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I got a new idea for Hollywood or anyone that owns a movie theater. How about we get a theater room that is completely dark? I know there would be a few problems with this idea. People falling down and tripping as they go to get more popcorn or use the restroom. I would also imagine the fire Marshall would still want his exit signs to be visible to the theater audience. If these are the only two problems, maybe we could work around it and get a theater room that is pitch dark. A pitch black room would give a better view to the large theater screen above. As long as a movie was playing, the room would not be totally dark. My idea isn’t for the average movie. My idea is for horror movies and the 1 or 2 people left in Hollywood that still has some original ideas for creating and producing new movies.

I just think some theaters are too lit. A company could promote a pitch dark theater room. They could also pick a halfway point in each movie; where they would turn on a few lights and allow people to use the restroom and go back for more snacks and soft drinks. Before each movie started, a live person could lecture the theater audience on where the exit doors are located, so the exit signs would not be needed. Don’t allow late movie goer’s to enter the pitch dark rooms or you lead them in with flashlights and tell them where the exit doors are located. I understand it would take a little more effort to show a movie like this, but I think movie fans for horror movies would love it. They would be showing up by the bus loads, to watch a new scary movie in total darkness. The extra sales would offset the extra hassle each theater company had to go through, to have a pitch black room for showing movies. Good or bad idea?

I think I am confused. I thought cell phones were used for talking and I don’t think I’m right. It seems a cell phone these days is like a keyboard and people use their fingers more than they move their lips.

Do you own a cell phone? Of course you do! What I should of said; do you use your cell phone for talking or texting? I guess cell phone users do both, but I wonder how many are choosing the text feature over the talk feature?  What do you use your cell phone for more?

A. Talking

B. Texting

C. About the Same

Please let me know if your fingers do the walking or is it your lips doing the talking. If you go out in public, you don’t see that many people actually talking on their cell phones. You will see a large number of people with cell phones in their hand and can see them looking down at their cell phone. I know some people will send emails, surf the web, or just play games on their cell phones.

Personally I don’t care what cell phone users do with their phones. You bought and paid for your cell phones, so you should be able to use them however you like. Just make sure you’re not the driver in front of me that is talking or texting on a cell phone, because I will make it a point to let you know, that I see you using your cell phone. We have known about the dangers of talking on cell phones and driving. People just don’t drive good when they’re talking on their phones. Now that the texting trend has taken off so well; we are seeing the dangers related to texting and driving. I can’t text a message properly; while sitting in my comfy recliner at home in the den. I don’t see how anyone could text and drive at the same time. The sad part, it is happening and the results are not pretty. Families are losing loved ones, due to people driving and texting on their cell phones at the same time. If you’re going to drive, then please be sure to drive. If you need to make a phone call or send a text message; then just wait or pull off at the next place you see down the road. Please don’t do both, because you’re endangering your life, the passengers in your car, and the other innocent folks that are out there driving too. Cell phones and driving is much more dangerous than drinking and driving and we all need to know this and pass this message along to others. Buckle up and be safe out there!

I like the bright colors for ties. I’m not that fond of the color pink and I don’t wear pink shirts. I wouldn’t mind wearing the pink ties a bit. A pink tie or other brightly colored ties go well for any color of suit. I do prefer the darker suits and wouldn’t want a pink suit. A nice suit that’s dark navy blue, with a white or light blue shirt underneath, and a pink neck tie; I think is a nice combination. I’m not sure how a orange tie would look with the navy blue suit and might have to do some extra thinking with the color orange. I do like Halloween colors that are orange and black, so I guess for the orange ties, I would choose a black suit. For some reason, I think light, bright, or even dark green ties go well with the majority of suits or just a dress shirt and slacks. Ties look good without the coat and more men should wear button-up shirts, dress pants, and adding a tie to the wardrobe. What color selections do you go for; when shopping for a tie online or at the mall? You can keep your pink shirts and pants, I don’t need them, but a pink tie is fine.

