MURPHY'S LAWS ON WORK
A pat on the back is only a few centimeters from a kick in the pants.
Don't be irreplaceable, if you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted.
The more crap you put up with, the more crap you are going to get.
You can go anywhere you want if you look serious and carry a clipboard.
Eat one live toad the first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.
Never ask two questions in a business letter. The reply will discuss the one you are least interested in, and say nothing about the other.
When the bosses talk about improving productivity, they are never talking about themselves.
If at first you don't succeed, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.
There will always be beer cans rolling on the floor of your car when the boss asks for a ride home from the office.
Mother said there would be days like this, but she never said there would be so many.
Keep your boss's boss off your boss's back. This is what I'm doing wrong.
Everything can be filed under "miscellaneous."
Never delay the ending of a meeting or the beginning of a cocktail hour.
To err is human, to forgive is not company policy.
Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing.
Important letters that contain no errors will develop errors in the mail.
The last person that quit or was fired will be the one held responsible for everything that goes wrong - until the next person quits or is fired.
There is never enough time to do it right the first time, but there is always enough time to do it over.
The more pretentious a corporate name, the smaller the organization. (For instance, The Murphy Center for Codification of Human and Organizational Law, contrasted to IBM, GM, AT&T ...).
If you are good, you will be assigned all the work. If you are really good, you will get out of it.
You are always doing something marginal when the boss drops by your desk.
People are always available for work in the past tense.
If it wasn't for the last minute, nothing would get done.
At work, the authority of a person is inversely proportional to the number of pens that person is carrying.
When you don't know what to do, walk fast and look worried.
You will always get the greatest recognition for the job you least like.
No one gets sick on Wednesdays.
When confronted by a difficult problem you can solve it more easily by reducing it to the question, "How would the Lone Ranger handle this?"
The longer the title, the less important the job.
Machines that have broken down will work perfectly when the repairman arrives.
An "acceptable" level of employment means that the government economist to whom it is acceptable still has a job.
Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.
All vacations and holidays create problems, except for one's own.
Success is just a matter of luck, just ask any failure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBAMPc5TUgA&feature=related
There are many Whitman videos. It took some digging to find one I really like.
Oops. More trouble with our equipment.
A big vote of gratitude to our puppy and the hawk for the faces and the bio's. Incidentally, I have heard that Murphy was an optimist.
edgar, that poem was one of mine and cavfancier's favorites. One of the most powerful lines from Leaves of Grass: " grass is the uncut hair of graves..."
Well, all, my father was a real cowboy. I know little of his exploits, however, only what has been told to me, and we know how that can be exaggerated.
I do believe that Willie Nelson exhorted mammas not to let their kids grow up to be cowboys.
Love this one by him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3DXyfL3HX0&feature=related
Hey Hey Peeps
Hope all have had a good day.
I'm back to Aqualung - Letty you played my favourite - from a brilliant film "A Lot Like Love" with Ashton Kutcher (swoon) and Amanda Peet . . . . so I have will post another one that I sing loudly too
Something To Believe In - Aqualung
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBrr-nh7D9w&feature=related
Wishin y'all a lovely Sunday. x
Wonderful, Izzie. Glad we could find your favorite upon such short notice. Great song, incidentally. Thanks, gal, and you have a great Sunday as well.
Speaking of aqua, folks
This is one that is funny by Aqua. I paid more for my daughter's Barbie clothes than I did for my own.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxn567bHny8
Here is something I just found - I remember the song well. The video is something else...
Apache
And since I haven't been here for a while, it is time for something German. This is Thomas Godoj and Wink. Thomas is the winner of 'Deutschland sucht den Superstar' - our equivalent to American Idol.
Wink
Urs, Welcome back, gal. Frankly, I like Apache, but your Wink was superb. Thank you, my German friend. Isn't Walter always winking?
Well, folks, with a couple of exceptions, it may be cowboys and Indians day.
Here's a jazz version of Cherokee.
Hope this works. It's been a wonky day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXccCF7aRnU
Time for me to say goodnight, and I was thinking about Nat Cole this evening, folks.
Y'all may get tired of hearing me play this, but I love it and think of Nat often.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIOu94sRnJ0
Tomorrow, then.
From Letty with love
Good morning from Germany. It is a wonderful sunny Sunday and feels like summer. So I absolutely need some Jack Johnson...
Jack Johnson
Urs Urs Urs.......
How are you......?????
Gosh - meeting up with you on the radio station - (sorry Letty) but have been missing this gal! Oh Oh Oh...
