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Sunflower Halved Hypersaturated
Yes this is a real sunflower I took this shot a couple of summers ago in the garden outside my work window
Monday, February 9, 2009
Good Morning and Happy Monday!
Not much to say today, but some interesting items for you to watch. They are not too long so check it out!
Have a Great Day!
Octuplet Mom
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
Obama on the Economic Recovery Plan
Governor Kaine answering questions on the Economic Recovery Plan
Monday, February 2, 2009
First off, Congratulations Mike Tomlin!!
Superbowl parties are the best, especially when all of the guys are going for the losing team. When I say I have half a voice today from yelling and talking trash, I definitely mean I had the best time ever!! Although I had Ben's jersey in his own special chair, he got abused at halftime by a salty Cardinal fan. I tried to get them to convert during Springstein, but they wouldn't commit. I unfortunately had to quiet down in the 4th quarter since the Steelers made me nervous and let the Cardinals get in two touchdowns, but fortunately that was only for a little while!! By the end of the game it was pretty quiet in the house, quite funny!
There are a few things that I would like to highlight;
~Jennifer Hudson was awesome doing the Star Spangled Banner, even if she didn't sing live. I was really happy to see her!
~~James Harrison with the 100 yard return touchdown. What more needs to be said about that.
~~~Santonio with the beautiful catch with seconds on the clock in the fourth quarter.
~~~~Fitzgerald's walk off the field...I don't know if anyone else caught it, but the people I was watching the game with did and it looked real sweet to us!
~~~~~Halftime show sucked majorly (thanks Janet)
The commercials were rather dull and boring. I only liked four of them.
The Sobe Life with the lizards, mostly because I like the lizards.
The spaceship getting jacked for it's wheels...that was funny
The talking flowers, partially because I'm mean and thought it was hilarious!!!
And finally the Coca Cola ad with the bugs because it was cute!
In other happenings, it is Groundhog Day. I'm not particularly interested in it, but for those of you who believe in this superstition, I hope Phil does or does not see his shadow (whichever you prefer).
Happy Monday!
Friday, January 30, 2009
Happy Friday and best of all, the sun is shining, the birds are singing and the Steelers are going to win the Super Bowl!!! I don't know much about the Cardinals and I admit to not even knowing such a football organization existed (clearly I only knew of the Cardinal baseball team), but regardless they're going down!
It seems every time I turn on the news a major company is laying of thousands of workers. I was shocked when I heard about Microsoft, but no one seems to be exempt. I have compiled a running list (courtesy of Forbes), all of which happened in January (yes this month):
AT&T - 12,000 jobs
Credit Suisse - 5,300 jobs and 1,200 contracting jobs
DuPont - 2,500 jobs
Viacom - 850 jobs
Avis - 2,200+jobs
State Street Corp - 1,600 to 1,800 jobs
Jefferies Group - 358 jobs plus closing 3 international offices
Carlyle Group - 10% of staff
Boeing - 4,500 jobs
Microsoft - 5,000 jobs
Caterpillar - 20,000 jobs
Pfizer - 8,000 jobs
SprintNextel - 8,000 jobs
Home Depot - 7,000 jobs
General Motors - 2,000 jobs
Texas Instrument - 3,400 jobs
Phillips Electronics - 6,000 jobs worldwide
Corus Group - 3,500 jobs
ING - 7,000 jobs
Starbucks - 6,700 jobs, closes 900 stores
Target - 600 jobs, 400 positions closed
AOL (Time Warner) - 700 jobs
Merillat (Masco) - 70 jobs
SPX - 400 jobs
Intel - 5,000 jobs
Walt Disney - 600 voluntary buyouts for executives
Wynn Resorts - 53 jobs, construction
Eaton - 5,200 jobs, 78 in Iowa
Warner Brothers (Time Warner) - 800 jobs
Clear Channel Communications - 1,850 jobs
Deere & Co - 120 at Iowa plant
ConocoPhillips - 1,300 jobs
Hertz Global Holdings - 4,000 jobs
