Things to think about............

A dog always offers unconditional love. A cat has to think about it.

If you look up his family tree and you'll find he's the sap.

Everyone is gifted but some peoplenever open their package.

Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.

Just remember -- if the world didn't suck, we would all fall off.

A huntin' we will go

The boys went hunting last weekend and bagged a squirrel.

On the wing

I saw a hummingbird outside my front door yesterday. I can't remember the last time I saw one of these little birds. I'm not sure if this was a different species or a different gender than those I've seen before, but it wasn't very colorful.

I suppose it could have been a very large, very fat mosquito.

A Penny for Your Thoughts

I have an idea for a new book. I want to record the opinions that America's working people have about the American workplace.

I know this has been done before, but the data was gathered by or for companies, or by academics, or by anybody but me.

I don't want to just spout dry facts and figures. I want to know what America's "hoi polloi" have to say about the places where they spend about half of their waking hours.

For example, I want to know how the workers really feel about their bosses.

It often seems to me that when workers become managers they think the wisdom of the ages immediately falls upon them, and that they automatically become better than everyone else.

They lecture the staff on the importance of team work, but act as if they think that doesn't include them. They take whatever steps necessary to distance themselves from the rest of the staff. They get an office with a door, they "forget" to pass on key information, they block communication with people outside the team.


A man went into a pet shop to buy a parrot. The shop owner pointed to three identical looking parrots on a perch and said, "That parrot on the left costs 500 dollars".

"That's a little steep. Why does it cost so much?" asked the man.

The shop owner replied, "Well, he knows how to use a computer."

Intrigued, the man pointed to the second parrot and asked "How much is that one and what does it do?"

"That one costs 1,000 dollars because it can do everything the other parrot can do plus it knows how to use the UNIX operating system."

"And the third parrot?" the customer queried.

" $2,000."

"$2,000!" the startled man exclaimed, "What does it do?"

The shop owner shrugged his shoulders and said, "To be honest, I've never seen him do a damn thing, but the other two call him boss!"

Ahhhh, Root Beer

A couple of weeks ago I went to lunch at a local pizzaria with my co-workers. The place has decent pizza, but serves Coke products and I prefer Pepsi or iced tea. Their tea is atrocious.

I ordered a Root Beer. From the reaction of my co-workers, one might have thought I'd requested something exotic tropical concoction instead of a simple, old-fashioned Root Beer. "You ordered Root Beer!" "What? What did she order?" "A Root Beer!" "She ordered Root Beer?" "Who ordered a Root Beer?" "Martha did. Martha ordered a Root Beer."

So I like Root Beer.

Sometimes I order iced tea and sometimes Pepsi. Occassionally a Dr. Pepper. If there's nothing else, I'll even drink a Coke without complaining.

And sometimes I order a Root Beer. If I had my druthers, I'd add a big scoop of vanilla ice cream to an icy mug of Root Beer. We used to call those a "Black Cow".

Do you remember Root Beer Barrel candy? Root beer flavored candy shaped like a barrel. Cute, eh? Did you ever try root beer flavored Fizzies? They turn ordinary water into a bubbly drink which vaguely taste like Root Beer.

I have a recipe somewhere for making barbecued ribs with Root Beer. It sounds good, but I haven't tried it yet.

I try lots of things. I'm old, but I'm not stuck in my ways.

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