- You would think if you are a candidate running for the office of President of the United States, you would know the country’s voting age, but that’s not always the case.
- Sarah Palin sure has been laying low.
- I sold my AMR stock for $0.20 a share yesterday. Yup, I held on to that stock for wayyyy too long, which is why I prefer mutual funds.
- I had no idea that Wal-Mart is the largest employer in North Texas. AMR and DISD come in second and third.
- CBS News stated the airline industry, since its infancy in 1951, as a whole, has not made a profit since its existence.
- Someone in the office had a funny Herman Cain line, “Herman Cain has denied more sex than I’ve ever had.”
- Weirdest quote about Herman Cain came from Arizona State senator Lori Klein, especially the part she had to say about herself.
- Remember Atari? They want to reinvent themselves into a mobile gaming company.
- In USA Today, Mark Cuban says hints towards a Super Bowl commercial about the him and a brand from Sketchers called Go Run.
- When adjusting the volume on anything, I always have to leave it on an even number.
- I wonder if the microwave will be replaced in fifty years.
- I has some wassail for the first time in about a decade yesterday.
- My current ZIP code is just one digit off from my hometown ZIP code.
- A lot of folks forget that ZIP is an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan.
- I was a bit sad to hear the Muppets movie wasn’t the number one movie last weekend.
- I think Twitter will outlast Facebook. Less is more.
- The older you get, it’s more fun to give than to receive.
- I can’t escape the Jennifer Lopez Fiat commercial.
- I once heard an atheist ask a pastor why he should follow religion or Jesus, and I thought the response was just brilliant and showed wisdom – you should do so because you want to.
- If I had to be a bird, I think I would like to be a duck, I mean, you get to fly, swim, and walk.
- I bet the majority of us still have VHS tapes in our house. Somewhere.
- Before and after pictures of when Photoshop was used
- Your smartphone can now be used to perform ultrasounds.
- Best Siri hacks so far
- Siri may be pro life
- A football coach was notified of his firing on the way to his mother’s funeral.
- A two-foot girl trying out for the U.S. paralympics team.
- This guy was able to throw a pitch and hit the ball with a bat, but then again, he was in space.
- Improv Everywhere has a new skit in a mall about sitting on Santa’s lap.
- Stanley from ‘The Office’ is in a music video.
- Grace
Funny Bit
Tech Firm Implements Employee ‘Zero Email’ Policy
Employees of tech company Atos will be banned from sending emails under the company’s new “zero email” policy.
CEO Thierry Breton of the French information technology company said only 10 percent of the 200 messages employees receive per day are useful and 18 percent is spam. That’s why he hopes the company can eradicate internal emails in 18 months, forcing the company’s 74,000 employees to communicate with each other via instant messaging and a Facebook-style interface.
Caroline Crouch, a spokeswoman for the company, told ABC News the goal is focused on internal emails rather than external emails with clients and partners. Atos has already reduced the number of internal emails by 20 percent in six months.
When asked how employees have responded to the policy, Crouch told ABC News the overall response “has been positive with strong take up of alternative tools.”