If anybody reading the following thinks that any part is worth repeating, go for it, but would appreciate you crediting the source. All of the following 'musings' are not meant to be any more than random thoughts believed to be originated as the by-product of a mind in free-fall and any similarities are purely inter-parallel-worldly. The Bible tells us that the apple is the forbidden fruit, so there really should be an eleventh commandment saying, "Thou shalt not eat a Steve Jobs". If you own a talking parrot that will definitely outlive you, do you wonder what it will say about you after you're dead. If you consider that what used to be known as the "average" IQ could be represented as being on the equator...then today it's rapidly approaching Anarctica Kinda of mind-blowing and electrifying to realize that 1 pair of chromosomes and a tiny percentage of DNA between humans and chimps are the difference in having the ability to conceive the theory of relativity and being able to drag your knuckles on the ground as you walk. Ladies should be aware that the guy who waits for that 'special parking spot' in front of the trendy restaurant where the "hotties" go, so he can display his new flash Ferrari with all bells and whistles, has to be a lousy lover because he's already climaxed. I just read a book where the time-frame was the mid 1920s and the author really captured the ambience as it was...and convincing me that the ordinary people may not have lived as long as we do now, but they sure as hell had a lot more fun smoking, eating and drinking anything they wanted and not knowing or caring about unknowables like cholesterol, triglycerides and a million other no-nos. So...who's better off, us or them... No bonus points for which group is more smug and self-righteous! Here's a good news-bad news item to ponder. You can't learn ignorance...and you certainly can't unlearn it. Thinking about Noah's ark...and putting aside incredulity and accepting the biblical version that the ark was big enough to accomodate all the animals on Earth... There's just not enough money in the world that could induce me to hire on as the guy who cleaned out all the crap! A good indicator that you're Thinking it out before you act rashly is not naming your newly formed fantasy league team the "Titanics" In all those countries that brag about their low incidence of cancer because of the locally grown food they eat, never mention that most of the residents don't live long enough to develope cancer. Hundreds of species of geckos live all over the world as long as it's a "warm climate". No known specie of gecko comes from or survives in East London and there is no recorded instance of one with a Cockney accent... Hope "that" insurance company at least has the decency to insure the poor thing against catching pneumonia! . If they tried to settle the "Wild West" today with the current quality of politicians and zealous political correctness, it would still be Indian country The definition of being really rich is that not only is there no waiting but that, the doctor waits for you. They say that rats and cockroaches will be the only things to survive a nuclear holocost...wrong...they forgot to include lawyers! In baseball, when you see the hitter choking up on the bat, don't you wonder why he just doesn't use a shorter bat. Turning the other cheek is a masochist's dream Turning the other cheek is a sadist's dream Being upwardly mobile and realizing that the upside potential is so tremendous, I'm considering declaring myself as an illegal alien. Health care at no cost, free education, no taxes to pay--and I can even vote! Forget what you've heard about how great maturity and experience are: there's no upside in getting old. When you hear about a "born politician", you're making the case for mandatory abortion. If vegetarians hate meat so much then why is it they try to make everything taste like meat. Agreeing to going through the procedure of being artificially inseminated has to be very much like being presented with a bowl of championship chili and not having any taste buds Quote from the pre 12-step program joiner or the post program recidivist: I'd rather have a frontal lobotomy than an empty bottle in front of me Just a thought...I wonder if anybody has considered that the reason Tiger Woods had all thos sexual encounters is maybe two children equal the only two times Elin consented When you're told that politicians are whores, that's really insulting to the whores, because at least "sometimes", they give value for money. Don't bother telling me what I'm doing wrong...nobody is harder on me, than me Do fully committed members of PETA with unalloyed passion for all animals, use flea collars on their pet dogs. In Siberia, the temperature in Hell must be zero Perspective is everything...when you want to do a download, the difference between a man with a stomach problem and a nerd is that the nerd wants to do it on the computer. I guess the one real advantage in being a "Jew for Jesus" is that you get to take off everybody's holidays. How can education be improved when there are fewer and fewer that know how to spell it. One definition of egomania is that the French truly believe that everybody outside of France cares what they think I doubt that the corporate golden parachute would be as desirable if the chute was packed by stockholders. Result--at ground zero, Fat Cats make the biggest mess Pimps are a kind of lobbyist, and the reverse of that is a certainty And the non-sexist corollary to that is lobbyists make pimps and madames, look like honest businessmen and women What flavors do corpsicles come in If the Earth's rotation is speeding up, no doubt it's because of all the grave-spinning coming from America's "Founding Fathers" When you hear somebody say it's hotter than hell...how do they know that How do you stage a watermelon seed spitting contest with seedless watermelons If you could walk into a club or trendy restaurant and enforce an edict that only two words, "LIKE" and "AWESOME" could not be spoken, can you imagine how nice and quiet it would be with everybody mute You could play an entire season in an hour if the fat lady sang first