Have you ever had a weekend that hit you like a whirlwind? One that left you feeling shattered but you still had to get up and get your work done. Well that happened to me this weekend. On Friday evening I was heading off to Hard Rock Hotel for an opening party for a business event when […]
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Well that’s the first silverware of the season wrapped up and my team, Wolverhampton Wanderers (Wolves) managed to defeat the big money merchants, Manchester City 4-3 in the final! Now, before anyone gets too excited I should qualify things… it was the UK Masters Football tournament…a tournament for retired pro’s! It’s nothing more than a fun […]
Continue reading …Just had this sent to me by a friend: Law of the Garbage Truck One day I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport. We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed […]
Continue reading …All the talk in the press is generally of a negative nature… very little air time or article time is devoted to good news so I thought I’d share a few facts with you I picked up recently from Jeff Thredgold, President of Thredgold Economic Associates: 1. The middle and lower middle class had stronger […]
Continue reading …Where do you go when you’ve won 8 Gold Medals?
August 30, 2008 Comments Off on Where do you go when you’ve won 8 Gold Medals?Orlando, of course. Michael Phelps was in Orlando for the Disney parade yesterday. Main Street was pretty crowded about an hour before the parade as Disney periodically announced that Michael Phelps would be there. Michael’s a popular guy at the moment. On Thursday he was in New York City filming for a cameo role in […]
Continue reading …I was recently reading an article that stated that the millionaires club has grown by 600,000 people. Apparently, the number of people with at least $1 million in assets passed the 10 million mark for the first time in 2007. The combined wealth of these millionaires grew to $41 TRILLION, an increase of 9% in […]
Continue reading …Much has been made about the recent hike in gas prices and that the tourism industry is suffering because people aren’t getting in their cars or on planes because the price of gas has gone up and it’s now more expensive to get from point A to point B. Are we really being that hard done […]
Continue reading …Well the 2008 Olympics in Beijing are drawing to an end as I write this and it’s been a wonderful occassion. I have to confess that for the last 20+ years I really haven’t paid much attention to what’s been going on as far as the Olympics are concerned but something happened to change that. My […]
Continue reading …So after days of media coverage Tropical Storm Fay breezed through Orlando with barely a murmur. The main event for those of us in the path in Central Florida was from 2pm to 7pm but frankly, it was nothing more than a slightly windy rainy day. Which brings me to the point of this blog. […]
Continue reading …Phelps & Bolt make it a great weekend in China
August 17, 2008 Comments Off on Phelps & Bolt make it a great weekend in ChinaWow…what a weekend… Michael Phelps breaks the Olympic record held previously by Mark Spitz and now has 8 gold medals from 8 events. The fact that he shattered 7 world records is something of a footnote but the manner of his win in the butterfly will go down in history as a defining moment if […]
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