Posts tagged: Family

NBC gets it WRONG on the electric car

This morning on the Today show, reporter Miguel Almaguer produced a story about $500,000,000 government funding of Fisker Automotive for the development of their electric car. It seemed like it would be a good story about government waste but it really highlighted how bad of a job journalists of today are doing! What really drove […]

Monday September 28th, 2009 in , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Obamacare: Don’t pay Insurance fine? Go to Jail!

I don’t think anyone would disagree when I say that the Heath Insurance industry needs reform but I keep reading more and more idiotic suggestions and decisions from our “leaders” in DC.. This one was irritating but not suprising.. From Politico.com – Read the original HERE Ensign receives handwritten confirmation This doesn’t happen often enough. […]

Saturday September 26th, 2009 in , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

The SCARIEST site on the internet

YOU MUST CLICK THIS LINK! This is truly the scariest website on the internet.. Two interesting things to look at. In the first section – Debt per Citizen In the bottom section – Liability per Citizen To view the site click HERE Please share this link with everyone you know. It really puts the outrageous […]

Tuesday August 25th, 2009 in , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments »

Fail: Whirlpool Duet Washing Machine

Wow.. This really has been a week of technology failures. First I get the Red Ring of Death on my XBox 360 now I’m challenged with the well known F11 error on our Whirpool Duet Washing Machine. I’ve always purchased used washers and dryers and have great luck. Usually the used appliance will last 5 years […]

Wednesday August 19th, 2009 in , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Review: GI Joe – THE must see family action film of 2009

Many people my age went into Star Wars Episode 1 with the high expectations that had been building for two decades and came out stunned by the silliness of the movie and the likes of Jar Jar Binks Having been raised a fan of GI Joe, I had those same high expectations going into the […]

Friday August 7th, 2009 in , , , , | 13 Comments »

Early Review of GI Joe – Ain’t it Cool News

As a GI Joe fan since the day I was born, I’ve been eagerly awaiting the release of the GI Joe movie.. Here is an early review of the movie from the legendary film site, Ain’t it Cool News. I was expecting this movie to be far more jokey, tons of cheese and really serious […]

Tuesday August 4th, 2009 in , , , , , | No Comments »

America.. The land of Independence.. for now

Was reading an article from the Telegraph.co.uk about the “Changes” coming to Alligator, Mississippi, where a young new politician defeated the old mayor of 30 years.  It’s exciting to see someone take the initiative to try to help their dying town but some comments in the article from the new mayor, Tommie “Tomaso” Brown bothered […]

Monday July 13th, 2009 in , , , , | No Comments »

The most amazing promotional giveaway.. NOT!

A few months ago, I took a survey for a knife company call SOG, Extraordinary Tools & Blades.. In exchange for taking the survey, they were going to send me a free pocket knife.. Today, the package arrived! Check out this sweet knife

Tuesday June 23rd, 2009 in , , | No Comments »

Book Find: Back to the Basics

Half Price Books in San Antonio was having a Memorial Day 20% sale today and it was my duty to check out their stock and expand my EVER GROWING book collection. Picked up two books for my 2009 “Read a Fiction per Month Challenge” but the find of the night was a book published by […]

Monday May 25th, 2009 in , , , , , , | No Comments »

Memorial Day Tribute to a Wounded Soldier

A good friend of mine, Theresa Hong did a great tribute to her father who is a veteran disabled in service to our country. Read story HERE

Sunday May 24th, 2009 in , , , , | 1 Comment »