Worked from Home Today

I worked from home today because of the bad weather. It snowed about 4 inches over night and called for wintry mix all day. I hate this weather and this winter. I feel like this has been the worse since we moved back from San Diego. Thank god for the snow blower. If I had to shovel that crap myself, I would have probably keeled over and would still be laying out there hoping someone came along to help me.

Beer Pong

If anyone is interested, we have almost a full year to practice for the next World Series of Beer Pong. I know a quite a few people that would probably be pretty good at this.

Good Luck Mr. President

I wish President Obama well in his journey. Words must now be put into action. He seems like the right man for the job but he's going to need a lot of help. Each and everyone of us needs to get behind him to make this thing work. Things may look bad, but I find it hard to believe the solutions aren't out there. We just have to look hard enough. I've always said that being President is a thankless job I would never want. Well Mr. President, you wanted it, you got it. Just Do It!! Good luck.

Twitter Poll Results

The people have spoken and don't know WTF Twitter is. I'm not surprised, but I did expect some of you to know a little more about it. Fifty-Six percent of you had no idea what it is. According to the home page, Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing? If you are on Facebook, it's kind of like updating your status all the time. If you are interested in learning more about Twitter, go to http://www.twitter.com/ and check it out. And I would love to know who the one person is that said they have a Twitter account.

Funny Heineken Commercial

I saw this commercial and thought it was hilarious. You guys out there might enjoy it more than the gals, but it's funny no matter who you are. I think you need QuickTime to see it.

Enjoy your weekend.

Heineken Commercial

Kids are really Smart

According to MRI's 2008 American Kids Study, children ages 6-11 are increasingly using the Internet to check out products they see in advertisements. 46.3% of kids visited a Web site they saw or heard about in a commercial or ad.

The older the child the more likely he or she is to take such action after viewing an ad. Of the almost 10.7 million young consumers who report visiting a company's Web site after viewing its ad, about 1/4 are 6-7 years old, 1/3 are 8-9 years old and 2/5 are 10-11 years old. These children are also more likely to come from households where there are no rules placed on which sites they can or cannot visit. 49.4% of girls and 50.6% of boys say that viewing an ad resulted in a Web site visit.


When I was a kid - they showed Cocoa Puffs on TV and I ran to my mother to tell her to buy them at the store. Now kids see stuff on TV and they run to the internet with mom's credit card and just order crap themselves. My my - how the times have changed.

Twitter

It is time for my first poll of the year. I'm curious how technically savvy my readers are. Do you know what Twitter is? Please answer my poll. Thanks.

Leisure time is Decreasing

According to a Harris Poll, our leisure time dropped 20% from 2007 to 2008. And I thought it was just me. It went from 20 hours a week to an all-time low of 16 hours per week. That is really sad. In 1973 it was 26 hours a week. That can only mean we are all spending way too much time working! It's gotta stop. We are going to work ourselves to death.

The Top 5 leisure time activities in 2008 were:
Reading 30%
TV watching 24%
Spending time with Family 17%
Exercise 8%
Fishing 7%

I would like to read more but I would have to say TV and the family are my big 2. Exercise - WTF is that!!

Another Year, Another Diet

Most of you may remember when I was dieting last year on Weight Watchers. Well I ended up losing 26 pounds. Unfortunately, I spent the rest of the year putting back on 16 of those. So I was happy that I lost 10 pounds in 2008, but I still want to lose more. So Sue and I are at it again. This time at least we don't have to lose as much. I'll be happy if I can lose 15-20 pounds this year, but as long as I continue the downward trend, I'll be happy. We'll still be following the Weight Watchers plan, but neither of us will be going to meetings. We are quite able to follow it on our own and the rah rah meetings are nice, but we are each others best cheerleaders so no need to spend the money every week to go to a meeting. Wish us luck!

Happy 6th Anniversary!

In my excitement over the iPhone, which has not diminished in any way, I forgot to mention that January 1st was my 6th wedding anniversary. I can't believe it's been 6 years already since Sue and I drove to Las Vegas and got hitched. I gave Sue a beautiful pair of earrings that she wanted with TJ's birthstone, Citron, and Sue surprised me with an awesome overnight stay at the Ocean Place in Long Branch. Sue's parents watched the kids and we went out to dinner. But after dinner, I actually guessed during dinner, we went to the Ocean Place on the boardwalk in Long Branch and checked in. The next day we enjoyed a yummy breakfast and the best massage I've ever had. Now I've only had 3 or 4, but this was easily the best. Then after the massages, was the experience I'll never forget. Getting my iPhone. Haha. Thank you to my wife for putting up with me for 6 years now. I'm not sure why she does but I'm sure glad she does. Happy Anniversary honey!

I got an iPhone

I'm very excited about my iPhone. It's my brand new toy. Just got it yesterday so still learning and since I've never had an actual iPod, getting to know my way around the iTunes store. This thing is AWESOME! I told Sue I haven't really been cool for some time except for the fact that I'm cool by association with her, but now my iPhone has made me cool again. Haha.

Happy New Year

I hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable holiday season and is ready for 2009! Does anyone else make New Year's Resolutions? Here are mine for 2009 - More patience (especially with Jessica), read more books (I think I only read 1 last year), lose weight (I'll discuss that in a later blog post), visit a new local spot every month (we always seem to go to the same restaurants, pizza joints, stores, etc. so this year I want to try some new places around town) and floss more - my teeth need some help.


If anyone else has some New Year's resolutions, please let me know what they are. Here's to an exciting and prosperous 2009!