To be honest I was really fed up with the ridiculous update frequency of the Android platform and its growing lack of control over background processes killing the battery. So, I got an iPhone: Much longer periods between updates Smaller pool of free apps and a more stringent approval process for apps written for the device. It was a free upgrade whereas any one of the upgrades would have been $200 and some change. Simplicity of design and use: it’s a tool – for me at least. Since the 4s doesn’t have more processing power than an IBM mainframe I don’t have to wonder what’s killing my battery. It’s a… Read More
Continue ReadingTexas Chili Cookoff
For those of you who have lived in Texas, you know how true this is. They actually have a Chili cook-off about the time the rodeo comes to town.
It takes up a major portion of the parking lot at the Astrodome. The notes are from an inexperienced chili taster named Frank, who was visiting Texas from the East Coast:
Continue ReadingHow You (We) Fix Congress
Warren Buffett, in a recent interview with CNBC, offers one of the best quotes about the debt ceiling: “I could end the deficit in 5 minutes,” he told CNBC. “You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election. The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That was in 1971… before computers, e-mail, cellphones, etc.
Continue ReadingWhere would we be without the dark ages?
All through mankind’s history someone or some group has always been looking for the angle by which to control others. At no other time was this more evident than the dark ages…
Continue ReadingPlease pass the exlax…
What’s the difference between the current state of our government and a severe case of constipation? The answer is simple: the size and severity of the case. Both are completely backed up with massive amounts of crap that won’t come out thus bringing sweet relief, and both require some sort of assistance to bring relief.
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