From my friend, Rev:
Subject: Bill Gates vs. GM
At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated: "If GM had kept up with the technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon."
In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release stating: "If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics:
- For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.
- Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.
- Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull over to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this.
- Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.
- Only one person at a time could use the car unless you bought CarNT, but then you would have to buy more seats.
- Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive-but would run on only five percent of the roads.
- The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single "General Protection Fault" warning light.
- New seats would force everyone to have the same sized butt.
- The airbag system would ask "are you sure" before deploying.
- Occasionally for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, and turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.
- GM would require all car buyers to also purchase a deluxe set of Rand McNally road maps (now a GM subsidiary), even though they neither need nor want them. Attempting to delete this option would immediately cause the car's Performance to diminish by 50% or more. Moreover, GM would become a target for investigation by the Justice Dept.
- Every time GM introduced a new car, car buyers would have to learn to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.
- You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off.
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Yesterday I spent the whole day trying to clean off my desk. I've let stuff get so out of control, recently. I hadn't even reconciled my Visa card in three months. I've just been clearing out my receipts in my purse to a box on my desk. Yesterday the box was overflowing, so I figured I'd better clear it out. I had 4 months worth of bill payment stubs that needed to be filed. Man, what a mess. I figured it would take a couple of hours, at most. Six hours later I was still working on it. When I get home from work today, I need to go through the big pile of floppy disks that are scattered all around and label them. That was the bad thing about school -- Tons of stuff on floppies that I really don't need anymore.
The feed store didn't have any clippers. The guy said he could special order some cattle clippers, but they were too expensive. Oh, well. I'll try to return the broken ones to PetSmart today and if they won't take them back, I'll be bitching about it this afternoon.
As you can probably tell, I'm procrastinating about going to work today. Both stores have opening managers on Tuesday and Wednesday that I absolutely can't stand. It figures those are the two biggest dough-making days. Damn the head managers that write the schedules.
Marcus' folks will be here in a week. I'm starting to panic. It's supposed to rain/snow again at the end of the week. How am I supposed to get this house clean when the weather won't cooperate?
Ok, LaDonna, get your butt to work.
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What the hell is
wrong with some people? This woman in Fort Worth, Texas hit a homeless man while strung out on Ecstasy, drove home with the man sticking out of her windshield, and left him in her garage to die. She did her boyfriend while the poor guy pleaded for help. Her "friends" then helped her dump the body. The chick was a nurse's aid to boot. The eight page Texas arrest warrent affidavit is
here. I hope she gets the death penalty.
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Those stupid clippers I bought at PetSmart broke right off the bat. I hope they'll take them back. Marcus and I are trying to do as much as possible with the old ones. Each dog is about half done. They look so funny. Skippy's backhalf is all shaved and he looks like a lion. Ursa's got little shaved patches all over. Skippy has really fine, staticy hair and Ursa has really corse, thick hair. Both are a pain to shave. I'll go with the original plan of finding some clippers at the feed store tomorrow. Hopefully I'll be able to finish them up more quickly.
I'm totally pooped. I got up at 5 this morning and had 14 batches of dough to do. It's what I was expecting, but I was sure hoping (for once) that they'd be slow. Oh, well. I need the money.
After I make myself some dinner here (leftover steak fajitas from Thursday evening), I'm probably going to shower and go to bed early. I hope I can actually get something accomplished tomorrow. I'm tired of wasting my days off feeling ill and sleeping.
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1. What makes you homesick?
Not being able to sleep in my own bed with Marcus and my dogs.
2. Where is "home" for you? Is it where you are living now, or somewhere else (ie: Mom & Dad's house, particular state/city)?
For the first time in a long time, where I'm living now actually feels like home. No place I've lived since my folks lost their house has felt like home until this. Even though living in a "modular home" in a park isn't permanent, the house is ours, not something we're renting and will be moving out of in a year. I'll also always consider Colorado home. I can't imagine living anywhere else.
3. What makes it home for you? People? Things?
It's home because it is where I am comfortable. It's a blending of everything -- Marcus, my pets, my belongings. It wouldn't be "home" if any one of those things was missing.
4. Where is the furthest you've been from home, miles-wise?
I'm not sure. How far is Hawaii from Denver, CO?
5. What are your plans for this weekend?
Same as usual. Work, work, and more work. Bleh! Hopefully Marcus will be available to hold down the dogs for some grooming.
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