how to decide who to marry

kids say the darndest thngs

(1) You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the chips and dip coming.
— Alan, age 10

(2) No person really decides before they grow up who they’re going to marry. God decides it all way before, and you get to find out later who you’re stuck with.
— Kristen, age 10

WHAT IS THE RIGHT AGE TO GET MARRIED?

(1) Twenty-three is the best age because you know the person FOREVER by then.
— Camille, age 10

(2) No age is good to get married at. You got to be a fool to get married.
– Freddie, age 6

HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL IF TWO PEOPLE ARE MARRIED?

(1) You might have to guess, based on whether they are yelling at the same kids.
— Derrick, age 8

WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE IN COMMON?

(1) Both don’t want any more kids.
— Lori, age 8

WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE?

(1) Dates are for having fun, and people should use them to get to know each other. Even boys have something to say if you listen long enough.
— Lynnette, age 8

(2) On the first date, they just tell each other lies and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date.
— Martin, age 10

WHAT WOULD YOU DO ON A FIRST DATE THAT WAS TURNING SOUR?

(1) I’d run home and play dead. The next day I would call all the newspapers and make sure they wrote about me in all the dead columns.
— Craig, age 9

WHEN IS IT OKAY TO KISS SOMEONE?

(1) When they’re rich.
— Pam, age 7

(2) The law says you have to be eighteen, so I wouldn’t want to mess with that.
– – Curt, age 7

IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED?

(1) I don’t know which is better, but I’ll tell you one thing. I’m never going to have sex with my wife. I don’t want to be all grossed out.
– Theodore, age 8

(2 ) It’s better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need someone to clean up after them.
— Anita, age 9

HOW WOULD THE WORLD BE DIFFERENT IF PEOPLE DIDN’T GET MARRIED?

(1 ) There sure would be a lot of kids to explain, wouldn’t there?
— Kelvin, age 8

And the #1 Favorite is……..

HOW WOULD YOU MAKE A MARRIAGE WORK?

(1 ) Tell your wife that she looks pretty, even if she looks like a truck.
— Ricky, age 10

(Thanks Dave.)

DRM (digital rights management) is doomed

The most influential pundit on the internet is Michael Arrington.

He is all about the money.

And when Michael Arrington says that DRM is dying, companies had better start looking for the next strategy of protecting their market share. Frustrating customers is the best way of losing them to some product without DRM.

“… the age of DRM is coming to an end. Startups that embrace the DRM world are going to have a very hard time finding success.”

Michael Arrington

I’ll go further.

I’m just about to switch from watching video on iTunes (free, proprietary software from Apple) to Democracy (free, non-proprietary, open source software). Apple’s huge lead in video distribution technology has already been surpassed by people who worked on Democracy for fun, part-time.

Long term I can’t see how commercial proprietary software can compete with open source. The inefficiencies inherent in any company stifle progress enough not to be able to stay ahead of an open source competitor which is available for FREE.

For another example, Microsoft Internet Explorer will continue to lose market share to open source Firefox in the browser market.

Even Google, who got big by copying principles of the open source movement, is doomed long-term.

Looking forward to see if I’m right.

I want to join Lovely

The Kingdom of Lovely (official website) is a micronation which claims the flat of its creator and ruler King Danny as its domain.

… In July 2006 Lovely had 421 citizens registered on its website, although everyone who signs up to view the forum is (knowingly) included as a citizen.

The Latin motto is Die dulci freure (sic – the correct Latin is fruere), meaning “Have a nice day”.

Lovely (micronation) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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King Danny petitioning the U.N.

plane crashes on Dana’s street in Vegas!

… pilot and passengers escaped unharmed …

reviewjournal.com — News – Small plane crashes on street

I expect they were more house guests looking to “crash a few days” with Dana and Fred.

Mooches from out-of-town will do anything to get a freebie.

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music video – Canadian Idiot

I love the Weird Al Yankovic take on the song American Idiot by Green Day.

As usual, Weird Al is right on the money with this parody.

Some kids made their own video to the song. Click PLAY or watch the clip on YouTube.

But who do we have to thank for this homemade video? It is credited to Phil McCracken.