1. | Dec 16, 2013

St. Peter. Before you settle in, it seems there is a prelbom. We seldom see a high official around these parts,you see, so we're not sure what to do with you.' No prelbom, just let me in,' says the man.'Well, I'd like to, but I have orders from higher up. What we'll do is have you spend one day in hell and one in heaven. Then youcan choose where to spend eternity.' Really, I've made up my mind. I want to be in heaven,' says the senator.'I'm sorry, but we have our rules.'And with that, St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goesdown, down, down to hell. The doors open and he finds himselfin the middle of a green golf course. In the distance is a clubhouse and standing in front of it are all his friends and other politicians who had worked with him.Everyone is very happy and in evening dress. They run to greet him,shake his hand, and reminisce about the good times they had whilegetting rich at the expense of the people.They play a friendly game of golf and then dine on lobster, caviarand champagne.Also present is the devil, who really is a very friendly guy who has a good time dancing and telling jokes. They are having such a good time that before he realizes it, it is time to go.Everyone gives him a hearty farewell and waves while the elevatorrises The elevator goes up, up, up and the door reopens on heaven where St. Peter is waiting for him. Now it's time to visit heaven.'So, 24 hours pass with the senator joining a group of contented souls moving from cloud to cloud, laying the harp and singing. They have a good time and, before he realizes it, the 24 hours have gone by and St. Peter returns. Well, then, you've spent a day in hell and another in heaven. Nowchoose your eternity.'The senator re flects for a minute, then he answers: Well, I would never have said it before, I mean heaven has been delightful, but I think I would be better off in hell.'So St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down,down to hell. Now the doors of the elevator open and he's in the middle of a barren land covered with waste and garbage.He sees all his friends, dressed in rags, picking up the trash andputting it in black bags as more trash falls from above. The devil comes over to him and puts his arm around his shoulder. I don't understand,' stammers the senator. Yesterday I was hereand there was a golf course and clubhouse, and we ate lobster andcaviar, drank champagne, and danced and had a great time. Nowthere's just a wasteland full of garbage and my friends look miserable. What happened?'The devil looks at him, smiles and says, Yesterday we were campaigning Today you voted.'

2. | Dec 14, 2013

The GP 500 captures close cptiionang from a tv signal, something I did not know when I first responded to this question so, I suggested Dragon naturally speaking' Because it will process dictated notes, and Dragon is miles better than it used to be.However to get the Closed Captioning that accompanies a program into a text file from a tivo recording, first we have to be sure Tivo recordings support the extra channels that carry the closed capture text. If they do look into programs that edit video, like Final cut for mac, or Avermedia's ezcapture, which is probably a whole lot less expensive (but probably not as much fun).

3. | Dec 13, 2013

Try coming up with a real issue berfoe you pretend that one (1) blogger is 1.) a BIG DEAL; and 2.) and I quote RCP . . . posting links one story equals links.The way you breathless posted your comment, I had assumed that the front page was flooded with links to stories about Christie's malfeasance. I had to do a search of the site to even find this one puny blog entry. It definitely ranks up there with Bush & Katrina! Thanks for alerting us to the news. If you want to see what a real pummeling looks like, just Google Bloomberg and Snow Storm. P.S. For the truly clueless, consult your dictionary entry for HYPERBOLE.