"You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions." -- Naguib, Mahfouz

The Courier-Mail: Man-shaped pillow for solo sleeper [29sep04]
Does it snore, or emit other sounds?

"I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor."

Henry David Thoreau
1817-1862, Essayist, Poet and Naturalist

Will historic flight launch space tourism? | CNET News.com
Get ready spaceflights they are around the corner. Can you imagine the Frequent Flyer programs they'll have, and speed of travel.

Warning over fake internet Viagra

Yahoo! News - Texas Study Finds Couple of Drinks Can Help Memory
UT does it again!

Is this a crazy time or what? Donald Trump on the Apprentice has become one if not the top rated TV shows by Firing someone every week. Of course Donald Trump is about to have a $55 million dollar cash call on his casino and he could go bust in that venture.

Yahoo! News - Martha Stewart Going to W.Va. Prison: "But the U.S. Bureau of Prisons has instead decided that Stewart will serve the prison sentence at a minimum security facility in Alderson, West Virginia, known locally as 'Camp Cupcake.' "

"We must have the moral courage to make bold decisions and accept the neccessary degree of risk when the natural inclination is to chose a less ambitious tack, for "in audacity and obstinacy will be found safety."

Warfighting

"We either make ourselves happy or miserable. The amount of work is the same."

Carlos Castaneda
1925-2000, Author

Leave it to Jon Stewart, The Daily Show:

"A real victory in the war on terrorism. We finally got the guy who wrote
Peace Train."

Yahoo! News - Elton John Says Taiwan Media a Disgrace
Free Press at work.

I'd call this mixing Gold and Church!
The New York Times > Arts > Art & Design > Art Review | 'The Colonial Andes': A Melding of Spain and Peru: "The Spanish were astounded by the scores of objects (and ingots) of silver and gold and mounds of exquisite tapestries that poured in. It all equaled tens of millions in today's dollars. But they murdered Atahualpa anyway, selected a puppet ruler from the Incan aristocracy and set about subduing the larger population through the imposition of Spanish power, culture and religion. The goal, in principle, was to save native souls through conversion to Roman Catholicism; in practice, it was to extract maximum wealth at minimum expense and open new land to European immigrants. "

"Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work."

Stephen King
Novelist

Yahoo! News - Mexico Churches Wage High-Tech War on Cell Phones
A new technology for snoring is about to be released!

"He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end."

William Penn
1644-1718, Religious Leader and Founder of Pennsylvania

Bush's new Tax proposals:

Top 10 Bush Tax Proposals" are:

10. No estate tax for families with at least two U.S. presidents.

9. W-2 Form is now Dubya-2 Form.

8. Under the simplified tax code, your refund check goes directly to Halliburton.

7. The reduced earned income tax credit is so unfair, it just makes me want to tear out my lustrous, finely groomed hair.

6. Attorney General (John) Ashcroft gets to write off the entire U.S. Constitution.

5. Texas Rangers can take a business loss for trading Sammy Sosa.

4. Eliminate all income taxes; just ask Teresa (Heinz Kerry) to cover the whole damn thing.

3. Cheney can claim Bush as a dependent.

2. Hundred-dollar penalty if you pronounce it "nuclear" instead of "nucular."

1. George W. Bush gets a deduction for mortgaging our entire future.

"Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use."

Emily Post
1873-1960, Etiquette Author

"Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use."

Emily Post
1873-1960, Etiquette Author

"If we would only give, just once, the same amount of reflection to what we want to get out of life that we give to the question of what to do with a two week's vacation."

Dorothy Canfield Fisher
1879-1958, Writer

"Don't spend your precious time asking 'Why isn't the world a better place?' It will only be time wasted. The question to ask is 'How can I make it better?' To that there is an answer."

Leo Buscaglia
Author and Speaker

New York Daily News - Daily Dish & Gossip - Lloyd Grove's Lowdown: Trump fires salvo at ABC
Well a carton said it all today: A young guy bouncing on a spring coil, trying to get as BIG of ego as Donald Trump.

Gates 'mingles' with student leaders - The Battalion - News
This is my good friend Andrei Duta from Romania--he's going to be President of A&M someday. Go Andrei

Yesterday in Atlanta I had an interesting visit with the fire marshal for
downtown buildings over 5 stories. Lt Level. Lt Level gets to inspect and enforce
building/fire codes in the downtown area of Atlanta. I had stayed at CNN center and asked if he ever had any trouble with all those small restaurants in the food court, mainly the vent-a-hoods. Lt Level said, "come over here in your booth and let me tell you what happened the other day."
He said they are required to have a fire drill twice a year and he inpects the drill.
After a drill the other day he called the VP's of CNN/AOL Time Warner all the big
guys and set them down to go over the drill. He said this was the most Mickey mouse fire drill I have ever seen, and do you want me to call FOX news over to
investigate this fire drill? Man they got serious. He said the quality of fire drills went up fast.
Also we talked about city unions in Atlanta. The one group you really don't want
to upset is the Sanitary Workers, they will dump your garbage in the streets and on your doorstep.
It was a great visit and he has had ZERO incidents in his area.
Prevention is the KEY!

Yahoo! News - Direct Hit by Ivan Could Sink New Orleans
Sink New Orleans, the wholeplace is pretty much a swamp anyway.
I like to think of a Hurricane as a giant vacum cleaner, New Orleans would
never be cleaner.

Power of Hotwire!
I just tried to extend my stay with the front desk at the Omni in Atlanta, they said the cheapest room rate is $149. When you add 20% tax--High. We'll I'm paying $76. So I go to Hotwire: the unique aspect of Hotwire is you don't know the hotel you will get before you make the final payment. So I found a $76 per night room and bingo I'm back at the Omni for $76 vs $149.
Check out www.hotwire.com I'm a believer!

Exotic Meats: Elk Meat & Elk Jerky from Texas Elk Company I'll take Elk Tamales for Christmas. They are very very good!

I'm in Atlanta for a couple of days doing the giftshow. On one of floor of the convention is gourmet food section. This is just worth the whole show. Today for lunch I had Elk Tamales made in Lubbock, Texas. Very very good. Tonight I ate at Ted's Montana Grill
and had a 12oz Bison Steak.. So Elk for lunch and Bison for dinner, what a day!

"It is not the straining for great things that is most effective; it is the doing of the little things, the common duties, a little better and better."

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
1844-1911, Writer

Yahoo! News - Greenspan: Economy Regaining Traction
It's ironic that right under this news annoucement is a news headline that Delta
is laying off 7000 employees.

"Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer. Go some distance away because then the work appears smaller and more of it can be taken in at a glance and a lack of harmony and proportion is more readily seen."

Leonardo Da Vinci
1452-1519, Inventor, Architect, Painter, Scientist and Sculptor

We all thougth protesters in the US where out of hand. I just read about a group in Mexico that tossed several pigs heads at politicians as well as sacrified a cow on the capital steps of one state building.

"Any man's life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day."

Booker T. Washington
1856-1915, Educator

TOP TEN MISTAKES LEADERS MAKE

BY HANS FINZEL



1. The Top-down Attitude



2. Putting Paperwork before Peoplework



3. The Absence of Affirmation



4. No Room for Mavericks



5. Dictatorship in Decision-making (Getting beyond "I know all the answers")



6. Dirty Delegation (Refusing to relax and let go)



7. Communication Chaos



8. Missing the Clues of Corporate Culture



9. Success without Successors (planning your departure the day you begin)



10. Failure to Focus on the Future