2012 is Almost Here

December 21, 2011 1 Comment

Tonight is the passing of the winter solstice.  At roughly 11:30pm cst, the clock begins to count down for that fabled showdown with the Mayan Calendar.  Will it be doomsday?  What will I wear?  What will I do?  That’s right folks, get your affairs in order…you only have 366 shopping days until the end of the world.  So as we approach the end of this busy holiday season, keep that in mind, and stock up on those essential survival supplies at bargain basement prices.

In the meantime though, check out another post of mine on this very subject from January 7th of this year.

With the recent events with black birds and drum fish in Arkansas, I thought it might be time to visit the notion of the end of the world happening on December 21, 2012.  Yep the winter solstice this year was awesome with a total lunar eclipse.  Does good old Earth plan to upstage that spectacle with something of its own next year? More…

Related articles

Filed under Humor, Science and Technology, Uncategorized Tagged with , , , , , , ,

Work Humor: 12/14/2011

December 14, 2011 3 Comments

Turn on the news or open up any newspaper or magazine and the headlines are filled with financial doom and gloom.  Whole countries teeter on the edge of economic collapse.  With that in mind, I thought it might be important to share some important new changes to the economic lingo we hear and use daily.

1. CEO — Chief Embezzlement Officer.

2. CFO — Corporate Fraud Officer.

3. BULL MARKET — A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius.

4. BEAR MARKET — A 6 to 18 month period when the kids get no allowance the wife gets no jewelry, and the husband gets no sex.

5. VALUE INVESTING — The art of buying low and selling lower.

6. P/E RATIO — The percentage of investors wetting their pants as the market keeps crashing.

7. BROKER — What my broker has made me.

8. STANDARD & POOR — Your life in a nutshell.

9. STOCK ANALYST — Idiot who just downgraded your stock.

10. STOCK SPLIT — When your ex-wife and her lawyer split your assets equally between themselves.

11. FINANCIAL PLANNER — A guy whose phone has been disconnected.

12. MARKET CORRECTION — The day after you buy stocks.

13. CASH FLOW — The movement your money makes as it disappears down the toilet.

14. YAHOO — What you yell after selling it to some poor sucker for $240 per share.

15. WINDOWS — What you jump out of when you’re the sucker who bought Yahoo @ $240 per share.

16. INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR — Last year investor who’s now locked up in a nuthouse.

17. PROFIT — An archaic word no longer in use.

Related articles

Filed under Humor Tagged with , , , , , , , , ,

There is Beauty in Every Season

December 10, 2011 4 Comments

Last Saturday we had the first real snow of the winter.  It was a wonderful display, and I did snap several pictures of the accumulating snow.  This morning I was greeted to a site that I don’t see very often.  We had fog the prior night and in the cold temperatures that means the moisture froze to everything it touched.  This created a very soft image this morning since many trees, like this one in my neighbor’s yard, still carried the snow from the prior weekend.  Rather than being very angular and defined, the freezing fog created a very soft – almost inviting design on the landscape.

With a clear morning sky for the first time in days, the frame was set for a wonderful picture.  As I sat down to edit it, the simple backyard scene really moved me.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Related articles

Filed under Media, Photography, Writing Tagged with , , , , , , ,

Siri Gets Caught in the Middle

December 9, 2011 2 Comments

This had me laughing so hard, I just had to share it with the masses.  Hope your Friday is going better than this couple’s apparently is.  A lesson to be learned here is that when we fight, we hurt those around us too…even if they are a disembodied voice in a slick little piece of technology.  Keep that in mind and enjoy :) .

Related articles

Filed under Humor, Media, Movies Tagged with , , , , ,

Weekly Photo Challenge: Celebration

December 9, 2011 8 Comments

When this challenge came up, it was really easy to decide what I was going to feature.  A big part of the reason my writing to this blog slowed down over the summer was in the picture above.  My oldest daughter plays softball.  This photo was taken after her team achieved their first ranking in a tournament.  I could tell you a great story about how they took first place, but if you note the girl in the second row with two fingers.  That isn’t a peace symbol, it is her pride in taking second place overall in the tournament.  She is also my daughter.

The girls played hard all season, but this time was probably the biggest moment for them all and it showed on all of their faces.  It showed on my face too, but hey someone has to be behind the camera to take the shot…of course no celebrating team is complete without its share of proud parent paparazzi too, so here is a bonus picture of the other side of this photo…this is how we parents celebrate…we fill up photo albums of these precious moments

 

Related articles

Filed under Media, Photography Tagged with , , , , , ,

← Older posts

Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.

Join 1,384 other followers