IT experts

I suppose most of us who work together feel this way about IBM. We have one man who runs programs for computers. Last week he ran Dumbo, and the week before, Fantasia. Our computer is down so often it has canvas burns!

My Computer

I have a new iPad now. My boss bought it for me. It has 57 apps on it. A couple of weeks ago, I didn't know what an app is and now I have 57 of them. One of them tells me all the best places to eat within walking distance of my current location. Nice. Now I think I found the reason iPad's are so successful. It's the perfect solution for an office computer and would no doubt work in the government too. If it makes a mistake, it blames another computer!

My other computer was pretty old. It ran on candles. Nowadays, business computers even meet at trade shows. A young male computer met a young female computer at the business show. The female computer offered the male an Apple. The male asked, "Is your name Eve?"

Ice scrapers and work

My neighbors car is pictured below after the last snowstorm. I know he had to get to work, but he just left it there... for days. Hey, my sentiments exactly! It takes more than an ice scraper to deal with this! Later he told me 'work is the most unpopular way of making money!' I told him not to worry, the little bit of work he does, won't be noticed!

Barry McGuire

I invited Barry McGuire to sing and talk at our prayer breakfast in Anaheim next summer and he quickly accepted. We talked about Jerry and Joanie and the fond memories he has of them. He said "Jerry certainly left a big hole." Barry's commitment to his work and ministry continues as he tours with John York who played for the Byrds.

Unemployment

Unemployment is still near the double digit mark. Many say that unemployment is due to a shortage of money to pay people who work because people have no money to buy things that could be made if they got paid to make things. Actually, no one wants to make things in the U.S. because there's no money in it, so they make things somewhere else.

The government keeps saying that there are openings in every field. That's not exactly true. My neighbor can't get placed. He's a buffalo hunter. He said, "unemployment isn't all that bad. When you get up in the morning, you're already off!"

Coffee

There is nothing like a cup of coffee. Then I taste the stuff at the office (I rarely go there), and think, "someday I hope to have one." I was out with friends for breakfast on the weekend and had some coffee with Chicory in it. Mmmm. Good. It's made from the root of a perennial plant with blue flowers.

Anyway, I was at the office last summer and realized my friend there has a problem. Coffee is a pretty powerful stimulant. He would drink twenty cups a day at work! He died last month, but a week later he was still mingling in the company lounge! I drink decaf now.

Computers

Our company has a giant abacus under glass. It's for emergencies in case the computer breaks, or the spreadsheet is too big! Unfortunately, the computer is down so often it has canvas burns. Hopefully, I'll get a new one soon otherwise it's going out the window.