Unfinished things
I will almost certainly not finish this entry between now and the time I need to leave for tonight's trivia event. I do have roughly 35 minutes but I'm doing three or four things at once so I can't focus on this. When focused, it's easy to write quickly and with some proficiency. When unfocused, it's easy to write quickly but the proficiency factor drops by orders of magnitude.
It's also one of those instances of tired people making mistakes. I stayed late at work to finish something I'd been trying to finish all day. My father used to say "never enough time to do it right but always enough time to do it over." I much prefer doing things right than doing them over. One of the things that used to drive me nuts about one of my former jobs was how many hours I spent correcting invoices that weren't properly prepared the first time. Between the cost of my labor, the cost of sending two or sometimes three invoices for the same billing, it was a lot of wasted money.
I was watching old game shows this morning before heading to the office. There was an episode of "$25,000 Pyramid" on. Now of course, the then living portrait of Dorian Gray, Dick Clark looked much like he would for the next 30 years or so. But what got my attention was one of the celebrity players on this episode, Nipsey Russell. He's from Atlanta and in this show he mentioned that when he was young he worked at The Varsity. It is an amazing place. The world's largest drive-in restaraunt, it may serve 30,000 people or more on game day for Georgia Tech football. If you're ever in Atlanta, stop there.
Should people be all that upset that IRS employees wasted $60,000 of taxpayer money in order to make a video parody of the original Star Trek series? William Shatner thinks so. Hey, if they want to spend more time making stupid videos and less time auditing people...ok, that's not good for the country. Never mind.
If someone wants to make zillions of dollars, invent a Roomba like device that goes around picking up clothes that people throw on the floor and that will put them into the wash. Housewives everywhere would pay big bucks for such a device.
Retired General David Petraeus is on the comeback trail, issuing a formal verbal apology for the sex scandal that led to his resignation as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Can he overcome this scandal and move back into a high position in our government? Only time will tell. If people can forgive Bill Clinton's infidelity, why not that of General Petraeus?
What kind of idiot businessperson puts a sign up in their store that says browsers will be charged a $5 fee for "just looking", but will have it deducted when they buy something? Might as well just hang up a "going out of business" sign instead.
This Date in History - March 27
On this date in 196BC, Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt.
On this date in 1625, Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland, as well as claiming to be King of France.
On this date in 1794, the U.S. establishes a permanent navy.
On this date in 1836, General Santa Anna orders 400 Texas POWs be killed at what is now known as the Goliad Massacre.
On this date in 1886, Geronimo surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
On this date in 1915, Typhoid Mary is put into quarantine. She would remain there until her death.
On this date in 1958, Nikita Khrushchev becomes Premier of the Soviet Union
On this date in 1977, two airliners collide on the runway at Tenerife, killing 538 of the 599 passengers aboard the two. Worst aviation accident in history.
On this date in 1981, Solidarity stages a strike in Poland that has 12 million workers walking off the job for four hours.
On this date in 2013, it is reported that Madonna has become a billionaire.
Famous Folk born this date:
Wilhelm Rontgen
Heinrich Mann
Miller Huggins
Gloria Swanson (she's ready for her close-up)
Cyrus Vance
Sarah Vaughan
Anne Ramsey
David Janssen
Cale Yarborough
Michael York (she was a fembot, Austin)
Tony Banks
Quentin Tarantino (for which the makers of fake movie blood have been grateful)
Talisa Soto
Pauley Perrette
Mariah Carey
Matthew Pegg
Fergie
Noname Jane
And on this date in 2002, one of the all-time great film directors, Billy Wilder passed away.
It's also one of those instances of tired people making mistakes. I stayed late at work to finish something I'd been trying to finish all day. My father used to say "never enough time to do it right but always enough time to do it over." I much prefer doing things right than doing them over. One of the things that used to drive me nuts about one of my former jobs was how many hours I spent correcting invoices that weren't properly prepared the first time. Between the cost of my labor, the cost of sending two or sometimes three invoices for the same billing, it was a lot of wasted money.
I was watching old game shows this morning before heading to the office. There was an episode of "$25,000 Pyramid" on. Now of course, the then living portrait of Dorian Gray, Dick Clark looked much like he would for the next 30 years or so. But what got my attention was one of the celebrity players on this episode, Nipsey Russell. He's from Atlanta and in this show he mentioned that when he was young he worked at The Varsity. It is an amazing place. The world's largest drive-in restaraunt, it may serve 30,000 people or more on game day for Georgia Tech football. If you're ever in Atlanta, stop there.
Should people be all that upset that IRS employees wasted $60,000 of taxpayer money in order to make a video parody of the original Star Trek series? William Shatner thinks so. Hey, if they want to spend more time making stupid videos and less time auditing people...ok, that's not good for the country. Never mind.
If someone wants to make zillions of dollars, invent a Roomba like device that goes around picking up clothes that people throw on the floor and that will put them into the wash. Housewives everywhere would pay big bucks for such a device.
Retired General David Petraeus is on the comeback trail, issuing a formal verbal apology for the sex scandal that led to his resignation as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Can he overcome this scandal and move back into a high position in our government? Only time will tell. If people can forgive Bill Clinton's infidelity, why not that of General Petraeus?
What kind of idiot businessperson puts a sign up in their store that says browsers will be charged a $5 fee for "just looking", but will have it deducted when they buy something? Might as well just hang up a "going out of business" sign instead.
This Date in History - March 27
On this date in 196BC, Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt.
On this date in 1625, Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland, as well as claiming to be King of France.
On this date in 1794, the U.S. establishes a permanent navy.
On this date in 1836, General Santa Anna orders 400 Texas POWs be killed at what is now known as the Goliad Massacre.
On this date in 1886, Geronimo surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
On this date in 1915, Typhoid Mary is put into quarantine. She would remain there until her death.
On this date in 1958, Nikita Khrushchev becomes Premier of the Soviet Union
On this date in 1977, two airliners collide on the runway at Tenerife, killing 538 of the 599 passengers aboard the two. Worst aviation accident in history.
On this date in 1981, Solidarity stages a strike in Poland that has 12 million workers walking off the job for four hours.
On this date in 2013, it is reported that Madonna has become a billionaire.
Famous Folk born this date:
Wilhelm Rontgen
Heinrich Mann
Miller Huggins
Gloria Swanson (she's ready for her close-up)
Cyrus Vance
Sarah Vaughan
Anne Ramsey
David Janssen
Cale Yarborough
Michael York (she was a fembot, Austin)
Tony Banks
Quentin Tarantino (for which the makers of fake movie blood have been grateful)
Talisa Soto
Pauley Perrette
Mariah Carey
Matthew Pegg
Fergie
Noname Jane
And on this date in 2002, one of the all-time great film directors, Billy Wilder passed away.
posted by me at 8:07 AM
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