In just a few short weeks the weather will warm us to the idea of shedding some layers of clothing and even trying on last summer’s bathing suit. It is then, when that Paul Lynde voice behind the dreaded mirror reflection either purrs and winks back or grimaces while hurling awful insults, that we are faced with the consequences of a long winter’s worth of food and exercise choices. I can think of two friends, off the top of my head, to whom the mirror will be kind, but if you are like me, you are woeful at the wiggliness of that skin between your elbow and arm pit, sickened at the size of your thighs, bothered by your blubbery belly… Can I get an “Amen” here, people?
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If your child (age 8 through 11) is interested in computers and programming, semo.net is offering a class in June. The course will cover the Scratch Programming Language for Kids and will be an entry level course. The class will be taught by Ben, Jack & Brian Becker.
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I heard a statistic reported on the radio the other day that 30% of Americans believe that Entertainers and Pro Athletes should not make more than $1,000,000 a year.
Kentucky’s new head coach is to be paid $4,000,000 a year for the next eight years which pales in comparison to Pujols who gets paid $16,000,000 a year to play baseball. Pujols gets left in the dark when compared to the $58,000,000 Wil Smith reportedly received from the movie Hancock.
Today was the announcement date for the partnership between semo.net and Mushroom Networks. We’ve been locally selling the Hydra Internet service since January, but the two companies recently struck a deal to bring Broadband Business solutions to Southeast Missouri.
Touting that deal today are articles in Wall Street Journal and Telephony Magazine.
A little over a year ago I attended Gateway Church with some friends who’d recently relocated to Dallas from Poplar Bluff. Setting the worshipful tone of the morning’s service included a young, female worship leader named Kari Jobe.
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Wow. Never thought I’d have to write about this, but I certainly am glad I’ve got a forum to squelch this rumor:
I am not getting a divorce!
These days, people store themselves on their hard drives: Photos, music library, financial & tax info, address book, etc. – essentially, it’s your digital life. And as valuable as your digital life is, more and more people are losing their digital life and digital memories. I cannot emphasize how painful it is to watch someone realize their last five years’ worth of family photos no longer exists.
I’ve never done this before, but today I called my senators and representative of the U.S. Congress.
I’ve been reading about this “stimulus bill” and I don’t like it. Two weeks ago I saw the mayor of Virginia Beach on the television and he was trying to get part of the stimulus package for his town. He said that for $3.4 million he could employ 11 new employees to repaint their water treatment plant. WHAT? $308,000 is the going rate for a painter these days? Give me $3.4 million dollars and I can employ 50 new people and bring broadband internet to all the places in Southeast Missouri that don’t have it.
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“Selling Short is a natural part of Capitalism.”
When I heard this statement come through my TV speakers, I shouted back at the bobbing head on the screen. I couldn’t disagree more with that statement.
I had just concluded a lecture-ette, warning my children not to believe that anything said or done on the iCarly show (or any TV show for that matter) resembled reality. “Try talking to your boss disrespectfully some day and see if your real life ‘audience’ cheers you on like that! No. You will end up on the street with your little box of office knickknacks.”