Half Armenian, Full Eagle
I went on Facebook to change my status tonight and my status was set to “Timothy is loving the beautiful snowfall and trying her best to focus on her academics“. Now the fact that I am not in school anymore is the one that I am concerned with. It’s not the fact that I am a “him” and not a “her”. 
I wonder if Facebook even realizes the mistake or if it is just my account. Oh well, funny anyways.
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I was watching the movie “Elf” tonight and I saw the part where he was using Lite-Brite and it got me thinking. I remember sitting our playroom growing up using Lite-Brite for everything. We used it to write “Happy Birthday” or “Merry Christmas”. It brought me back to a time when life was a lot easier.
I looked up Lite-Brite to see if it still exists and not only does it still exist, but look at all of the lite-brite products they have now.
I also found that you can Create Your Own Lite-Brite online which was awesome. This is what I created in 5 minutes. The top one is the Armenian Flag and the bottom should be the American Flag, but you can only do so much in a short amount of time.
Enjoy!
The economy is so bad that some of the biggest stores are closing some/all of their stores because they are losing too much money.
I wanted to give everyone a heads up that if you tend to give gift cards around the holidays, you need to be careful that the cards will be honored after the holidays. Stores that are planning to close after Christmas are still selling the cards through the holidays even though the cards will be worthless January 1. There is no law preventing them from doing this. On the contrary, it is referred to as ‘Bankruptcy Planning).
Below is a partial list of stores that you need to be cautious about:
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Today was the first Thanksgiving without my father. I know that over the next months there will be a lot of first _____ without him, but it is very hard. The holidays are the time when our family, just like many others, spent the most time together. We had certain traditions that will change and memories we shared.
I know that Thanksgiving is all about giving thanks and there are plenty of things to be thankful for. There are some people who don’t have food to eat or a place to live. Don’t get me wrong, I have food to eat and a place to live, but it still doesn’t change the fact about how much it hurts to not spend time with my dad. Some point I will be able to be thankful during the holidays, but it won’t be for a little bit.
To all those who have the chance to spend time with their loved ones, I hope you enjoyed it and make sure to remember the time you get to spend with them.
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Way to go “Mr. President”! I know it wasn’t his mistake, but it has his and Laura’s name on it. It turns out that someone in Mrs. Bush’s staff who sent out an invitation to American Jewish leaders for a Hanukkah reception at the White House with a Christmas tree on it.
Not a major mistake, but just really funny.
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Every two years, each country competes in the Chess Olympiad to see which country has the best chess players in the world. The Armenian chess team took the title back to back times beating China in the 11th round.
“I’ve had no doubts that our guys will do it. But in any case I feel greatly relieved that it’s over now and we can celebrate our success,” said one fan after learning the news.
Meanwhile, Armenia’s women finished outside the top six, but scored a number of memorable victories during the tournament, among them the demolition of the Azerbaijani team 4-0.
Congratulations to the Armenian chess team.
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I know that 24 Redemption premiered last night, but I was DVRing it and watched it tonight. I miss 24 a lot because of how amazing the writing actually is. You are sitting on the edge of your seat the entire time. However, I will have to wait for January before I get to watch a new episode.
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In about an hour, I am going to take the T into Boston to see the Jim Gaffigan show. I talked about it last week and I was still trying to figure out who to take. I talked with my friend Heather and she really wanted to go. Apparently there is an opening act that isn’t that good, but one of my friends who saw the show, said Gaffigan was absolutely amazing.
“It’s like having a really bad dinner and then having the best dessert ever.” - Eric
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Kevin Youkilis has been selected as the recipient of the 2008 Jackie Jensen Award, it was announced by the Boston Chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America.
In addition, the Boston BBWAA announced it has named second baseman Dustin Pedroia as its 2008 Red Sox Most Valuable Player. Left-handed pitcher Jon Lester was chosen as the Chapter’s 2008 Red Sox Pitcher of the Year.
Other award recipients at the Boston Baseball Dinner are: Jacoby Ellsbury - Red Sox Rookie of the Year; Jonathan Papelbon - Red Sox Fireman of the Year; Sean Casey - Good Guy Award; Jeff Bailey - Red Sox Minor League Award. Other award winners will be announced in the future.
Tickets for the dinner are priced at $150.00 each. Tickets can be purchased by making checks payable to Boston Chapter BBWAA and mailing to: Boston Chapter BBWAA, P.O. Box 7346, Nashua, NH, 03060. Proceeds from the event will help the Chapter to continue supporting charitable causes.
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Mint is free fully functional personal budget management system. It allows you to add all your accounts into their secure system and track purchases and watch trends. I have added my checking account, savings, “brokerage (another savings)”, paypal and my student loans. With my student loans in there, it lets me know how much I owe on them and what my debt to asset ratio and what my net worth is.
I can name each transaction that I make with each account, categorize it and then tag them for later searching. It will send you emails when there is unusual spending on a specific account or merchant. It is a very robust system that I would highly recommend to anyone who has a lot of accounts.
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