You may remember that in a couple of previous posts (here and here), I was kicking around the idea of taking the family on a Disney cruise this year. For various reasons, I've decided against that option - for this year, at least. This year we're going to stay in a safari suite at the Sheraton Safari hotel when we visit Disney World in October.
Speaking of Disney Cruises though, Jenny has pointed me in the direction of her blog, Disney Cruise Reports. This is a nice looking blog (I dig the big Mickey picture), with good information on the latest happenings (and deals!) on the Disney Cruises - go check it out!
PS - Thanks for the nice comments, Jenny. You didn't leave me an email address, so I couldn't respond directly.
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Monday, August 29, 2005
Keep the Gulf Coast in Your Prayers
As we speak, the US gulf coast is getting pounded by the devastating hurricane Katrina. A storm like this has the potential not only to destroy homes and property, but to flood entire cities and take many lives. Please keep the residents of New Orleans, Gulf Port, Biloxi and all the others in the path of this storm in your thoughts and prayers.
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Happy day for Coffee Lovers
Coffee lovers of the world - rejoice! There's an article on wired that discusses a recent study showing that my beloved black gold contains more antioxidants than any other food or beverage. Just another reason to never stop enjoying the java.
Link: http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,68677,00.html
Link: http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,68677,00.html
Thursday, August 18, 2005
Lunch with Ann Northup
Kentucky 3rd district congresswoman Ann Northup was here today for a lunch time talk about the looming Social Security crisis. I am concerned about this issue for a number of reasons. Number one, I work at a company that is a major player in long term health care (nursing centers). Changes to Social Security and/or Medicare directly affect business. Also as a younger worker, I’m 31, any changes made to the Social Security program today will directly affect me in my retirement years.
As mentioned in a previous post, I attended President Bush’s town hall meeting on the same topic in March of this year. I know that the presentation was packaged for a mass audience and geared for sound bites, but even so after hearing him speak I was still very confused as to what he intended to do to fix the problem. He did a nice job of building consensus that there was a problem that needed to be fixed, but he was very short on solutions.
Not so with Ms. Northup. She did an outstanding job of taking a complex topic and making it understandable, clearly outlining both the problem and the proposed solution that she supports. In addition to the plan that she supports, she talked about the other plans on the table and why they are not as good. What impressed me most was the question and answer session at the conclusion of her talk. She was able to address a wide variety of concerns from the audience, and I came away with the distinct impression that she had spent a great deal of time getting to know this topic in intimate detail.
As for me, I’ve still got some more thinking and research to do before I make up my own mind as to whether private accounts are the way to go or not. However, I now have a much deeper understanding of the issues at hand and I’m very grateful to Congresswoman Northup for that. Thanks Ann!
As mentioned in a previous post, I attended President Bush’s town hall meeting on the same topic in March of this year. I know that the presentation was packaged for a mass audience and geared for sound bites, but even so after hearing him speak I was still very confused as to what he intended to do to fix the problem. He did a nice job of building consensus that there was a problem that needed to be fixed, but he was very short on solutions.
Not so with Ms. Northup. She did an outstanding job of taking a complex topic and making it understandable, clearly outlining both the problem and the proposed solution that she supports. In addition to the plan that she supports, she talked about the other plans on the table and why they are not as good. What impressed me most was the question and answer session at the conclusion of her talk. She was able to address a wide variety of concerns from the audience, and I came away with the distinct impression that she had spent a great deal of time getting to know this topic in intimate detail.
As for me, I’ve still got some more thinking and research to do before I make up my own mind as to whether private accounts are the way to go or not. However, I now have a much deeper understanding of the issues at hand and I’m very grateful to Congresswoman Northup for that. Thanks Ann!
Wednesday, August 03, 2005
New Poker Blog
I've just started a new poker blog over on MSN spaces that I'd like you to check out. You can find it at http://spaces.msn.com/members/cypoker. It's basically a journal of my online poker play with results and perhaps some keen insights (yeah, right) along the way. Go see it and let me know what you think!
Update: Corrected URL
Update: Corrected URL
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