Category: Entertainment

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Today’s Inauguration

I’m glad that I got the opportunity to watch a good amount of today’s historical Inauguration on the television. They provided us with a TV at work, so that we would and could watch the events that were being televised, instead of on our computers that have Internet access, which I figured was a pretty smart move on their part. We continued to be productive at our desks while being given the chance to see history in the making during normal working hours.

Kudos to management for today’s effort, something that I generally don’t’ get a chance to say about most of them.

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Personal Safety Devices

I’m thinking that it may be a good idea for either me or my parents to look into and buy pepper spray for my now teen aged kid sister. She only last week turned 13 and is just starting to get into the social scene, going to the mall with friends, attending a few parties here and there, well chaperoned I’m sure. But none the less I think that she should really consider carrying some type of personal safety device and know when and how to use it, if necessary.

I’m sure that we could find something useful online, and will look into it and speak with my mother about it next time we talk. I’m not there to keep a good eye out on her and it is a wacky world out there and she is a prime target at her age.

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Inauguration Is In Full Swing

It seems that today’s kickoff concert today in Washington D.C. was a success and the start of the much talked about Inauguration is in full swing. After watching the games we settled in and watched the news, waiting for new on how our nation’s capitol was handling this event and it appears all is well and we have only just begun, this is going to go on for days.

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Flea Marketing, Even in the Coldest Weather

For a free copy of “Retailers Forum Magazine,” which sells discounted wholesale items for small businesses, flea marketing and online sales, you can go online at RetailersForum.com. They have been helping people earn money through the recession of the 1980’s and the 1990’s and are still there during this “Depression” that we are experiencing now. People are turning to making extra money and flea markets are the way to go.

Even during the coldest weather I see people at the local flea market, I like to go but I prefer warmer weather conditions, so that I can see everything, take my time, stop and talk and get some exercise all at once.

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Super Bowl 43

The Steelers have been kicking butt all season long, so I’m glad to see that they are headed for the Super Bowl this year. The game tonight was a good game, it certainly ended with an interesting twist, with an pretty serious injury right in the very last minutes of an exciting action packed game. It’s all good!

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Back to School

The two week winter break will be over come Monday morning and the kids will be going back to school and life will settle down since the holiday season will be officially over and done with. I enjoy the kids being at home, don’t get me wrong, but when the weather is cold and wet and nasty as it has been, and we all end up being cooped up indoors it can get to be a real hassle after a while. Even with all of the Christmas presents that they received just a week or so ago, they’ve started getting a bit antsy and are ready to get out of the house and back into the classroom.

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IP Addresses and your computer

I have to tell you that I am pretty familiar with computers, we have had a PC in the house for over twelve years, at least, but who is counting? Hubby and I both use computers and work and of course we use it quite a bit a home for all kinds of reasons, email being the most important.

But when it comes to the complicated issues over and above are basic needs neither one of us really have a limited knowledge of a lot of things. I do have a brother who is a computer whiz, if any family member needs assistance, he is the one that we call.

Over the family Thanksgiving dinner, that was held a few weeks ago, we heard my brother discussing computer issues with another family member, which caught my husband’s attention and he ended up sitting in on the conversation, which included the topic of IP addresses and the like.

It appears that the IP address is very important to some people so that they can identify their visitors geographical location, their country, their zip code, time zone, connection speed and much more. This is fascinating information that hubby and I were completely unaware of and has us wanting to learn more. My brother instructed my hubby to visit Ip2location.com, a website dedicated to IP address information, and it is full of good information that I think is worth while to pass on to others here.

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One holiday dinner down, one to go….

I have had my hands full this past week, it was my turn, this year, to host the family Thanksgiving Turkey Dinner and I think that I pulled it off without a single hitch. We had a total of 23 family members attend, plus my whole gang, along with a few of their friends that attended as well, which put us at a grand total of 30! I’m so glad that I don’t have to do that again for a few years, and someone else is hosting the Christmas dinner that is coming in less than a month.

Everyone had a nice time, hassle free, no drama and now we have a refrigerator full of those wonderful holiday season leftovers to enjoy. The kitchen wasn’t completely cleaned up before hitting the sack, and I was pleased and surprised to see that when I got up this morning that someone had gone the extra mile last night and finished up what I was planning on doing this morning, and no one is fessing up this morning, so I have no idea who to thank and give special hugs and kisses to for their random act of kindness that is so appreciated by me today.

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Marlo Thomas

Once in a great while I’ll record our NBC’s program “The Today Show”, to that I can enjoy some of the stories and features that are some times really interesting, entertaining, and educational, later on when I get a chance.

I have been a fan of Marlo Thomas for as long as I remember, from the days of seeing her on “That Girl” and have tried to follow her career through out the years. This morning she was on “The Today Show” talking about the foundation that she has gotten so heavily involved in for many years, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. I haven’t see her in some time and almost didn’t recognize her, but after she talked started in all started to fall into place, and still looking good, must be pushing 60 by now I’d think.

I think her Dad would be proud of all she has accomplished and has done with her life and talents.