December 5, 2010

Santa vs. The Internet

All hail the Sunday Comics...

Once again I was reading the Sunday Comics, and I came to realize just how much we rely on electronics and today's communication systems...

I kind of feel like Dagwood...

I can remember counting the days, but the minutes and seconds?

Or having a computer do it for me...

I remember writing letters to Santa, and having my mother check them for neatness and spelling...

Instead of a computer and word processor...

I loved opening gifts - just for the sake of tearing the paper off...

And laughing at my dad for using his pocket knife and only slicing the tape...

I remember writing and sending cards...

I remember falling asleep by the fireplace waiting to catch Santa...

And resisting the temtation to eat his cookies...

Is it wrong for a technology instructor to wish for days when technology was not so prominent?

Now for a little humor in this holiday season...

"The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn't for any religious reasons. They couldn't find three wise men and a virgin."... Jay Leno.




December 1, 2010

Oh the Weather outside is Frightful...

Please...

• You know, when I taught down in Virginia, I always scoffed at the community for all but shutting down at the slightest hint of snow.  I would be like: "Snow?  This isn't Snow!  You don't know what Snow is until you have lived up North!  Up there, they don't shut down for anything!"  At this point in time, I can't have a decent conversation with any of my friends from that area without them throwing (proverbial) snowballs back in my face...

• I know that we are afraid of just about anything nowdays, but please, a little common sense and safe driving practices go a long way towards getting us where we need to be...

Oh well,

Quote for the day:  
Weather is a great metaphor for life - sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad, and there's nothing much you can do about it but carry an umbrella.  ~Terri Guillemets

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.  ~John Ruskin