Month: June 2009

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Movie Night

Something about Saturday night just demands going to the movies.Movies are still a great date activity, they are still fun after you get married, and sometimes the right movie is perfect for a boys night out or a girls night out.

This weekend has a couple of interesting titles playing at the multiplex near my house. But I’m really looking forward to the new Star Wars movie coming out this month. Right after that is the new Terminator movie.

From what I hear, this summer will have a whole batch of blockbuster hits. Soif you are a movie fan, I’ll see you at the movies.

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Paul Bunyan Day

One of my favorite childhood stories was of Paul Bunyan and his blue ox “Babe”. I was glad to hear there is a day to recognize the tales of legend and his heroic feats. Paul did many deeds in his life including the clearing of North and South Dakota for farming, Creating Minnesota’s 10,000 lakes with his footprints, and scooping out the Great lakes in order to better water his pet ox.

I am glad to be reminded of this giant of a man and his great deeds. I will be sure to pass along the legend to my children and hope they will continue the tradition by passing it along to theirs.

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Fined Monopoly

In today’s USA Today paper is says that Intel was fined a record breaking amount of $1.45 Billion dollars for illegal monopolistic business practices in Europe. I cannot image having over a Billion dollars available in the bank to pay such a huge fine. But it is obvious that Europe takes this type of thing very seriously. American companies need to learn how to do business in other countries without using all the same shady practices they get away with here in the U.S.

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Another Rainey Weekend

It really stinks to work hard all week and look forward to a big weekend full of plans for outdoor fun and then have it all ruined by two days of rain.

Every weekend in May and the rest of the summer months ahead has a variety of fun things to do outside, from fishing to races and tons of festivals and sporting events.

Yesterday I had to stay in and got a lot of chores done instead of having fun. I was hoping to go to a baseball game this afternoon, but thunder and lightning will keep me indoors instead. I guess I’ll do some paperwork and surf the internet for a while, then break out a good book and read for a few hours.

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Not Again!!

Every one knows how much I rely on my printer. I use it nearly every day as I have many documents to print. I usually bring home some of my work and need to have it done. The problem is that once again, I am out of ink! Ink cartridges are the bane of my life. They are constantly running out.

I don’t know how they get away with putting a tiny amount of ink in each refill. There should be a law or something. I know that if I ever get to heaven, the printer will never run out of ink again!!

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Happy father’s day Dad!

I just wanted to give a little history on the origins of Father’s day. The original idea came from a woman named Sonora Smart Dodd who wanted to honor her dad as well as all the dads out there. The day is celebrated on the third Sunday in June every year.

To my Dad I just wanted to let him know that I love him so much! My dad is always kind and generous to all the people he meets. He has been able to raise his children with the help of mom and we all turned out pretty good. Way to go Dad!

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Watch Out!

Usually I am pretty even tempered, but there are a few things that will make me lose my cool. One of those things is people who drive while talking on their cell phones. These persons make driving a lot more dangerous than it needs to be. I don’t know how many times I have been cut off, nearly sideswiped, or stopped short because of their distraction.

The other day it happened again. I was making a left when another driver pulled right in front of me. I could clearly see the driver was on the phone and not paying attention. The lady realized her mistake and waved at me apologetically, but that was of little comfort being as that she almost wrecked me.

Occasionally the subject will come up in front of the lawmaking body. Each time it does, I always add my support to those who wish to make this practice illegal. I think it is very dangerous and I am certain that it has been the cause of many accidents and injuries. I vote against cell phones in cars!

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It’s Finally Happened

Our office has many fund raising events from time to time. I am always the sucker they come to first. Everyone knows my weakness for gambling and I’ve bought into almost every scheme they come up with. I am happy to announce that after many years and dollars, I’ve finally won something. I won two tickets to a baseball game. The only thing I can say is it’s about time!!

Each year I play all the office lotteries. I played the football pools and the draws. I have never had any luck to date. I’m glad to have been the one to win these tickets. The bad part is that they now know I will play everything from now on. I guess it doesn’t really matter, after all everything is for a good cause.

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Ethanol, Good or Bad?

I have been reading a lot about ethanol lately. Many people are counting on it to help reduce greenhouse emissions. By growing corn and turning it into fuel, we have reduced our dependency on fossil fuels. The problem is how much energy are we actually saving? It takes a lot of energy to grow, transport, and process the corn. By the time were done, we have used almost as much energy as we are trying to save.

Another problem associated with ethanol is that it causes food prices to rise. By transferring production of corn to fuel use, there is less to sell as food. Some third world countries are really feeling the pinch. There have even been riots over the situation. I hope that we can find an answer to this problem that will satisfy us all!