The NCAA Regional Tournaments start up tomorrow for most of the major conferences in college basketball. I know a lot of men will be wanting to watch these games this weekend. However, their partners may not care to spend all weekend watching college basketball on TV. Who is going to have the remote control in your household this weekend? I know in most cases, dad and mom will both curl up with a few pillows, a blanket, and lay down on their modern sofas to watch television this weekend. I’m just wondering what they will be seeing? Don’t get me wrong ladies, I know some of you will want to watch the hoops this weekend too and it may be your husbands looking for a good action movie on the tube. If you’re married, please let me know what the two of you guys will be watching on TV this weekend. Do you each go to a different room to watch your movie or the big basketball tournament; which will be on a lot of the stations this weekend, or plan to watch TV together? I’m single, so no worries for me and I will be a couch potato with the basketball games this weekend.

Rising Superstar Josh Smith

You may have heard the name, you may know he’s an NBA basketball player, or you may have even seen him play, but I can assure you that you don’t know who Josh Smith is. In most cases, the fans of the Atlanta Hawks don’t even know who Josh Smith is or what he’s capable of. It’s clear the coaching staff in the ATL, led by head coach Mike Woodson, don’t even know what number 5 can bring to the table. Let me tell you a little about this unknown star in the NBA and what’s led to many people not knowing who Josh Smith is.

You can go back to the hiring of Mike Woodson or the trade that brought Joe Johnson to the Atlanta Hawks. This trade made national news and sent the Atlanta Spirit partners in a battle that still rages on today. Or you can go back years earlier to another famous Atlanta Hawks trade that sent Dominique Wilkins packing for a new NBA team. Since Mr. Wilkins the Human Highlight Film left, the Atlanta Hawks has failed to get a superstar on the floor and wearing their jersey. Not having a true superstar in Atlanta is the reason the Hawks have gotten very little publicity over the years and is also blamed for the low attendance levels for their home games. The new owners came in and they recognized that the Hawks needed a superstar. Since there was none availabe, the Hawks did the next best thing. They manufactured their own ”superstar” and did anything and everything to build him up.

The Hawks didn’t have one on the roster they could create, so they had to make the trade with the Phoenix Suns to bring in Joe Johnson. They figured he was young enough, athletical enough, and had enough upside, they could make him the main man in Atlanta. This would solve their superstar issues, the NBA community would recognize the team again, and fans would come back to fill the seats. The one big problem in this formula is that Joe Johnson isn’t really that good. He just doesn’t have what it takes to be a superstar in the NBA. Even calling him a star player is stretching the truth, because he’s just about as average as you can get for an NBA player. I know many will disagree with me and this is because they have only watched and heard about the manufactured Joe Johnson and haven’t really took the time to watch him. Joe is working on his 4th year with the Hawks team and he’s not improved in any area of his basketball game in those 4 years.

You have to understand that Joe Johnson plays more minutes than any other player on the team. He gets more offensive plays run for him than anyone else on the team. When there is just a few seconds left on the clock at the end of quarters, Joe always gets the ball and tries to go one on one. Basically speaking, Joe Johnson has been given the keys to the team and it’s not worked. You can take half of the guys in the NBA and give them the minutes and shot attempts as Joe Johnson gets nightly and they would have his exact numbers too. He’s a manufactured basketball player and as far as the marketing efforts are concerned, it has worked. The 4 All Star Games that Joe has been invited to proves that. As far as a team leader or someone that can carry a basketball team, he’s not your man!

The problem also lies with the head coach too. Mike Woodson has no feel for an NBA game. He runs his starters out to start the game and then makes preplanned decisions on which players will play and for how much time they will get. Woody has became a Joe Johnson fan, so in his eyes, the man can do no wrong. He overlooks the mistakes that Joe does on the court; while giving other team members the evil eye for just 1 mistake they will make. If a player gets 2 fouls in the first half they’re coming to the bench. Otherwise, Mike Woodson knows which guys will play and for how long. Regardless of their performance, he already has his mind set on making certain changes. First guy off the bench is Jamal Crawford and he comes in Marvin Williams. I have seen Marvin start many games where he’s the best player for them that night. Only to see him get replaced by a plan-change that Woody has already decided on. I have seen many games where Joe Johnson is the weakest of our starters and having a horrible night, but yet he will be the last starter that gets replaced. Woodson doesn’t understand that he’s coaching like a computer and anyone could coach in his style of coaching. His contract is up after this season and he’s done nothing to show the owners why they should keep him around.

