September 18, 2007

Jessica Alba Still House Hunting

Apparently my other girlfriend, Jessica Alba is house hunting in Venice.

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Always good for a bit of link bait.


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More On The O.J. Simpson Arrest

Now that I’ve had a few minutes to get over to CNN and see what all of the fuss is about I figured I would post about it. Apparently Las Vegas prosecutors have filed 11 charges against O.J. Simpson and his three buddies including two counts of first-degree kidnapping with use of a deadly weapon, two counts of robbery with a deadly weapon and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon. They are holding his scumbag self WITHOUT bail. Couldn’t happen to a nicer person, the asshat. I sincerely hope he doesn’t get to weasel his sorry ass out of this one.

At least Vegas isn’t like L.A. where the jury ended up acquitting Simpson because they were afraid of thousands of black people acting like fools and rioting through the streets (even though they did anyway).
One of the victims, Bruce Fromong has had a major heart attack and has been hospitalized since Monday night and is in the intensive care unit. I suppose if he doesn’t recover maybe they can finally get Simpson on a murder charge after all of these years.


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Photo Throws!

My Aunt is an artist. In addition to painting and photography she also
teaches in her studio when she has the time. Last year as gifts she painted
pillows for all of the ladies and the gifts were very well received. Ours is
great and it’s sitting on the couch right now. A couple of years back I made my
Great Aunt a T-shirt with photographs of my children on it as a Christmas gift
as well. People don’t have to receive $1000 gifts to be amazed. I know I am more
appreciative of the personalized gifts that I have received from my family and
children than any others that I have gotten. They are keepsakes to be
treasured.

One of the things that I thought when the wife received the painted throw
pillow was that it would be pretty cool if I could get a few of them with
photographs on. Apparently there are a couple of different places to get
personalized photo gifts like that and I wasn’t even aware of it until a few
days ago. VisionBedding has some really neat photo gifts such as Photo Blankets
and Pillows. Blankets!

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The prices are pretty decent and range from about $59 for the pillows to just under a couple hundred dollars for the largest blankets. I was pretty impressed with them once I got to looking through their site.

I don’t watch much popular television which is why I haven’t seen these I suppose, but they have apparently been featured on VH-1 reality TV as well as in the L.A. Times. There are also plenty of customer testimonials to check out just in case you are worried about spending your hard earned dough.

The photos are permanently died into the pillow or blanket rather than being stitched or ironed on like most of their competitors, which gives the photos wonderful clarity, as good or almost as good as the original photo. Obviously if you only upload a small picture and expect them to print a huge blanket it’s NOT going to turn out great, so make sure that the photographs you are using have a decent resolution.

It’s easy to order as well. You upload your photos and design the product yourself by picking the picture layout, cropping your photos, choosing the border and product colors, then just preview the finished product and you are done. It can’t get much  simpler than that. It works pretty much the same ways as the vinyl wall posters that I designed and ordered earlier this year. Make sure that you own the rights to the photographs that you upload as they may contact you for proof if there are any discrepancies. For more information you can call VisionBedding at 515-450-7348 or email them. Just click the blanket or one of the links above to get to the web page

Charges Filed Against OJ Simpson

Just got a text message from CNN that prosecutors have filed formal charges against O.J. Simpson, the former NFL star as well as three others after an alleged armed robbery.

Once I get a bit of time I will head on over and post some more information.


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Exclusive Thailand Crash Video

The World Picture Network got this exclusive amateur video shot just moments after the plane crashed.

Several other related videos and news stories relating to the crash are also available in the player.

The Mermaid

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The Claw…

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Another Sunset

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I shot this one shortly after the other. Not the greatest of photos but I am fairly impressed with the range of pictures I am able to take with the Canon over my old cameras.

Sunset On Hilton Head…

Parris Island,Beaufort,Hilton Head 479.jpgI really liked this shot. The only bad part about trying to catch a sunset when you are on the east coast is that you are facing the wrong direction to get the full impact of the sun going down. There was a bit of rain moving in and the air was great. The first couple of days that I was out of town was extremely hot in Beaufort but once I got to Bluffton and Hilton Head on Saturday it had started to cool down quite a bit.

It’s really pleasant at home now. I have the windows open to let the breeze in and haven’t needed the air conditioning at all, which is a huge change from what it was here before I left town last week.

Purple Party Day!

Everyone loves a good party including myself. As a matter of fact we are having one this weekend in honor of my son who is shipping out to Camp LeJeune on Monday morning. I’ll talk about that a bit more later but this is about something that is at the same time almost as important to me and more important to everyone else. World Alzheimer’s Day is the 21st of September (this Friday) and all through the month of September concerned people the world over are holding Purple Parties to raise funds for the Alzheimer’s Association. You will remember that I have posted a couple of times about the Alzheimer’s Association over the last couple of months. While I am seriously against government involvement in charitable organizations and welfare I am all for the involvement of private citizens including myself. I donated a van to the Alzheimer’s Association a couple of weeks ago, and yes it was operational. Hopefully they can sell it for a decent amount and use the funds for something important. I checked the Blue Book value before I called them and it should go for quite a bit.


Anyway, back to the subject at hand. One of the really cool things about hosting a Purple Party is that during the month of September all donations that are made are being matched dollar for dollar by The Harrah’s Foundation. Now that’s a big deal. When a large foundation like that gets involved and is matching funds that is the time to help out. The Alzheimer’s Association has set a goal to raise a million dollars this month and you can help out by hosting a Purple Party yourself and to help get started the first 500 people that agree to raise at least $150 get a free World Alzheimer’s Day party kit which includes a DVD of Alzheimer’s Celebrity Champions, speaking points about Alzheimer’s, donation forms and envelopes (remember your donations are tax deductible), cocktail napkins and thank you cards. You will want to register your purple party so that they can send the kit.

When you register your party it allows you to create your own page for the party, send email reminders to guests and even lets your guests make donations online. I know from personal experience that I am more likely to make a serious donation with credit card in hand and a computer screen sitting in front of me where I can check out the group I am making a donation to than I would on a cold call or having someone come to my house.

There are several different ideas for parties as well. It doesn’t have to be some hoighty toighty expensive dinner party either. You can have a birthday party and in lieu of gifts have your guests make donations, or have a yard sale and donate part pof the proceeds, have a poker party and split the pot with the Alzheimer’s Association or do Movie Night and pass around an empty popcorn container to collect donations. There are countless different ideas that you can come up with. Don’t want to have a party or go to one? That’s OK, go to the site and donate the $25 you were going to spend on pizza tonight.