Passing Thoughts on Some “X” “Y” and “Z” Topics

X Factor - The unknown element, as usually identified by the person trying to sell it to you.

X Box - A game console sold by Microsoft, which apparently tried to get people to believe it had some unknown element that made it better than the competition. Consumers evidently do not think so, preferring instead to purchase the Play Station 2.

X Ray - Looking beyond at, and short of through, inside, without seeming to enter.

Yahweh - The Intelligent Designer’s name in the earliest preserved written mythology.

Yellow Pages - When the phone company was a monopoly, they made a colossal mistake in not trademarking the term “yellow pages”, thereby letting it slip into free use to describe any business listings. Yellow page advertising was a huge revenue source for the phone company, but monopoly busting plus the trademark lapse, and now internet searching created competition for yellow page advertising and some phone companies have sold off their yellow page business.

Yes - Sometimes easy to say but hard to live up to. Sometimes hard to say and easy to live up to.
The trick is predicting accurately.

Youth - Wasted on the young? Would you really want to go back, knowing what you know now? Might be time to watch “Peggy Sue Got Married” again.

Zero - I tried the blog search engine at the top of the page to find the discussion John from Phoenix and I had on the history of the mathematical concept of zero, but all the engine found was an article I wrote on sex offenders, mentioning zero tolerance. I guess that shows even search engines are preoccupied with sex and avoid math.

Zillow - This web site is further proof that big brother is watching - and knows the value of your house.

Zoo - Where man looks at animals, who look back, each being happy not to be the other.