I understand that his record has improved every year, but so has the players on the team. Woody came in with only Joe Johnson to rely on and he’s failed to see the other young players getting better and how they have passed Joe’s abilities as a basketball player. Not recognizing who your best 5 players are for a certain night and not allowing the team to run up and down the court with their athletical players is the reason the Atlanta Hawks did not get a chance to play the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Finals last year.

Things only got worse this year; when the team got noticed enough to have a 2nd player on the Eastern Conference All Stars. So who did the NBA community think that player was? It was Al Horford that got the nod over Josh Smith and this story wasn’t big news around the NBA or even in the Atlanta area for that matter. Since Josh Smith was not selected to be on the NBA All Star team, I know the NBA and people associated with the Hawks team, don’t have no clue to who Josh Smith is.

It’s actually embarrassing to see Joe Johnson constantly getting mentioned as the best player on the Hawks team. Then to see Al Horford go to an All Star Game before Josh did is only adding salt to the wound. It doesn’t look like many people know who Josh Smith is and the front office and the Hawks head coach is the reason why.

Does anyone seriously not think Josh Smith is one of the top 12 guys in the Eastern Conference Division? Well I got news for you. Not only is Josh Smith one of the top 12 players in the East, but he’s in one of the top 12 players in the NBA. Nobody is going to buy into this, due to the amount of playing time he gets compared to Joe Johnson and the horrible game plans the Hawks coaching staff comes up with each night. I’m sure you have heard about star players in the NBA getting double teamed right? The ball goes to Kobe or LeBron, teams will want to double team them, so they can get the ball out of their hands. Well if we had a coach that had just a little sense, they would understand that Josh Smith might be the only guy in the NBA, that could command a double team from the defense and not even have the ball! This might sound crazy, but the coaching staff in Atlanta has no creativity. No teams or players like to get dunked on. If the Hawks would push Josh closer to the basket and keep him montioning to the rim, the guy guarding Josh and the guy defending the rim would both be keeping an eye on number 5. Once the Hawks throw a few lobs up for Josh to dunk home, other teams would want to stop this. This would cause Josh to actually be double teamed and he wouldn’t even have the ball! How many guys in the NBA can you say that about?

Recently Josh has been putting up solid numbers and it’s great to see. He has a team that doesn’t recognize him as the best player on the team and this has slowed his growth process. Once the Hawks or some other team sees Josh Smith as a top 12 player in the league, this guy will be worth the price of admission and his team will be winning a lot of games. Mike Woodson and Joe Johnson’s contracts are up and I can guarantee you, that neither one of them will be missed. New coach and no Joe Johnson will make the Atlanta Hawks a better basketball team.

Anyone that has took the time recently, to look over a few of the online reviews for colleges online; may remember something about Penn Foster. I know this college stuck out in my head when I was going through all the reviews. I guess you have to keep in mind that these are only reviews and anyone can submit them online. However, judging from a few of the comments I saw, it appears there might be a penn foster scam going on. Or this online college may be a little more suited for the higher educated folks.

A lot of the penn foster reviews complained about a lack of support and the feeling of having to fend for yourself. I know I can become very frustrated at times; when I try to learn something new or something that I consider hard to learn. I would certainly want someone from Penn Foster there to help and guide me along, so I know I wasn’t wasting my time doing something wrong. When you choose to get an online degree, the emails you send and receive become a very important lifeline for your online education. If students at Penn Foster are not getting speedy replies from their teachers at this online school, I could easily see why some students are upset there.

I believe there is another thing with the money it costs to attend the Penn Foster online school. I’m not sure if Penn Foster is failing to tell these new students about all the costs that are involved to attend there or if its the students misunderstanding their enrollment forms. There are some students at Penn Foster that are paying more money than they expected to.

