And the angel said unto them,
Fear not: for, behold,
I bring you good tidings of great joy,
which shall be to all people.
For unto you is born
this day in the city of David
a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
Luke 2:10 – 11
Luke 2:10 – 11
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Monday, December 22, 2008
Boondoggle!
Congress has been passing out tax money like it was penny candy.
Recently billions of dollars was earmarked to bailout banks and financial instituitions. Now if any company should know how to handle money it should be a company whose business is handling money. I mean handle it responsibly, not just play with it.
Yesterday an Associated Press story revealed that bank executives got billions of dollars in bonuses and incentives last year and then asked the taxpayer to pay for them. Read the story on MSNBC . Some banks cut executive salaries but still doled out multi-million dollar bonus packages.
If you screwed up as badly as these company leaders did, you'd expect to get fired.
This morning the Associated Press released another story story that 21 banks refused to say how and where they were spending our tax money. Some of them claimed they just didn't know. Duh, maybe this is why they needed to ask for a handout in the first place?
MAYBE CONGRESS SHOULDN'T HAVE HANDED THEM OUR MONEY WITHOUT DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY?
Recently billions of dollars was earmarked to bailout banks and financial instituitions. Now if any company should know how to handle money it should be a company whose business is handling money. I mean handle it responsibly, not just play with it.
Yesterday an Associated Press story revealed that bank executives got billions of dollars in bonuses and incentives last year and then asked the taxpayer to pay for them. Read the story on MSNBC . Some banks cut executive salaries but still doled out multi-million dollar bonus packages.
If you screwed up as badly as these company leaders did, you'd expect to get fired.
This morning the Associated Press released another story story that 21 banks refused to say how and where they were spending our tax money. Some of them claimed they just didn't know. Duh, maybe this is why they needed to ask for a handout in the first place?
MAYBE CONGRESS SHOULDN'T HAVE HANDED THEM OUR MONEY WITHOUT DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY?
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Book review.
I am reading a book called The Lost Tomb that I bought for my trip back in October. I've been reading it for at least a month and I've finished a couple of other books during that time. It's one of those books that's almost interesting, almost compelling, but not quite.
It has pages, after excruciating pages, of obscure historical accounts that I'm skipping while I search for the action sentences that will move the plot forward. They seem to be few and far between. And they seem to be the same scenes, same activity, just different locales. Occasionally, a new character will join the party, but mostly just to give more history lectures.
The thing that annoys me most is that all the characters murmur, all the time. The author can't write "she exclaimed", "he whispered". No, it has to be "she murmured", "he murmurmed". One time they murmured three times on one page. One time somebody "murmured excitedly" - I don't think you can do that.
I've got less than 100 pages to go and I'm trying valiantly to finish. "Why?", you may well ask. Because I paid $6.99 for the book, that's why.
It has pages, after excruciating pages, of obscure historical accounts that I'm skipping while I search for the action sentences that will move the plot forward. They seem to be few and far between. And they seem to be the same scenes, same activity, just different locales. Occasionally, a new character will join the party, but mostly just to give more history lectures.
The thing that annoys me most is that all the characters murmur, all the time. The author can't write "she exclaimed", "he whispered". No, it has to be "she murmured", "he murmurmed". One time they murmured three times on one page. One time somebody "murmured excitedly" - I don't think you can do that.
I've got less than 100 pages to go and I'm trying valiantly to finish. "Why?", you may well ask. Because I paid $6.99 for the book, that's why.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Blackberry Winter Re-Visited
I knew I had heard the term "blackberry winter" but I couldn't remember what it was so I Googled it. Just in case you want to know, it's a southern phrase referring to a brief cold spell that occurs when the blackberries are blooming (about mid-May).
It's about 20 degrees outside my front door right now and I'm wondering just how cold can it get in the south in mid-May? What are they considering a "cold spell"? 50's? 60's? Wimps!
It's about 20 degrees outside my front door right now and I'm wondering just how cold can it get in the south in mid-May? What are they considering a "cold spell"? 50's? 60's? Wimps!
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