aazz about nothing

E.

Ted
Koppel checks his e-mail only once a month. He is not happy
about the enhanced speed of communications. He says it
detracts from reflection and carefully-considered answers and
solutions.

F.

A
man in Wausau in Wisconsin who is a former computer analyst
has won $143,000 in damages from the company which used to
employ him because... his boss spanked him. According to the
article, his boss spanked him as other co-workers watched and
when his boss was finished, he put his arm around this man and
said, "Now you're one of us."

G.

When
it comes to charity, people in Mississippi (the poorest state
per capita in the Union) donate more money to charity than any
other state. Massachusetts has once again finished dead last
for the fourth time in six years. All of this vital
information came to us in what's called "The Generosity
Index."

H.

Here's a little self-explanatory graph which I am going
to ask Theresa to reproduce in this newsletter about the cost
of postage. (Now that does have something to do with
direct mail, wouldn't you agree?)

I.

MIT
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) is now developing
computer systems which use biorythmetic sensors attached to
the user's body and tiny cameras that record facial gestures
to develop individual emotional profiles. When a user becomes
uninterested, frustrated or bored, the software automatically
adjusts to something else.

J.

Americans lose their virginity at the youngest average
age in the world, that being 16.4. We have sex more often than
people in other countries... 132 times a year on average. The
Russians come in second with 122 times a year on average and,
the French follow in third place with 121 times and, the Greek
are next with 115. The Japanese are at the bottom of the list,
making love only 37 times a year.