Monday, June 04, 2012
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Iselin Times: Eric LeGrand signed by Tampa Bay
Iselin Times: Eric LeGrand signed by Tampa Bay: From Jaffe Communications, which you can find HERE : TAMPA BAY - In a symbolic gesture, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers announced the signing ...
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Lunch Time
I'm at work, on lunch. So I have a minute to post again.
I think the last I told y'all, I'd lost my job, right? Well, lucky for me, I got called back to the School System again... so once again, I'm gainfully employed full time. Makes me happy. It's not the same school, but it's an even better job in some respects, because it is one of the few secretarial jobs with a teacher's schedule. So what that means, is I have off this summer! How exciting! Of course, I'm paid less. But I can live with that, because at least I'm getting paid again. Less is better than nothing!
So this summer I have the benefit of a summer off without worrying about having a job. An unusual and exciting situation.
Where previously, I made the (unemployed) summers all about art, I'm looking forward to making this summer all about words.
I mentioned that I have two books in mind, right? I want to write. I've dabbled with writing before, with stories for Nanowrimo. But November really isn't a good time to Nanowrimo. On the other hand, the summer should be great!
(And I'll probably mix some art in as well...)
Story one - my family history story. I've done research on my family tree for years. I have a lot of anecdotes collected. And I have a pretty good imagination for filling in the details. So I'm thinking of a semi-fictional family biography. How 'bout that idea? And... I'm actually probably going to include recipes in it as well.
This story is really for ME, more than for anyone else. I know what I want to record, and how I want to record it. I hope it's interesting enough for anyone to want to read - but I'm not sure that it will be, and I really don't care.
Story two - a fictional story. I want to take a stab at writing an e-book, purely fictional entertainment, purely to see if I can write a book purely to entertain other people (and maybe to make a profit at the same time? One can only hope!) After all, Rowling was not an author when she started Harry Potter - and I'm pretty sure neither was the chick who wrote about Bella and Edward and Jacob, that vampire book - what was that called again? I forget.
I've always wanted to paint. I've painted - and I find that as much as I enjoy it, I'm really not that good at it yet.
I also always thought that I could write a book. But I also felt (as a child and as a young adult) that I would need to be old in order to have the perspective and experiences to make it interesting. So I feel like I've hit a good age; I'm old enough, I think. I might not get any more interesting than I am at this exact moment.
So it's time to try.
And, now, lunch is over. So, it's back to work...
I think the last I told y'all, I'd lost my job, right? Well, lucky for me, I got called back to the School System again... so once again, I'm gainfully employed full time. Makes me happy. It's not the same school, but it's an even better job in some respects, because it is one of the few secretarial jobs with a teacher's schedule. So what that means, is I have off this summer! How exciting! Of course, I'm paid less. But I can live with that, because at least I'm getting paid again. Less is better than nothing!
So this summer I have the benefit of a summer off without worrying about having a job. An unusual and exciting situation.
Where previously, I made the (unemployed) summers all about art, I'm looking forward to making this summer all about words.
I mentioned that I have two books in mind, right? I want to write. I've dabbled with writing before, with stories for Nanowrimo. But November really isn't a good time to Nanowrimo. On the other hand, the summer should be great!
(And I'll probably mix some art in as well...)
Story one - my family history story. I've done research on my family tree for years. I have a lot of anecdotes collected. And I have a pretty good imagination for filling in the details. So I'm thinking of a semi-fictional family biography. How 'bout that idea? And... I'm actually probably going to include recipes in it as well.
This story is really for ME, more than for anyone else. I know what I want to record, and how I want to record it. I hope it's interesting enough for anyone to want to read - but I'm not sure that it will be, and I really don't care.
Story two - a fictional story. I want to take a stab at writing an e-book, purely fictional entertainment, purely to see if I can write a book purely to entertain other people (and maybe to make a profit at the same time? One can only hope!) After all, Rowling was not an author when she started Harry Potter - and I'm pretty sure neither was the chick who wrote about Bella and Edward and Jacob, that vampire book - what was that called again? I forget.
I've always wanted to paint. I've painted - and I find that as much as I enjoy it, I'm really not that good at it yet.
I also always thought that I could write a book. But I also felt (as a child and as a young adult) that I would need to be old in order to have the perspective and experiences to make it interesting. So I feel like I've hit a good age; I'm old enough, I think. I might not get any more interesting than I am at this exact moment.
So it's time to try.
And, now, lunch is over. So, it's back to work...
Monday, April 30, 2012
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Remember me?
Ummm... Hi!
Long time, no see, right?
Especially for a blog named Keep in Touch, I haven't been. I just looked at this blog for the first time in MONTHS yesterday. I kinda miss it.
I've been pretty busy over at my other blog, the Iselin Times. Sometimes it's all I can do to make sure I get new stuff put up over there. I'm trying to make that one pay -- well, it's starting to generate a little bit of money, but not much of course. But I keep trying :) Plus, the purpose of the Iselin Times, which is to show the good side of Iselin - well, that's working to a degree.
But that's not why I'm blogging here right now. I was looking at old posts, and I do really miss it. I'm thinking about coming back and blogging here again. I hope I do. I am not making any promises, though.
