, and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage. It counts special locks for our doors and the ( Read more... )

The new Darwin Awards are in, and some of them are doozies.

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I have observed an interesting phenomenon recently at work. I have been at my new job at the Green Giant for almost 2 weeks now, and since I worked for the same company in 2000, I pretty much know what I am doing. And even when I don't, it is not rocket science to figure out what still needs doing. Anyway.... I have been working with this one ( Read more... )

The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits ( Read more... )

A few thoughts for the day ( Read more... )

I had heard about this movie back around 2004, soon after it came out in 2003. But I had dismissed it as being not interesting or gripping enough to watch. Boy was I wrong! I watched this film early this morning, and was quickly drawn in to the story. It is one of the most powerful and inspirational films I have ever seen. If you have not yet ( Read more... )

OK.... it's just too damn hot! I went to bed early last night because I was completely wiped out. Even a cool shower when I got home didn't help much. It was refreshing, but it wore off rather quickly. I just felt blahhhh... I couln't even think properly. All I wanted to do was lay on my bed in front of the fan and not move. I couldn't even ( Read more... )

You may have heard about this story of An American fellow trying to cancel his AOL account. What follows is a transcript of the conversation. Can you say customer service from hell ( Read more... )