Thursday, January 29, 2009
thank you dave ramsey
For getting to the bottom of Obama's proposed economic stimulus package! amazing. He's only been in office a little over a week and the lying has begun! straight to the faces of americans! many of whom are too ignorant to dig into these things and see the truth. very enlightening!
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Time to get motivated.
or something.
I attended the "get motivated" business seminar today. I had been out of the office sick Mon and Tue. When I got into work at 6AM this morning, I found out in my email I had been approved to attend while I was out. Fabulous. Now, all I needed was a ticket. Of course, our secretary nor my boss were in yet. And, they of course had possession of said ticket. So I waited until 7 AM, which is when the doors opened at the Von Braun Center. Still no one.
I scurried downstairs to our training coordinator's office and explained the situation. She understood and reached into her desk and pulled out a stack of tickets bound with a rubber band. She pulled one out and handed it to me, and said "I have a few of these Platinum seats left. Take one of these." I gave my thanks and scurried out the door, not realizing exactly what I was holding in my hand at the time.
On the radio, reports were traffic was insane and they were expecting 15,000 people to show up. Of course, this area is know for major event traffic malfunctions, and they were encouraging everyone to park at the baseball stadium and ride the chartered busses to the convention hall. I complied.
Upon arrival, yes things were a big cluster. After riding standing up, on a sit down only bus, I was directed into the south hall area. While briskly walking to the hall, I was bombarded by people selling stuff. Of course, my main concern was going to be lunch. I did not get a chance to eat breakfast at work like normal (and I hadn't had my morning cup of hot tea either, so I was a little cranky). One of the vendor's was Ruth's Chris steakhouse offering a $15 lunch buffet. The menu listed BBQ and chicken. Those are 2 of my favorites so I was in on that. Later, I thought, RC is a steakhouse... why serving BBQ and Chicken?
I entered the hall and was bombarded by a sea of people. I approached one of the dozens of tables with colorful looking magazines and proceeded to pick one up and the girl behind it asked to see my voucher. Of course, I didn't have a voucher, all I had was my ticket stub. She then explained the colorful books were $20 if the company didn't pre-order them. I obviously passed on that after paying $5 for parking and $15 for lunch.
I meandered towards the front of the hall, assuming my "Platinum" ticket was more valuable then the "Premier" labels I was seeing on the seats at the back of the hall. As I walked down the narrow isles I started seeing people I knew. Lots of familiar faces. After chatting, I continued my walk and got to the "Executive" section. I thought, Executive sounds pretty important, but where does Platinum fit into all this? I walked up a little further and saw "V.I.P". Now I was really beginning to wonder where the freak my seats were. (remember, cranky from no breakfast and no hot tea).
I walked about 300 feet over to the side and found someone who appeared to have a badge on and asked, "Where is the Platinum seating?" The nice gentleman informed me that it was in the area where the black (and very cushy) seats were located up by the stage. Wow! My Platinum ticket, and fortune of being out sick for 2 days had landed me a spot in the front row... with a bunch of suits... with me wearing blue jeans, a stylish V-neck sweater, and tennis shoes. What?
I took my seat and then realized that there were about 5 video cameras and they were filming. One of the B-roll guys and his gaffe were working right in front of me. As a result, about every time I looked over, the camera was pointed in my general direction. So, I'm guessing there wasa lot of b-roll footage taken of me. Look for me on a "Get MOtivated" DVD coming to a shelf near you!
Overall the speakers were good. Although, to me it seemed like more of a "buy our program" thing in general. A lot of the life stories were intereseting, but the actual material was just about what you would get in any management course in college, of which I've had my share.
About the only thing I got out of it was from Phil Town who talked about Personal Finance and doing Covered Calls, options, for making money with large returns. I've been researching it all day. Once we get the house paid for, I will probably look into doing it with some of the extra money we'll have... after all other financial obligations are taken care of.
I attended the "get motivated" business seminar today. I had been out of the office sick Mon and Tue. When I got into work at 6AM this morning, I found out in my email I had been approved to attend while I was out. Fabulous. Now, all I needed was a ticket. Of course, our secretary nor my boss were in yet. And, they of course had possession of said ticket. So I waited until 7 AM, which is when the doors opened at the Von Braun Center. Still no one.
I scurried downstairs to our training coordinator's office and explained the situation. She understood and reached into her desk and pulled out a stack of tickets bound with a rubber band. She pulled one out and handed it to me, and said "I have a few of these Platinum seats left. Take one of these." I gave my thanks and scurried out the door, not realizing exactly what I was holding in my hand at the time.
On the radio, reports were traffic was insane and they were expecting 15,000 people to show up. Of course, this area is know for major event traffic malfunctions, and they were encouraging everyone to park at the baseball stadium and ride the chartered busses to the convention hall. I complied.
Upon arrival, yes things were a big cluster. After riding standing up, on a sit down only bus, I was directed into the south hall area. While briskly walking to the hall, I was bombarded by people selling stuff. Of course, my main concern was going to be lunch. I did not get a chance to eat breakfast at work like normal (and I hadn't had my morning cup of hot tea either, so I was a little cranky). One of the vendor's was Ruth's Chris steakhouse offering a $15 lunch buffet. The menu listed BBQ and chicken. Those are 2 of my favorites so I was in on that. Later, I thought, RC is a steakhouse... why serving BBQ and Chicken?
