Happy Halloween

October 31, 2008

Happy Halloween! We could not have wished for a more beautiful day to spend visiting family and trick-or-treating with friends. It is a georgous Chicago fall day at 70 degrees. Although this is my first year in about 7 years I have not worn a costume, the kids really enjoyed dressing up and Brian even joined in the fun with wearing a white and orange t-shirt that said “I’m the treat”. Brandon, who had no interest in this costume last year when I bought it, loved his Pirate costume and really got into the character by wearing all the accessories, including the earring. One of Nathan’s favorite songs over the last several months has been “Who let the Dogs Out?” It was only fitting that he was a dog this Halloween and singing… Who let the Dogs out?… Nathan, Nathan, Nathan… all the way to his preschool party.
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Fox News: Fair and Balanced

October 23, 2008

I’ll admit I’m a Fox News junkie. Mostly just the general news related shows. I don’t follow O’Reilly so much or other shows like that. Here’s what I’m finding myself question these days. Is Fox News really balanced?

Lately it seems Fox has been less pro McCain or pro Obama, Fox has been more attack Obama. Even Obama said “Fox News is costing me 2-3 points in the polls”. I actually found that hilarious if he’s bothered by the one and ONLY cable news outlet that reports all sides of the story. If Obama is miffed about a news outlet how’s he going to handle bigger issues?

That’s not the question though. Is Fox being fair to Obama or are the other news outlets just not covering the full story?

One example from today coverage was about the NRA starting a multi-million dollar campaign against Obama because he claims to be pro-gun protection laws. Yet his Illinois voting record speaks to Obama voting some 16 times against gun protection right issues. Fox was quick to point out the discrepancy in Obama’s voting record (the attack) but had on both an Obama and NRA representative (fair and balanced) to debate the story.

It’s subtle that Fox points out things like this. You’ll never see such stories on CNN or MSNBC. So I ask you, is Fox being “fair and balanced” or are they just like the other media sources trying to play the roll of king maker?

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Update on my 2008 Predictions

October 21, 2008

Updates in bold

Ozzy kicks the bucket.
- Not yet.

Scientologist remove Cruise from the #1 position.
- Cruise has been quiet lately. I think it’s safe to say he’s no longer the face of Scientology.

We’ll be calling President “McCain”.
- We’ll see it’s 50/50 but when I predicted this McCain was one of many.

Jack Bauer will finally die making 24 good again.
- The writers strike killed the last season of 24. So do I get credit? Probably not, still Jack should die to make the show better.

Lacy Peterson’s body won’t be found.
- the Peterson story was still hot when I predicted this. And the body is still missing.

Britney Spears tries to kill herself.
- Oh I was close. She sure tried to kill her career.

By 4th Q the stock market will be in the low 10,000’s
- BINGO!

Minnesota will acquire Berrian & Derek Anderson and look to be the NFC fav.
- I was right about Berrian wrong about Anderson and wrong about being the class of the NFC. Man the Vikings need a QB badly.

White Sox & Bulls both make whole sale trades to rebuild.
- WRONG, wow were both teams looking horrible on paper this spring. Who knew the Bulls would win the NBA draft lottery something like a 1% chance to do so. Bulls end up with the #1 draft pick and enter Derrick Rose. The Sox on the other hand made the playoffs. Props to Kenny Williams for putting together a better team then everyone thought. I still don’t understand why the Sox are built around power when Ozzie is a small ball manager.

Doctor Phil will no longer be address as “Doctor” by the end of the year.
- Book it, Phil will be “Phil” by the end of the year

Lindsey Lohan poses in Playboy.
- Ding ding ding, ok she didn’t pose in Playboy but she did pose nude in New Yorker or something like that. Too bad young Hollywood always ends up messed up. Look out Lindsey, Hannah Montana is right behind ya.

Rod Blagojevich is assassinated.
- Not yet?

The first 1,000 yard receiver (since 2002) will be Devin Hester (and people will still complain that he should only be doing special teams).
- Hester has been slowed by torn rib cartilage and now a hamie. He’s still on track for 500 yards 4 TDs but I think he would have still made 1,000 yards had be been healthy. Especially with how good Orton has been this season.

Next years Superbowl performer will finally be ACDC
- Dang, it’s Tom Petty.

… finally
There will be one more attack on America traced back to a Muslim group and for the first time there will be vigilante attacks on various Muslim establishments.
- Looks like I’m wrong. The wars seem to be winding down and the economy has become the focus of the nation.

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Link Dump

October 20, 2008

A Car that runs on water. Sounds like a great idea.
Want to keep up with the mortgage industry? Follow Kevin Wallace’s blog.
The story of one’s life through Polaroids.
Looking for all the “good” links in one spot? This would make a good home page too.
Speaking of good websites, here’s the 101 most useful sites. Meaninglis didn’t make the cut I do use Google & DaFont though.
Ever wonder what that fire button does at gas stations?

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Sylvia & John’s Wedding

October 12, 2008

My sister Sylvia was married to John Toliopoulos last Saturday, October 4th. I had the honor of standing up in her wedding and Nathan was the ring bearer. He did a fantastic job walking down the aisle with his tray. The wedding and reception were beautiful with fall colors and caramel apple favors… yum. Sylvia made a stunning bride and I am so happy for both of them. Now all siblings in both our families are married. Yeah! More photos will be in our family photo album. Posted by Anastasia