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By: Hilde Senne

Hilde Senne — Mon, 17 May 2010 09:35:06 +0000

Gotta say, I was interested in upgrading this summer, and now I am almost salivating. I know there are a ton of people crying because feature X wasn’t listed, but seriously? Backgrounding. Folders. In App SMS solves so many problems! And frigging Quick Look? Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Jobs, and he comes in June.

By: Yang Armacost

Yang Armacost — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:53:03 +0000

following the blog, great stuff!

By: Turf San Diego

Turf San Diego — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:45:50 +0000

Thanks for the info… i’ll put it to good use

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:43:40 +0000

Fawcett’s story is one of the most interesting stories I’ve ever read, partly for the reasons you explain here.

By: Colonel Percy Fawcett

Colonel Percy Fawcett — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:08:08 +0000

The reason Colonel Fawcett took his son Jack, and Jack’s friend Raleigh Rimmel with him was that he was very short of funds. He also needed reliable people to accompany him on the expedition.
From his previous expeditions into the Amazon jungle, Fawcett was well away a small group such as theirs would not be conceived as a threat by any Indians they would surely encounter while searching for his Lost City of Z.
Was it right to do this, probably not.
You have to understand that Fawcett was getting on in years and knew this would probably be his last trip, his last chance to find the Lost City.
For a large map of Colonels Fawcett’s expeditions and an English translation of Manuscript 512, the document that helped Percy Fawcett believe a Lost City existed in the Amazon jungle, visit: http://www.fawcettadventure.com

By: MikeWJ

MikeWJ — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:21:23 +0000

Are you really cured? Really?

P.S. — Recently, I was looking for my car keys when I found a sweet-and-sour packet in my desk drawer that was at least 7 years old. I was going to feed it to the cats, and then I thought about what that might do to all their poop, so I used the vacuum cleaner to get rid of it. I would’ve put in the garbage, but it’s full–mostly of discarded Twinkie wrappers and dried out bologna (it doesn’t rot). I’m sure you understand.

By: Janna

Janna — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:03:33 +0000

Why did Twinkies outlive the dinosaurs?
How is bologna made?
What are you doing with that vacuum cleaner?
How old is this sweet-and-sour-sauce packet I just found on the computer?
Where did I leave my car keys?
How can two cats possibly poop so much?
Will I remember to take out the garbage tomorrow?
I think there’s a bug in my pants.

Wait! Wait!
That last one wasn’t a question!

I’m cured! I’m CURED!

By: MikeWJ

MikeWJ — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:07:21 +0000

Then I’m an effin’ genius! And here’s a good one for you: Does your mom know about your website?

By: jennifer

jennifer — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:34:32 +0000

Asking questions is a sign of intelligence.

By: MikeWJ

MikeWJ — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:57:45 +0000

I’ve been down that road many times, and it’s much farther to Memphis than it is by bus.

By: Leeuna

Leeuna — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:23:47 +0000

I’ll bet you’re one of those people who answer a question with a question. My son and I do that sometimes and we spend five minutes doing an Abbott and Costello routine. Then one of us will ask something like: “Which is farther, to Memphis or by bus?” and we fall apart laughing and the routine is over.

I think all good reporters are OQD.

By: MikeWJ

MikeWJ — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:41:02 +0000

Why doesn’t begin to cover it. There’s who, what, where, when, why and how……

By: MikeWJ

MikeWJ — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:39:25 +0000

I hate two things about my comments. You mentioned one, which I may be able to change, but I’m not sure. The other is that you have to type in all your email and website info. which I hate. I’ve noticed that Google bloggers get all that filled in automatically. I haven’t had time to search for better options. If you have any, please fill me in. Anything to make it easier for folks.

And, see, not everybody ignores you. I was listening…..

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:11:10 +0000

Why do you ask for the Captcha Code before I write my comment? That seems strange don’t you think? These things expire after a while, and I am rather long winded, so I know I will have to do it all over again. For someone who is dyslexic (the word is ironic don’t you think?) it sucks to repeatedly have to perform this task. Anyway, I stopped asking questions a long time ago. I rarely get the answer I want and found it is much better if I just make up my own answers. No one listens to me anyway so why ask questions? And I saw what happened to the cat.

By: MadMadMargo

MadMadMargo — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:02:49 +0000

As for Colonel Fawcett, maybe this was the basis for the TV show, “Survivor”. I guess they never found the immunity idol – poor souls.

Why? Why? Why?

By: MikeWJ

MikeWJ — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:03:46 +0000

Why, exactly, do you ask?

By: Lorena

Lorena — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:25:25 +0000

Where do you come up with ideas like this? Do you just wake up one morning and say to yourself, “I think I’m going to write a blog post about OQD”? And how long does it take you to write a post like this? What’s your social security number? How do you make every paragraph relate to each other? And IS IT BETTER TO KNOW, OR NOT TO KNOW? WHY WON’T YOU TELL US??

By: MikeWJ

MikeWJ — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:09:37 +0000

Thanks for noting that CatLadyLarew, and thanks for stopping by. Funny you should mention Trebek, because I wrote a longer version of this column–I know it probably doesn’t seem possible–that mentions him as having a rare form of OQD that manifests itself by providing answers instead of questions. I cut it, as well as a naughty reference to Jessica Biel, in the interests of brevity. Why I bother, I’m not sure, since I’m rarely brief.

By: MikeWJ

MikeWJ — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:06:35 +0000

That’s me, too. Strangely, I’m usually right. Or think I’m right. It doesn’t really matter to me.

By: CatLadyLarew

CatLadyLarew — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:02:45 +0000

You left out Alex Trebek… the original OQD poster child.

By: knucklehead!

knucklehead! — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:59:03 +0000

I have a relative with a form of this, with a twist. Not only does she question all sorts of things, but when she can’t immediately find the answer she just creates one of her own.

“Hmmm. John across the street has been an hour later getting home this week. I’ll bet he’s having an affair with someone at the office. Poor Linda, I wonder if she knows.”

Stuff like that.