I entered the hall and was bombarded by a sea of people. I approached one of the dozens of tables with colorful looking magazines and proceeded to pick one up and the girl behind it asked to see my voucher. Of course, I didn't have a voucher, all I had was my ticket stub. She then explained the colorful books were $20 if the company didn't pre-order them. I obviously passed on that after paying $5 for parking and $15 for lunch.
I meandered towards the front of the hall, assuming my "Platinum" ticket was more valuable then the "Premier" labels I was seeing on the seats at the back of the hall. As I walked down the narrow isles I started seeing people I knew. Lots of familiar faces. After chatting, I continued my walk and got to the "Executive" section. I thought, Executive sounds pretty important, but where does Platinum fit into all this? I walked up a little further and saw "V.I.P". Now I was really beginning to wonder where the freak my seats were. (remember, cranky from no breakfast and no hot tea).
I walked about 300 feet over to the side and found someone who appeared to have a badge on and asked, "Where is the Platinum seating?" The nice gentleman informed me that it was in the area where the black (and very cushy) seats were located up by the stage. Wow! My Platinum ticket, and fortune of being out sick for 2 days had landed me a spot in the front row... with a bunch of suits... with me wearing blue jeans, a stylish V-neck sweater, and tennis shoes. What?
I took my seat and then realized that there were about 5 video cameras and they were filming. One of the B-roll guys and his gaffe were working right in front of me. As a result, about every time I looked over, the camera was pointed in my general direction. So, I'm guessing there wasa lot of b-roll footage taken of me. Look for me on a "Get MOtivated" DVD coming to a shelf near you!
Overall the speakers were good. Although, to me it seemed like more of a "buy our program" thing in general. A lot of the life stories were intereseting, but the actual material was just about what you would get in any management course in college, of which I've had my share.
About the only thing I got out of it was from Phil Town who talked about Personal Finance and doing Covered Calls, options, for making money with large returns. I've been researching it all day. Once we get the house paid for, I will probably look into doing it with some of the extra money we'll have... after all other financial obligations are taken care of.
Monday, January 19, 2009
The Hills Have Eyes
So, I'm watching this horror movie on Spike TV right now. Yes it's gross and what not. But, I look at this father's determination to get his child back from the mutants and like, it is so powerful. Having a son, I relate to his death fight with the mutants to save the infants life. Weird. I doubt I would be able to connect with a horror movie on such a level had I not had this experience with having a son. Enlightening really.
I see everything quite differently now. Today in town, there was a funeral for a local solider who was recently killed in Iraq. The whole city came out to show their support and thanks for his service by standing on the local highway. As the herse drove past and I saw the look in the parents eyes, as they waved a wave of "thank you" to us... it was look of such sorrow and loss. It really hit me. As a father you just see things differently.
Everyday Brayden grows so much and does new things. I can't imagine a better thing in life. His new favorite activity is sitting in his jumper and jumping while I play guitar. That is so awesome, and he has good rhythm!
Ok back to the movie. Watching the father hack these mutants to death with a battle axe is quite interesting. Now seeing the guys dog tear apart one is also quite interesting.
Allright, I gotta finish watching this gore fest. More later.
I see everything quite differently now. Today in town, there was a funeral for a local solider who was recently killed in Iraq. The whole city came out to show their support and thanks for his service by standing on the local highway. As the herse drove past and I saw the look in the parents eyes, as they waved a wave of "thank you" to us... it was look of such sorrow and loss. It really hit me. As a father you just see things differently.
Everyday Brayden grows so much and does new things. I can't imagine a better thing in life. His new favorite activity is sitting in his jumper and jumping while I play guitar. That is so awesome, and he has good rhythm!
Ok back to the movie. Watching the father hack these mutants to death with a battle axe is quite interesting. Now seeing the guys dog tear apart one is also quite interesting.
Allright, I gotta finish watching this gore fest. More later.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Friday, January 09, 2009
How is it possible
that we are already 9 days into 2009? It really is true, the older you get, the faster time goes by. It seems like it is so hard to get the simplest things accomplished these days. With a 5 month old baby, and a 3 month old puppy, the time really gets away from me.
I have made a commitment though, to getting back into guitar for 2009, and do at least 30 minutes a night before I go to bed. So far I have been able to keep that up.
I also have started reading more. I kind of got out of the groove there for a few months. My wife got me some great books for Christmas so I'm looking forward to going through those this year.
Like everyone else... I'm going to the gym regularly again, and am taking up basketball again. That should be interesting. Less than 3 months till spring break!
Glad it's the weekend. Although, I am working overtime tomorrow...
I have made a commitment though, to getting back into guitar for 2009, and do at least 30 minutes a night before I go to bed. So far I have been able to keep that up.
I also have started reading more. I kind of got out of the groove there for a few months. My wife got me some great books for Christmas so I'm looking forward to going through those this year.
Like everyone else... I'm going to the gym regularly again, and am taking up basketball again. That should be interesting. Less than 3 months till spring break!
Glad it's the weekend. Although, I am working overtime tomorrow...
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