Happy Saturday! The weekend has arrived so how about a little humor to get things going? Here is the next installment of demotivators (courtesy of www-dot-despair-dot-com). Wow, how true (or so it would seem from my experience)! And this concept ties in perfectly with the adage, “it’s not personal, it’s business.” Obviously if you are not on the “receiving end” of the ruthless behavior, then it probably isn’t personal, but to the one on the receiving end, it is very personal. It truly makes you wonder if business ethics actually still exist in the world. Alas, c’est la vie!
Archive for September, 2017
Ruthlessness!
September 30, 2017Fun Fact Friday, Number Forty-Three!
September 29, 2017The category for today’s trivial imponderable is “hodgepodge.” Do you know what the color is of the “black box” on a commercial airliner?
Well, the color is orange, not black; orange is much easier to see than black, especially among wreckage.
Source: Sorry, Wrong Answer: Trivia Questions That Even Know-It-Alls Get Wrong, by Dr. Rod L. Evans.
Poking Fun at the Library!
September 28, 2017Here are some “groaners” on libraries, librarians, and books. Enjoy!
What is the tallest building in the world?
The library, because it has the most stories.
What do you call a South American librarian who is always in a hurry?
Urgent Tina.
What do you call a teacher who never farts in the library?
A private tutor.
What do you call a book that’s about the brain?
A mind reader.
Why did the librarian win a Lifetime Achievement Award?
She had a storied career.
What’s the longest word in the dictionary?
Smiles. Because there is a mile between each s.
What section of the library can you get biten by a snake?
Hissssssstory.
What has a spine but, no bones?
A book
What did the librarian say to the astronaut?
Find space for a book.
What happened to the ____________ National Library?
Someone stole the book.
What did the surfer say to the librarian?
Is my book over dude?
Why did the student throw a book at the Librarian?
He wanted to Face-Book her.
What do Turkish librarians eat for lunch?
Shhhh Kebabs.
What did the frog say when he landed on a book?
Reddit! Reddit! Reddit!
Did you hear about the power outage at the _______________ University library?
Thirty students were stuck on the escalator for three hours.
What do you get when you cross a librarian and a lawyer?
All the information in the world, but you can’t understand a word of it.
Did you hear about the _____________ University Library fire that burned 20 books?
The real tragedy was that 15 hadn’t been colored yet.
I got hit in the head by a falling book once, I mean, I only have my shelf to blame.
The librarian gave the scientist a book about Helium and he just couldn’t put it down.
You must work in a library because you just increased my circulation!
Source: http://www.jokes4us.com/peoplejokes/librarianjokes.html
Something to Trumpet About!
September 27, 2017If you have never heard Tine Thing Helseth before, you are in for a treat from this highly talented trumpet player! Simply magnificent! Here she is playing Alessandro Ignazio Marcello’s Concerto in C minor, Movement 3: Allegro. Enjoy!
Sorry for the Delay!
September 26, 2017Today’s word speaks volumes to the lack of timeliness on the part of so many people these days. Having been raised to always arrive at appointments a little bit early, I guess one of my pet peeves would be having to wait on those who were not similarly raised.
As an avid movie-goer myself, I can sometimes become a bit peeved at the cunctation of other movie-goers because it can disrupt the film.
cunctation
\ kuhngk-tey-shuh n \, noun;
1. delay; tardiness.
Source: The Highly Selective Dictionary for the Extraordinarily Literate by Eugene Ehrlich and http://www.dictionary.com
First Female Supreme Court Justice!
September 25, 2017Today marks the day (in 1981) that Sandra Day O’Connor took her seat on the Supreme Court of the United States after taking the oath of office (which was administered by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger). She was originally nominated on July 7th by then President Ronald Reagan and was eventually approved by the Senate, in a 99-0 vote, on September 21st.
In addition, September 25th was the day for several other “firsts,” such as the first . . .