WellPoint - 600 jobs, 900 positions closed
Advanced Micro Devices - 1,100 jobs
Xerox - 275 jobs in NY
MeadWestvaco - 2,000 jobs
IBM - 2,800 jobs
Lincoln National - 540 jobs
Ambercrombie & Fitch - 50 jobs
Harley-Davidson - 1,100 jobs
Huntsman - 1,175 jobs, 490 contractors
Burlington Santa Fe - 2,500 jobs
UAL - 1,000 jobs
Autodesk - 750 jobs
Marshall & Ilsley - 830 jobs
General Electric - 1,000 jobs
Ecolab - 1,000 jobs
Delta Air Lines - 2,000 get early retirement
Motorola - 4,000 jobs
Google - 100 jobs
Cummins - 800 jobs, salary freeze in place for the rest of the year
Mosaic - 1,000 jobs
Textron - 2,000 jobs
Best Buy - 500 jobs
Precision Castparts - 40 jobs
Oracle - 500 jobs
Freeport-McMoRan - 1,550 jobs
Smithfield Foods' - 75 jobs at Missouri plant
Union Pacific - 230 jobs
General Dynamics - 179 jobs
Walgreen - 1,000 jobs
EMC - 2,400 jobs
Alcoa - 13,500 jobs, salary and hiring freeze globally
Aqua Glass (Masco) - 30 jobs
Cigna - 1,100 jobs
United States Steel - 50 jobs, Texas production closed
I cannot begin to imagine the feeling of not knowing whether or not you are going to have a job by the end of the day. Hopefully the newly proposed economic stimulus plan will help to alleviate some of the pressures of this failing economy, I guess time will be the truth serum.
I will say that I actually enjoy reading the White House website. I love the fact that President Obama (love saying that!!!) is allowing the public that elects these officials into office the opportunity to see what's going on.
Finally, and on a slightly lighter accord...there are times when a really cute commercial catches my eye. I must say that the commercial below I LOVE not only for the message behind it, but it is sooo adorable and the old lady looking out the window has the best reaction! I hope you enjoy it also!!!!
Have a great day!!
Thursday, January 29, 2009
While I was really excited to have snow on Tuesday, the ice that followed kind of ruined it for me. Snow I can deal with, but ice?!? It was really pretty though and while I did venture to work yesterday even though my car, as you can see, was covered in a thick sheet of ice as well as my neighborhood street...the commute to work wasn't too painful. Sarge enjoyed the snow, but had a slide sink walk on the ice covered snow. It was cute, but I felt bad for him.
I am however very optimistic for my big snow storm! I want at least a foot and a half so hopefully February brings in the snow. I know all of the summer people are going to hate me for saying that but SO WHAT :-P It's winter get over it!
Toodles!
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
It's Tuesday and it is SNOWING!!!!!! I am so elated to finally be in the midst of snow. It's so pretty, but I hope I can drive home because people around here can't drive when the sun doesn't shine so now that there is snow and the threat of ice later...I am definitely leaving before rush hour, and I mean WAAAYYYY before!
Happy Tuesday, be safe and watch out cause I may be throwing snowballs later :-P
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Lovely Tuesday morning with a series of what the...
I have a lovely view of the National Museum of the American Indian and the Capitol Building, but imagine my shock when looking out this morning and seeing a firefighter hooking up a hose to the hydrant below. Not only that, even more there are four or five fire trucks surrounding the building. I look down the hall and there are eight to ten firemen running through the lobby. My first thought is something must be on fire, why are we still in the building? Next is anger because not only are we still in the building, but they are still allowing individuals to enter. Allegedly, someone reported a fire on the roof. I didn't know it was policy for the investigation of a fire to ensue before removing people from the building. I have an issue with that.
This needs no explanation...it is simply WHAT THE?!?!
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