Hey Izzie! I am fine - I just haven't been around here for while - busy with other things for some reason. How are you, dear? Last night I had a quick look into your thread but I was tired to read a lot.
Letty, about Wink - Thomas says in the beginning the band is called Wink and stresses that it is a German band thus pronouncing the name Vink. Wink is German for wave as in wave your hand.
Good morning, WA2K listeners and contributors.
First allow me to say that I really like Mr. Johnson, especially the tempo and the continuing word patter. Thanks Urs.
Izzie, WA2K radio is just "...a little street where old friends meet..."
Incidentally, Urs. Thanks for the info on Wink. Waving to all of our radio friends.
Well, I went to bed last evening with Nat, and I think I shall dedicate this one to Urs and Izzie because you are both "Unforgettable". <smile>
Note, folks, the fact that this song changes keys after the bridge.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53ith7bNN8w
I would like to mention that often talent runs in the family. Our edgar's brother has created a game that looks thrilling, folks.
Play it, Sam.
http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=UskdLXsh9o4
A slight correction. He helped the company in the design of it.
Gomen nasai, edgar. It's been a while since I have played games, but Sam is still an awesome talent.
Today is Jason Donovan's birthday, so perhaps I can divert folks' attention from my error with a song by him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sleNEmWY8Mg&feature=related
I checked out all the music this AM. I particularly appreciate Mr Cole's great performances. Here is a clip from The Girl Can't Help It. It features the sultry Julie London, singing to a broken hearted, drunken Tom Ewell.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=141HmTUCfsg
Letti, how sweet of you! I feel very honored that you dedicated this song to us.
The weather today was wonderful and since we don't have a balcony or garden, I went out to our small public park to read. Then I just sat in the sun and listened to some music on my iPod. Summer feelings...
Jimmy
Frank Morgan
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Born Francis Phillip Wuppermann
June 1, 1890(1890-06-01)
New York City, New York, United States
Died September 18, 1949 (aged 59)
Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California
Years active 1914 - 1949
Spouse(s) Alma Muller
(1914 - 1949) (his death) 1 son
Awards won
Other Awards
Hollywood Walk of Fame
Frank Morgan (June 1, 1890 - September 18, 1949) was an American character actor best known for his portrayal of the title character, Emerald City's doorman, coachman, Guardian of the Gate, and Professor Marvel in the film The Wizard of Oz.
Early life
Born as Francis Phillip Wuppermann in New York City, the youngest of eleven children (six boys and five girls) to the wealthy family which distributed Angostura bitters, he attended Cornell University where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. He then followed his older brother Ralph Morgan into show business, first on the Broadway stage and then into movies.
Acting career
His first film was The Suspect in 1916. His career expanded when talkies began, his most stereotypical role being that of a befuddled but good-hearted middle-aged man. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1934's The Affairs of Cellini, where he played the cuckolded Duke of Florence and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1942's Tortilla Flat, where he played a simple Hispanic man.
Morgan's most famous performance was in The Wizard of Oz (1939), in which he played the carnival huckster "Professor Marvel", the gatekeeper of the Emerald City, the driver of the carriage drawn by "The Horse of a Different Color", the armed guard leading to the wizard's hall, and the Wizard himself. Like Margaret Hamilton's Wicked Witch of the West, his characters only appear on-screen for a few minutes in total, but they are show-stoppers. He was so popular that MGM gave him a lifetime contract. Other movies of note include The Shop Around the Corner, The Human Comedy, The Mortal Storm, The White Cliffs of Dover and his last movie, Key to the City, which was released after his death, in Beverly Hills, California.
He also recorded a number of children's records, including the popular Gossamer Wump, released in 1949 by Capitol Records.
Like most character actors of the studio era Frank Morgan had numerous roles in many motion pictures. One of his last roles was as a key supporting player in The Stratton Story, a true story about a ballplayer (played by James Stewart) who makes a comeback after losing a leg in a hunting accident.
Personal life
Morgan married to Alma Muller in 1914; they had one son. They were married until his death in 1949.
Frank Morgan's niece, Claudia Morgan (neé Claudia Wuppermann) was a stage and film actress, most notable for creating the role of Vera Claythorne in the original production of And Then There Were None.
Death
Morgan died after suffering a heart attack in 1949 (while filming Annie Get Your Gun). Morgan was the one major player from The Wizard of Oz who did not live to see the film become both a television fixture and an American institution. He was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.
He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1708 Vine Street.