Having two blogs is difficult, especially considering everything else going on. Like Facebook and Twitter and now Pinterest too. And a few TV shows I like.... and several projects I'm really into right now. Projects? Well, I'm still painting. Plus the garden is getting ready for the season. And I'm trying to make a quilt. And I'm working on some things for my parents and my in-laws for their anniversary. Plus, I really want to try to write a book - I have another germ of an idea, so that's actually TWO books. Not to mention - I am working again! Yay! and the usual cooking and cleaning. WEll, I hope to be back. We'll see.
What's new with you? Feel free to comment. I see the comments in my email, so I will definitely know when you write, and I'll try to write back and keep in touch.
Especially for a blog named Keep in Touch, I haven't been. I just looked at this blog for the first time in MONTHS yesterday. I kinda miss it.
I've been pretty busy over at my other blog, the Iselin Times. Sometimes it's all I can do to make sure I get new stuff put up over there. I'm trying to make that one pay -- well, it's starting to generate a little bit of money, but not much of course. But I keep trying :) Plus, the purpose of the Iselin Times, which is to show the good side of Iselin - well, that's working to a degree.
But that's not why I'm blogging here right now. I was looking at old posts, and I do really miss it. I'm thinking about coming back and blogging here again. I hope I do. I am not making any promises, though.
Having two blogs is difficult, especially considering everything else going on. Like Facebook and Twitter and now Pinterest too. And a few TV shows I like.... and several projects I'm really into right now. Projects? Well, I'm still painting. Plus the garden is getting ready for the season. And I'm trying to make a quilt. And I'm working on some things for my parents and my in-laws for their anniversary. Plus, I really want to try to write a book - I have another germ of an idea, so that's actually TWO books. Not to mention - I am working again! Yay! and the usual cooking and cleaning. WEll, I hope to be back. We'll see.
What's new with you? Feel free to comment. I see the comments in my email, so I will definitely know when you write, and I'll try to write back and keep in touch.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Monday, August 15, 2011
In a Financial Fog
I'm having trouble really understanding finance and politics, and I'm tired of not being able to argue my point of view very well. One thought I had is that I should study the whole topic, economics and politics and tax and finance, so that I can understand it better. I've been avoiding studying it for a few reasons. One reason, because every time I start reading more about it, I get depressed or aggravated. Another reason - because it's such a huge topic, and I always assume that there are more than two sides to any given story, and nothing is black and white, but everything is a hazy shade of gray. And finally - because I'm afraid that I'm not really smart enough to understand what is going on with the whole economy, because if all of these smart people out there have so many different opinions, how can I possibly understand?
But I've decided to start trying to keep track of things I read, in order to be able to go back to them and make sense out of them. So, in that vein, here are a few interesting thoughts/quotes/articles/points/ whatever ya wanna call them.
Warren Buffett wrote an editorial on why we should stop coddling the super rich: HERE
"...from 1980 to 2005, more than 80 percent of total increase in Americans’ income went to the top 1 percent of taxpayers...." Jill Schlesinger, from MoneyWatch.com (CBS) read more HERE
Read more: http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/financial-decoder/buffett-on-taxes-rich-should-pay-more/4830/#ixzz1V7jW5Sqk
The Pay at the Top: from the New York Times... you can read it HERE...
The compensation research firm Equilar compiled data reflecting pay for 200 chief executives at 199 public companies that filed their annual proxies by April 1 and had revenue of at least $7 billion.
The number one guy -
My goal in this exercise is NOT to only be one sided, although so far my links are one sided. My goal is to really learn the truth. The hard part about that is that I already have an opinion, and my opinion is so far left I'm practically a socialist or communist or something. BUT... please... I am a VERY PATRIOTIC AMERICAN, before you get any ideas! So, I'm planning on doing more research, including on tea party ideals and tenets. I want to have the whole story, or as close as I can get to it.
And then, I guess, my goal is to fix it.
But I've decided to start trying to keep track of things I read, in order to be able to go back to them and make sense out of them. So, in that vein, here are a few interesting thoughts/quotes/articles/points/ whatever ya wanna call them.
Warren Buffett wrote an editorial on why we should stop coddling the super rich: HERE
"...from 1980 to 2005, more than 80 percent of total increase in Americans’ income went to the top 1 percent of taxpayers...." Jill Schlesinger, from MoneyWatch.com (CBS) read more HERE
Read more: http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/financial-decoder/buffett-on-taxes-rich-should-pay-more/4830/#ixzz1V7jW5Sqk
The Pay at the Top: from the New York Times... you can read it HERE...
The compensation research firm Equilar compiled data reflecting pay for 200 chief executives at 199 public companies that filed their annual proxies by April 1 and had revenue of at least $7 billion.
The number one guy -
Viacom Philippe P. Dauman -
well, he didn't get a raise in 2009, because his company had laid off about 850 people. I'm pretty sure they weren't hired back. So obviously, he deserved to make about 149% more in compensation from 2009 to 2010, because after all he'd missed a year, and they probably showed a pretty good bottom line that year. So he went from $34 Million to $89.5 Million.
My goal in this exercise is NOT to only be one sided, although so far my links are one sided. My goal is to really learn the truth. The hard part about that is that I already have an opinion, and my opinion is so far left I'm practically a socialist or communist or something. BUT... please... I am a VERY PATRIOTIC AMERICAN, before you get any ideas! So, I'm planning on doing more research, including on tea party ideals and tenets. I want to have the whole story, or as close as I can get to it.
And then, I guess, my goal is to fix it.
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