If this topic of conversation has peaked your interest or you just want to learn more about Penn Foster or other online universities; then check out a website called Online Degree Reviews. This is a website dedicated to collecting all the unbiased online degree reviews and this is how I found out about some of the issues going on at Penn Foster College. Perhaps if you are currently attending Penn Foster online, you could share your thoughts, comments, or opinions on my blog here. There might even be a teacher or two out there from Penn Foster, that would like to defend their self against some of these student’s claims?

Most of you out there that is planning to attend an online university in the near or distant future; may want to determine which field of study you plan to choose first. The online subjects are more important to look over now, than which online university you want to actually attend. Once you can see all the different things you could get a bachelors or associates degree online, you can then begin your search for a good online university. Who knows? You might just find yourself at the Penn Foster website signing up for one of their online classes. Then you can go to Online Degree Reviews and post your online reviews about this college and tell us your side of the story.

You probably have several books around your house now that you have read or don’t ever plan to read. Those books are only collecting dust and they could be collecting you a little cash online. If you ever decide to get rid of them, you can sell books online for money. This is a great way to turn those old books into some cold-hard cash. I know my household has at least a dozen books just laying around and I should gather them up to sell online. There is a market for old books online and buyers will pay money to add your old books to their collections. A new book can cost a pretty penny, so it makes a lot of sense for most people to buy used books instead of the new ones.

In some houses, people probably have enough books to open up a small library. These people could really make some nice money online by selling their books. Keep the books you like or plan to read again someday. You don’t have to get rid of any books you feel has value or is valuable to you. Just gather up the books that haven’t been opened up in years and sell those books online. If you like to read and buy books online, you may want to search for the used books for sale, so you’re not over paying for books. The popularity for used books will continue to increase, since they’re cheaper than the new books selling online. How many books do you have to sell?

Discovering which life insurance company to choose can be tricky. A lot of different life insurance companies want your business, so in many cases they will offer the lowest prices possible. A person searching for life insurance for the first time or looking for a new plan, should try looking at multiple life insurance quotes, before they choose one. You never know where the best deal will come from and the best plan might be just around the corner. Those that take the time and have the patience to look over various life insurance companies, will be the ones that save the most money on their new life insurance policies.

Do you feel you’re paying too much now on life insurance? Now would be a good time to check out other companies for a better rate. You may can find the same coverage that your current plan covers and at a cheaper price too. Money is tight these days and every penny does count. Saving money on life insurance is one way to free up some extra money in your budget, for the other things that you need now.

The famous Shamu at Sea Worldis now a real killer whale. In a horrible accident today in Orlando, the large whale attacked and killed its trainer. It’s not clear what caused the accident or what made the whale attack its trainer, still the news is just now coming out of Florida. It is surprising to hear about this story; after seeing Shamu so many times on television. The creature never did look like a threat to anyone’s safety. You could often see kids working and playing with Shamu in the waters that are located inside the Florida theme park.

Shamu is the main attraction for people that visit Sea World each year. Not sure what the theme park plans to do now; since Shamu has attacked and killed the trainer that was working with him/her. I guess we will have to wait for more information to come out. It’s a tragic event and I’m sure many folks are shook up right now with the killer whale’s deadly act today in central Florida. The Sea World theme park is located next to Disney World in Florida.

Losing weight with some of the popular diet pills or a product like relacore can add extra expenses to the family budget. These products have been proven to help people lose weight, so it’s good when you can find the extra money to spend on dieting products. Every penny counts these days and each person must budget their own money. Since most people cut back on the amount of food they eat each day, when they’re on a diet, they may be extra money here to buy a diet product. All your doing is replacing food costs with a diet pill or supplement and the bottom line on your budget should come out the same. Spending money at a exercise gym or fitness center is not needed; when you can exercise at your home. You may not have some of the equipment to use, but taking a stroll around the neighborhood or just jogging in the yard is great exercise for someone hoping to lose weight. No matter how tight your budget is at home, if you’re serious about losing weight, then there are ways around it. Take money out of the fitness center and grocery bill to get a diet product and this will be much more effective in your weight loss efforts.

