Gratitude Department:
Thanks to the good folks at Dell, your Intrepid Reporter (I.R.) has my trusty laptop back on the job. It must be said that all of my dealings with the service types were terrific. They were polite, friendly and efficient. And did what they said they would do. I recognize that ought not to be unique in the business of business, but it is, and full marks go to whoever is making things happen at Dell. Thank you.
Enough-already Department:
Trump-O’Donnell just will not go away. Latest is a defense of Ms. Rosie by pal Madonna. Surely I’m not the only one who couldn’t care a whit what Madonna thinks about anything. That she rallied to Rosie’s cause is yet another illustration of famous-for-being-famous-folks showing up on the talk-shows to babble incessantly. In a related story, The View’s ratings climbed a little since the battle began, but the Apprentice did not live up to expectations. Gee…that’s too bad. Hmmm!
Word-watch Department:
You will recall that Pluto got dumped from the planet category last year. (A short-lived attempt by W&W to form a Save Pluto Society faded due to lack of funding.) The lonely former-planet may have the last revenge thanks to the American Dialect Society. The ADS names a “Word of the Year” and the 2006 submission is “plutoed”. Defined as “to demote or devalue something, as happened to the former planet when the General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union decided Pluto no longer met its definition of a planet”. Seems to me I got plutoed several time by a Grade 9 algebra teacher.
From Gentle-Genius-friend Rick Department:
A stellar lad who continues to touch my soul offers an intriguing definition worthy of thought: Church is a group of people who love God and love each other. I.R. notes the absence of a specific number of folks, bricks and mortar, music, sermons, money, power. Does that definition apply to wherever you spend time on a Sunday morning? In fact, that definition makes no mention of a day of the week for "Church".
By The Way Department:
A large poster of Albert Einstein is mounted on a wall here. One of my favourite quotes: Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. Aforementioned friend-Rick is among the “Great Spirits” I am privileged to know, which probably means he’ll encounter some opposition to a comment he made: Love God, Love each other. Everything else is culture.
One more from Einstein Department:
I want to know what God is thinking. The rest is details.
Hmmm.
Your Comments always welcome at alan.speak@yahoo.ca
And yes, feel free to pass along the location of this site to anyone you know who likes to think and/or chuckle.
Thanks to the good folks at Dell, your Intrepid Reporter (I.R.) has my trusty laptop back on the job. It must be said that all of my dealings with the service types were terrific. They were polite, friendly and efficient. And did what they said they would do. I recognize that ought not to be unique in the business of business, but it is, and full marks go to whoever is making things happen at Dell. Thank you.
Enough-already Department:
Trump-O’Donnell just will not go away. Latest is a defense of Ms. Rosie by pal Madonna. Surely I’m not the only one who couldn’t care a whit what Madonna thinks about anything. That she rallied to Rosie’s cause is yet another illustration of famous-for-being-famous-folks showing up on the talk-shows to babble incessantly. In a related story, The View’s ratings climbed a little since the battle began, but the Apprentice did not live up to expectations. Gee…that’s too bad. Hmmm!
Word-watch Department:
You will recall that Pluto got dumped from the planet category last year. (A short-lived attempt by W&W to form a Save Pluto Society faded due to lack of funding.) The lonely former-planet may have the last revenge thanks to the American Dialect Society. The ADS names a “Word of the Year” and the 2006 submission is “plutoed”. Defined as “to demote or devalue something, as happened to the former planet when the General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union decided Pluto no longer met its definition of a planet”. Seems to me I got plutoed several time by a Grade 9 algebra teacher.
From Gentle-Genius-friend Rick Department:
A stellar lad who continues to touch my soul offers an intriguing definition worthy of thought: Church is a group of people who love God and love each other. I.R. notes the absence of a specific number of folks, bricks and mortar, music, sermons, money, power. Does that definition apply to wherever you spend time on a Sunday morning? In fact, that definition makes no mention of a day of the week for "Church".
By The Way Department:
A large poster of Albert Einstein is mounted on a wall here. One of my favourite quotes: Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. Aforementioned friend-Rick is among the “Great Spirits” I am privileged to know, which probably means he’ll encounter some opposition to a comment he made: Love God, Love each other. Everything else is culture.
One more from Einstein Department:
I want to know what God is thinking. The rest is details.
Hmmm.
Your Comments always welcome at alan.speak@yahoo.ca
And yes, feel free to pass along the location of this site to anyone you know who likes to think and/or chuckle.
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