Sunday, May 15, 2011

A Blog To Follow

There's a blog I was sent a link to by a co-worker, for the video posted, but when I started looking at the blog in it's entirety, I find I'm fascinated. A lot of old pictures and local history, but also some fun thrown in.

Here's a favorite post:

http://martynorth.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/my-grand-father-started-to-drink-after/

Another favorite:

The Fairy Tale All Women Should Read

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Phoenix Sky Train

If you travel a lot through Terminal 4 at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, you probably already know about this, I just found out about it watching the video on Horizon:


Web site: http://skyharbor.com/about/automatedtrain.html

Video from the web site:

Saturday, May 7, 2011

What Would You Do?

Last night I watched television. I haven't watched television in quite a while, so it was kind of a big thing. I was tired and bleary eyed from being on computers all week, and I just needed some relaxation time, as well as some time to watch my favorite programs on Friday nights. Usually I just watch PBS. After 30 minutes on Sheriff Joe Arpaio and 30 minutes on Osama bin Laden, though, I was done with the news stuff. I channel surfed and found this show. I had heard about it and liked the premise - to see with hidden camera how people would respond to witnessing something happening that shouldn't be happening. This segment last night had me crying.




What Men Will Do To Snag A Wife

Thankfully Decker didn't resort to this when we met.

Man Kept Gator To Woo Women

Of course, being the Disney geek that I am, I also thought of this movie (The Happiest Millionaire) with great fondness:

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Got Credit?

If you have a credit card, regardless of whether you carry a balance or not, you're going to want to read this. If the regulations for the Consumer Protection Agency get relaxed by Congress, you could find yourself in a world of hurt.

The War Over Consumer Finance Protection Intensifies

Profiles of The Tabernacle Organists

These are a few of the organists who perform at the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, UT.

Part 1: Andrew Unsworth

Part 2: Clay Christiansen

Part 3: Part 3 is not up yet, but it is supposed to profile Richard Elliott. If that name sounds familiar to you, I blogged about him this past Christmas: Amazing!

Hopefully they'll post it soon!