The teens we see on TV and in Hollywood movies didn’t just wake up with their faces looking so perfect and clean. In many of these cases, the famous teens in Hollywood used a blackhead extraction or slapped on a lot of makeup to cover their facial blemishes. Some teens probably wonder why their faces are not as clear as the teens on the big screen. All teens will experience pimples, blackheads, or bumps on their face. It’s just a part of growing up. It can be stressful for a teen with a big pimple on their face. They just need to look at the other students at their school and they can see they are not the only ones with facial bumps showing. If you’re a teen and you have a problem with pimples or acne, you can try a few of the products available in stores to help. Also, try to wash your face daily and keep it as clean as possible. No matter how hard you try sometimes, you may still get a bump or two on your face. Don’t let it get you down and you will eventually grow out of this stage and won’t have a problem after your teen years are over with. It’s just a part of growing up and we have all been there before.

A gardener can do several things during the cold months of the year, so they have a fertile ground to work with in the spring. Creating a big compost pile is something all farmers should do during the fall time of the year. These compost piles can be created by old rotten trees, leaves, and household trash. Your old newspapers work great for composting and they can break down in just a couple of months. If you have a large container that you can use, try to add earthworms and a few table scraps to help get a rich soil started. Don’t include meat or cheeses in your compost piles that have earthworms. All your other food items are perfect for worms and they need just a little food to help them create a super rich soil. All trash should be paper and try to avoid those papers that have color inks associated with them. The black and white newspapers work the best, since they are so easy to bread down in the soil.

It’s not too late to start your compost pile now. If you start now, you still have about 6 weeks to get a good soil going. Once you’re ready to plant in the spring, just take some dirt from your compost pile and mix it with your other dirt. This mixture will create a rich soil environment in your garden. The richer the soil is, the better your flowers and vegetables will grow and produce. The rich soil from a compost pile will help your vegetable plants be more productive and you will get a lot more food per plant. Next year you can start your compost piles earlier and give more time for the earthworms to create magic in your compost piles.

Are you ready to go back to school? For those willing to seek a higher level of education, so they can find a better paying job, can now get their degrees online. This is an excellent way for people to get a bachelors or masters degree and it’s affordable too. Western Governors University or WGU is a non-profit university and it’s cheaper than other universities online. Another good thing about getting an education online is convenience. You can study and work on your assignments when it’s convenient for you. If you like to stay up late at night or do your best studying early in the morning, then you have the ability to set your own hours. These online degree programs work great for someone that has a job or family they need to take care of each day. You will be able to work around your busy schedules each day and choose which times of the day or night you want to complete your work. No one can make excuses or blame something or someone for not being able to get a degree. WGU is providing an avenue for anyone that has a desire to get a higher degree of learning. An online university is going to be the way a lot of people get their degrees now and in the future. There is a lot more information online about how you can get enrolled in a school program online and find out why a non-profit university like Western Governors is cheaper than some of the other online universities, you may have heard about already.

Money Growing on Trees

It would be nice if we all had a money tree out in the yard. The truth is it’s not easy to make money offline or online. There are ways to make money, but it does take work. People that have time and willing to work online can make money from their computers. Once you get a few good programs you’re actively promoting, then it can feel like money growing on trees a little bit.

I think 100 is a nice round number and a number we should all strive for online. Your success doesn’t begin today or start tomorrow. Success starts at 100 and this is where you can begin to make a residual income or get free daily traffic. The 100 number refers to the members in your downline. Take one or two of your best programs for making money with or getting traffic from and these are the programs you want to get a 100 member downline in.

If you can get 100 members in your downline for any online program, you will create a source for making money or getting traffic and this will produce for you when you’re sleeping at night or not online. It’s nice to be getting traffic or money when you’re not actually on the computer. It’s possible to achieve a 100 member downline in any program. You just need to make a daily effort and try to get at least 1 new member a day. There are 365 days in a year, so if we can find 1 new member a day, we should be able to have 3 programs with a 100 member downline in our first year of working online. There may be some days you don’t get that 1 referral, but other days you might just get 2 or more new members for one of your programs.

