Year: 2004

  • Utility

    Anything that won’t sell, I don’t want to invent.  Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success.Thomas Edison

  • Forever

    Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.Marcus Fabius Quintilian

  • Great things

    Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.Vincent Van Gogh

  • Wisdom

    Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.Theodore Roosevelt

  • Small things

    I went to talk to the payables lady this morning, and she keeps candy on her desk.  I took a dark chocolate Dove from her stash.  Each of the Dove pieces has a little saying on the inside of the wrapper.  The one I got said, “Life without chocolate is too terrible to contemplate.”Isn’t that…

  • Arizona Barbie

    Mattel recently announced the release of Limited Edition Barbie Dolls exclusively for the Arizona market:Ahwatukee Barbie This yuppie Barbie comes with your choice of BMW convertible or Hummer H2.  Included are her own Starbucks cup, platinum credit card, and country club membership.  Also available for this set are Shallow Ken and Private School Skipper.  You…

  • Family news

    Jim and Edna ( I think they’re your aunt and uncle on your mother’s side ) were both patients in a mental hospital.  One day while they were walking past the hospital swimming pool, uncle Jim suddenly jumped into the deep end.  He sank to the bottom of the pool and stayed there.  Aunt Edna…