I just found this, and it’s quite fascinating.
Peter Schiff virtually had a crystal ball to see the financial health of the U.S., and the other financial “experts” just laughed at him.
This includes financial news clips from 2006 and 2007.
###
Hi Steve,
You and I were at Homestead together. You may remember me (not likely, of course), because I stood out occasionally (though certainly not intentionally).
For one, I was that bicycle-rider, the one who came up with the idea of using a back-pack to carry my books while riding to school. It was a transitional idea since I had been using a back-pack to safely carry my camera gear on my bicycle when I went out shooting. After the expected bullies found a new target for their taunts and ridicules, I soon found myself amazed that in a short time, it seemed as if half the student body were using back-packs.
When I think of a simple occasion, yet one that can often become a most memorable one, good friends sharing an excellent meal is at the top of the list. Many years ago, visiting the West coast on business, my long-time friend, Dave, invited me over to dinner to meet his wife, Melissa.
After working a full day in an executive position, Melissa served up a meal that was a culinary piece of art — both in appearance and flavor. I was quietly in awe. After that evening, I don’t believe I ever mentioned it to them again, but it was as casual as it was uniquely special, becoming a simply unforgettable (as well as an unforgettably simple) occasion that still elicits a warm smile.
Success in the culinary arts requires passion, just as any art form does.
Recently, I discovered that the online Culinary School Guide published their list of the Top 100 Useful Search Engines for Chefs, Cooks and Food Lovers. When you read down the list and begin to visit their selected sites, I suggest you begin at a comfortable time after eating a meal … don’t do it when you’re hungry. It is eye-opening. The sites they chose offer an incredible variety of sources to find virtually anything one could drool over — well, almost anything.
Continue reading…
The following post falls directly into the category of shameless self-promotion.
This is a closely monitored category by the Special POC Police Force. The POC consists solely of police cadets who failed training in any other police program — this is a group you do not want to mess with.
Those who break the rules concerning self-promotional activities are usually snatched-up, without warning, as they walk out their door, exit their car, or are just taking care of business in a public rest room. They are immediately blind-folded, and taken to the special venue established for public humiliation. At that point, only the unspeakable remains.
So, to play it safe, I just checked the Big Book of Rules, sub-category Self-Promotion, sub-section Shameless or Flagrant, and there it was — it would appear that I am no where near my quota. Actually, I’m in a credit status, telling me that I need to do more of these.
In any event, you can comfortably breath a collective sigh of relief.
WAIT! Don’t go yet. We haven’t arrived at the start.
Sorry about all that — just taking care of business (not as in the way used above).
MSNBC.com has a sub-section in the Travel sub-category titled Picture of the Week.
A photo that was exposed in the camera I was holding, loaded with Kodachrome 64, back in 1983, while shooting a Honda commercial in Arches National Park, is in this week’s finalists for Picture of the Week. I would guess the idea now is to be the highest vote-getter.
So, to make it easier to find my photo on the MSNBC Web page, I created a focused version — simply click on the Web page thumbnail and you’ll see where my image is.
As it looks now, I don’t have a chance in hell of winning. But, if you take the time to look at the page, and feel just a bit of pity … that’s good enough, as I’ll gladly accept a vote of pity. And sharing this info with your closest friends (down to distant acquaintances) would be acceptable, too.
Just think how great you’ll feel as being part of a group that really made a difference — or, consider how you’ll feel if you don’t.
Lastly, please feel free to use any or all those little tiny buttons right there … see them? … just below these last few lines, for your added convenience.
Gracias … Thank you … Obrigado … Вы … 감사하십시오 … Merci
Dank u … 谢谢 … Σας ευχαριστούμε … ありがとう… Danke
This photograph is also available as a high-resolution, gicleé print, with many sizes to choose from. Custom framing is also available.
###
From the time a baby is born, to sometime before they learn to speak, they still remember where they came from … and I’m not referring to the womb. I mean the place before that — that place we return to when we leave these cheap, humanoid housings behind.
And that’s why babies cry so much: they are totally bummed when they get here, and want to go back. But by the time they can speak, those memories have been overwritten by Aunt-In-Your-Face-Martha, Crazy-Uncle-Bad-Breath-Bob, and all the other monsters.
Hell, maybe this is purgatory … uh? (yes, pun intended)
###
 |
 |
 |