It isn’t important to focus on the money making programs right now. If you haven’t found that magical program for making money or suits your needs the best, then work on building a 100 member downline at one of the various traffic exchanges online. Creating a traffic empire that gives you tons of traffic each day is something every online marketer will eventually need. Once you do find your money making programs online that you like and want to promote, you will have no problems directing traffic to it with your 100 member downlines at traffic exchanges or other advertising platforms. Success begins at 100 and you can start today with finding those first few referrals for a traffic exchange or an online money making program.

Need a starting point? Check out my blog post on A Simple Start to Making Money. This will help you find a money making program or a good traffic exchange to start off with today. Promote one or more than one of these programs and if you can find 100 members in your downline for one of these popular programs; then you will be on your way to success!

SEO or search engine optimization is the game every webmaster is forced to play. It can be a fun game if you’re winning, but it’s not that great when you’re losing. The game is simple and the winner gets determined by each individual search engine. Webmasters want their websites ranking on the 1st page for those key terms people use to look for their website. Making your website search engine friendly is important. One good way of achieving this is by having a good meta tag. There are places online that webmasters can use for free to generate their own personal meta tags, that can be inserted into the HTML section of their website.

Now traffic is king and creating tons of traffic is another important element in receiving high ranks from the search engines. There are lots of free ways to help drive more traffic to your website. A new webmaster just wants to get indexed first, before they start trying to crawl up the ladder in the big search engines. A good way to help get your website indexed is to submit it to various directories. Go to: http://www.freedirectorysubmission.com and this will submit your website to 20 directories online and it’s all free. If you’re a new webmaster or plan to create a website soon, then be sure to remember this website for future purposes. The SEO game can be a lot of fun and it’s a daily challenge all dedicated webmasters will want to compete in. I think you will do just fine, if you will submit your website to these free online directories and sign up for a traffic exchange to help get free traffic coming to your website. SEO techniques doesn’t have to cost money and there are many successful webmasters that have made it to the top of the ladder using only free online tools.

If acne is not treated properly or taken seriously enough it can leave scars. These scars on the face is not a pleasant sight to see. In some ways they are worse than the acne itself; since these scars can remain permanently. If you currently have a scar left by acne, have you tried to use a acne scar removal and did it help? As far as I know I don’t currently have any marks or scars that was left by acne. I did have acne when I was a teenager and it was the typical acne that most teens do get. I know some people I went to school with did have severe problems with acne and some of these folks may have been left with scars. I wasn’t aware of any products on the market that could remove these scars left by acne. If you have tried a acne scar removal product, then please let me know if it worked for you. I may just have a loyal reader to my blog here that wants to know the answer and you could help shed some more light on the subject.

The whole world is looking in on Canada today. It’s time for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games to begin and it all gets started in Vancouver, Canada. I think Canada is a great choice for the Winter Olympics and they have a lot of room to host all the different events that make up the 2010 Games. I haven’t checked the schedule yet to see which events will take place on certain days and times. I will be eager to see when a lot of these events will come on television, so I can take-in this years 2010 Olympics.

The USA Hockey Team will be high on my list of things to watch this year. It seems we get a little bit better each time and now we are 4 more years into the future. I have already seen one headline at Yahoo talking about the Russian Hockey Team and how they look unstoppable on paper. I believe they have 16 players on their team that also play in the NHL or National Hockey League. The paid athletes wasn’t always allowed to play in the Olympics. Many changes have been made to the rules over the years and now they do allow professional athletes to compete in the Winter and Summer Olympic Games. What are your thoughts on professionals participating in the Olympics?

Do you think professional athletes should be allowed to play in the Olympics?

