Greetings!

Rain, rain, rain and more rain... At least the snow line is coming down a bit... We drove up to the pass Saturday, and noticed that there's almost nothing there... the Olympics are going to have a tough time of it, I think.

It would seem that President Obama has lost his luster... AT&T is ditching its exclusive rights to iPhone... A couple of interesting stories.

I was 99% ready to go with this, but didn't quite have it ready on time, so it had to wait until lunch... Hope all is well with you!  Happy Monday! 

 

There are a LOT of 4+ letter words in the word COMCAST...

The following words can be made from the letters in Comcast: (He got the most inclusive list)

accost     acts        ascot     atom       atoms       cams     cast     cats    coast    coat      coats   coca    cocas   
coma      comas      cost       cots        mascot     mast     mats     moat    moats    most    oats    scam    scat
soma       stoma      taco       tacos      tams        toms

 

 

So, its the Saints and Colts... how many times has each team been in the Super Bowl?

 

 

It would seem that President Obama has lost his luster...

It may be only a matter of time before President Obama's invitations start to get lost in the mail.

In the most recent gubernatorial and Senate races, the president -- the man who swept to office on a raft of support from red and blue states alike -- has gone 0 for 3. He put his prestige on the line with campaign visits to Virginia, New Jersey and Massachusetts, only to see his party lose each race.

In the latest election, some have suggested Obama couldn't have saved Martha Coakley's Senate campaign in Massachusetts no matter how hard he tried. But strategists say the president's inability to turn that race or the two gubernatorial races around suggests Democrats in moderate states could be rolling up their welcome mats ahead of the midterm elections in November. 

MORE:http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/21/obama-effect-democratic-flops-lower-presidents-campaign-profile/

 

AT&T ditching exclusivity deal with iPhone

Most of the hype and speculation around Apple's press event this Wednesday is focused on the expected unveiling of an Apple tablet PC. Those aren't the only rumors going around though. There is also growing gossip that Wednesday could be the day Apple announces the end of its exclusive distribution arrangement with AT&T for the iPhone.

That rumor, and the rumor that Apple will release version 4.0 of the iPhone operating system, actually seem much more plausible than the tablet PC rumors. Although, the iPhone 4.0 OS rumor is tied to the tablet PC rumor from the standpoint that the conjecture is that the reason Apple developed the iPhone 4.0 OS was to add the features and functionality it needed to run the tablet PC.

The end of exclusivity for the iPhone would also align nicely with the speculation that the mythic Apple tablet will be offered on a subsidized wireless service plan from both Verizon and AT&T. If both Verizon and AT&T will distribute the "iPhone on steroids" that the rumored "iSlate" will be, why shouldn't they also both distribute its smaller, and more famous sibling?

The end of iPhone exclusivity has been more or less a foregone conclusion for some time. Last year, industry analysts told Apple that it could see a doubling of iPhone sales if it would just end its exclusive arrangement with AT&T.

iPhone exclusivity has been a double-edged sword for AT&T from the beginning, though. AT&T has faced a lot of criticism about its network, and the speed and availability of data connectivity. The iPhone users are often the most vocal complainers, however there is also a fair amount of evidence to suggest that the iPhone is the cause of the problem as well--either from the sheer volume of data bandwidth consumed by iPhone users, or from engineering deficiencies in the iPhone hardware itself.

More: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/187601/rip_iphone_exclusivity.html

 

A couple of stories that caught my eye...

A drastic lack of sperm donors in Britain means women wanting babies are resorting to importing semen from abroad or using do-it-yourself insemination kits bought on the internet, fertility experts said on Friday. (More)

"Do it yourself insemination kits"?!?  for real???  Who would buy one of these???

 A 49-year-old woman has been jailed in Pasco County, accused of stealing a car on her first day out of prison. Theresa Jones faces charges of grand theft of a motor vehicle, cocaine possession and two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia. She was being held on $7,300 bond. (More)

 

 There was a man who worked for the Post Office whose job was to process all the mail that had illegible addresses.
One day, a letter came addressed in a shaky handwriting to God with no actual address. He thought he should open it to see what it was about..

The letter read:

Dear God,

I am an 83 year old widow, living on a very small pension.

Yesterday someone stole my purse. It had $100 in it, which was all the money I had until my next pension payment.

Next Sunday is Christmas, and I had invited two of my friends over for dinner. Without that money, I have nothing to buy food with, have no family to turn to, and you are my only hope.. Can you please help me?

Sincerely, Edna

The postal worker was touched. He showed the letter to all the other workers. Each one dug into his or her wallet and came up with a few dollars.

By the time he made the rounds, he had collected $96, which they put into an envelope and sent to the woman.

The rest of the day, all the workers felt a warm glow thinking of Edna and the dinner she would be able to share with her friends.

Christmas came and went.

A few days later, another letter came from the same old lady to God.

All the workers gathered around while the letter was opened.

It read:

Dear God,

How can I ever thank you enough for what you did for me?

Because of your gift of love, I was able to fix a glorious dinner for my friends. We had a very nice day and I told my friends of your wonderful gift.

By the way, there was $4 missing.

I think it might have been those jerks at the post office.

Sincerely, Edna

It seems they've improved it quite a bit, eh?

I'm sure it works funny, but it just seems funny

I guess its a problem...

I guess that's why they pay so much...

Nice. just what we need on a flight.

Funny

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