- newspaper published in the British colonies (Publick Occurrences, Both Foreign and Domestic, Boston, MA, 1690)
- newspaper publisher (Benjamin Harris, “the father of American newspapers,” 1690)
- constitutional amendments to fail the ratification process (first two articles of the eventual Bill of Rights, 1789)
- play presented by a Jewish professional acting troupe (Die Hexe, Hebrew Opera and Dramatic Company, New York, NY, 1880)
- micropaleontology course at a college (Columbia University (Prof. Jesse James Galloway), New York, NY, 1924)
- transatlantic telephone call carried by the transoceanic cable (Cleo Frank Craig [Chairman, AT&T] in New York, NY, to British Postmaster General in London, UK, 1956)
Source: Famous First Facts by Joseph Nathan Kane, Steven Anzovin, and Janet Podell.
College Football 2017, Week Four!
September 24, 2017Michigan State managed to play very poorly in their loss to Notre Dame this week . . . but there continue to be four Big Ten teams in the top-25 (Penn State [#4], Michigan [#8], Wisconsin [#9], and Ohio State [#10]). Next up for the Spartans: at home against the Hawkeyes of Iowa. Go Green!
The upsets this week included:
Oklahoma State (#6) losing to TCU (#16).
Florida State (#12) losing to unranked NC State by six (6) points.
Oregon (#24) losing to unranked Arizona State by two (2) points.
The close calls this week (games that were won by a touchdown or less) included:
Penn State (#4) defeating unranked Iowa by only two (2) points.
Florida (#20) defeating unranked Kentucky by only one (1) point.
San Diego State (#22) defeating unranked Air force by four (4) points.
Utah (#23) defeating unranked Arizona by six (6) points.
Top-25 match-ups won by the higher-ranked team included:
Georgia (#11) defeating Mississippi State (#17).
The Job Interview!
September 23, 2017Happy Saturday! As we begin the weekend, how about a little police humor, just for grins?
The local sheriff was looking for a deputy, so Gomer, who was not exactly the sharpest nail in the bucket, went in to try out for the job.
“Okay,” the sheriff drawled, “Gomer, what is 1 and 1?”
“11” he replied.
The sheriff thought to himself, “That’s not what I meant, but he’s right.”
“What two days of the week start with the letter ‘T’?”
“Today and tomorrow.”
He was again surprised that Gomer supplied a correct answer that he had never thought of himself. “Now Gomer, listen carefully: Who killed Abraham Lincoln?”
Gomer looked a little surprised himself, then thought really hard for a minute and finally admitted, “I don’t know.”
“Well, why don’t you go home and work on that one for a while?”
So, Gomer wandered over to the pool hall where his pals were waiting to hear the results of the interview. Gomer was exultant. “It went great! First day on the job and I’m already working on a murder case!”
Source: https://unijokes.com/cop-jokes/5/
Fun Fact Friday, Number Forty-Two!
September 22, 2017Today’s real facts (courtesy of http://www.snapple.com) are all about jellyfish. Did you know that . . .
- a jellyfish is approximately 95% water? (Real Fact #18)
- a group of jellyfish is called a smack? (Real Fact #779)
- jellyfish don’t have brains? (Real Fact #1248)
- jellysfish can clone themselves? (Real Fact #1249)
Did you also know that the autumnal equinox will occur at 3:02 PM today (CDT)?
The Narrows!
September 21, 2017
For the last several days I have enjoyed being in and around Zion National Park (Utah) where we had the opportunity to hike “the Narrows” as well as several other short hikes along some other trails in the park. What an awesome experience! We opted for the top-down hike from Chamberlain Ranch (16-mile trek); our planning began several months ago since we needed to arrange for permits to hike in this direction. We also were hoping that by going in the fall, despite the possibility of slightly “higher” and colder water, that the weather would be a bit more stable — i.e., less rain and a lower chance of flash flooding hazards. From here we will be heading up to the north rim of the Grand Canyon to hike for a couple of days before returning home. Ah, the joy of being disconnected . . . a little therapy, courtesy of nature!
The Gun-Carryin' Librarian 