A. Yes

B. No

C. In Some Events

I think the correction was long over due and I love seeing my favorite professional athletes competing in the Olympics. For the Summer Olympics there is nothing better than watching the USA Basketball Team or “Dream Team” play against the other countries in basketball. That first Dream Team was special when we got to see Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Dominique Wilkins, Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing, and Michael Jordan playing on the same team. There has never been a time where that much talent was on the same team in the same sport competing against other teams in that same sport. Those guys had it going on and the original Dream Team still stands out today. The Dream Teams that followed the original one, never was able to assemble the best of the best on one team. I would love to be able to hand select our Dream Team in 2012 for the Summer Olympics. My cast of NBA players for the 2012 Olympic Dream Team would be:

1. Kobe Bryant

2. Dwayne Wade

3. Carmelo Anthony

4. Kevin Durant

5. Josh Smith

6. Dwight Howard

7. Tim Duncan

8. LeBron James

9. Chris Bosh

10. Carlos Boozer

11. Kevin Martin

12. Derrick Rose

I think these will be the 12 best basketball players the Americans could offer up in the 2012 Olympic Games. Feel free to give me your list of the best 12 players you think will be available for the Summer Olympics that is still a little over 2 years away. Perhaps someone over at Yahoo Sports sees the Russian Hockey Team as the “Dream Team” for the Winter Games in Vancouver this year. I guess I will have to root for the USA Hockey Team every time and who ever is playing against the Russians in hockey.

All the athletes are now in Canada and ready to go for gold in their special events. Let the games begin and let’s see which country has the greatest athletes competing in Vancouver this year. It should be interesting to see how the Americans do against all the other countries that are known for their strengths in the 2010 Winter Olympics.

We know some birds are seasonal and will fly south for the winter. I think some people mimic these birds and they will go to Florida or some other warm destination for their winters. I know some people have health conditions and the cold winter temperatures can cause these folks a lot of aches and pains. So each year around the fall time they will hire moving companies to relocate them to a warmer climate. Birds follow this same pattern and they will go to places that are warmer too. Once the cold weather passes up north, the birds and people will move back to their summer homes. For people they probably have a lot of ties to their northern roots and would prefer to live in their summer homes year round. It must be nice to escape winter each year, but I do like the cold weather when it snows. If it’s not going to snow, then I prefer the short sleeve weather too. I just wonder if any of these birds share the same warmer areas as the people that moved south with them?

Where do you go to find out about something? Is there a certain place you check to read about history or the latest breaking news? Do you have a laptop you keep handy or using one of the cool new netbooks to stay informed? Do you rely on others to keep you posted on the latest current events in the world? What exactly would you call your number 1 source to the outside world? Is it the cell phone that’s your most prized possession and the thing that gives you the most information?

Information in the 21st century is very important. Just look at Google and the empire they have created. The Google company hasn’t invented anything new; nor have they cured any diseases or figured out a way to turn water into wine. All Google does is provide people with information and it’s made them a multi billion dollar company. Who would have thought that could happened 100 years ago or even 25 years ago. We have came a long ways and a big reason why is the amount of information that is at our fingertips. If we can stay informed about key things like the weather, then it helps us to plan our days better. Everything we need to know is out there, it’s just a matter of stream lining it to ourselves.

The dreaded flu or swine flu is still around and hasn’t went anywhere. I got a bad flu about 6 months ago and figured this was my first experience with the swine flu. I didn’t receive no medical treatments from a doctor, just stayed in bed and waited it out. I didn’t think I would get sick again anytime soon, but now I have gotten the flu for a 2nd time this year. Perhaps this 2nd time is really the swine flu for me or maybe I just got the regular flu this time. No matter what you want to call it, the flu is no fun to have. I am still weak and battling my flu symptoms. I have felt a little better today; compared to the last 2 days which was really bad. The coughing seems to be the worse thing with a very soar chest. I have a runny nose and fever associated with my coughing spells too. I hope everyone is still continuing to protect their selves from the flu. I’m not sure if I have ever had the famous swine flu, but I have got the flu bug 2 different times within 6 months and this is rare for me. Usually once a year and even then it’s not really bad. I probably catch a bad cold about once a year, but have already had to battle the flu 2 different times and I’m not out of the woods yet on my 2nd sickness.