What do Steve Jobs and Barrack Obama have in common?

Co-founder, Former CEO and Chairman of Apple Inc., Steve Jobs and President Barrack H. Obama II were both the biological sons of Muslim born intellectuals...I say Muslim-born because I see no indication that either of their fathers practiced Islam as adults...And I say intellectuals because Mr. Jobs biological father, AbdulFattah "John" Jandali earned a PhD, while Barrack Obama Sr. did not complete his PhD program at Harvard University...I found it interesting to say the least, this little common thread between two great men of the 21st century...Sort of a crazy coincidence, if you will...

Well anyway, Steve Jobs' sister Mona Simpson said that his last words were "OH WOW. OH WOW. OH WOW." during the eulogy at his memorial...Although Steve and Mona shared biological parents, Mona was raised by her mother alone while Steve was raised by his adoptive parents, Paul and Clara Jobs...Mona met with her biological father, AbdulFattah "John" Jandali, a Syrian immigrant, when he worked at a coffee shop and he commented to her that he had previously managed a popular restaurant in the Silicon Valley where "Even Steve Jobs used to eat there.Yeah, he was a great tipper." ... Obviously unaware that Steve was his son...Having only met Steve when she was 25, Mona and Steve were amazingly close...

The life and times of Steve Jobs was remarkable...He was creative, imaginative and inventive to say the least... But he wasn't an advocate of the power of one...To the contrary he believed in the power of the collective...He is quoted to have said, "Great things in business are never done by one person, they are done by a team of people."...

Plenty Of Fish for Facebook !!!

Well guess who's been under a rock again...You've guessed it...Crazy me...Well I just found out about a FREE online dating service...You've probably heard of it...Plenty Of Fish...So the site is free to users for basic services, because primarily its operating costs are covered from advertising...Plenty of Fish is the number one ranked dating site in UK, Canada and worldwide...Well there ya go...

I am playing catchup with all this social networking stuff...I chat from time to time in either Yahoo! or Skype...I've even starting tweeting a little bit...Go Twitter!!!...And now I am just getting my Facebook page somewhat together...Do you know how to put up a facebook banner on your page for FREE???... Facebook has over 800 million active users...Now you know that's just plain crazy...Folks are out there sharing photos, videos and you name it...And then tagging and liking all over the place...Facebook makes the world go round, apparently...Hey here's some news you probably couldn't use...I am sure you hear about the family that named their daughter "Facebook" ...You know what I want to call that...So you just fill in the blanks for me...C-R-?-?-Y...

Recipe: Caramel Chocolate Pecan Bars...Yummy!!!

Anyone who knows me, knows that I LOVE chocolate, caramel and pecans...My mom and dad have a pecan tree in their backyard...But unfortunately the squirrels probably love the delectable nuts more than we do...Rarely can we get a single pecan intact...

I've always loved Turtle candies and it's hard to resist ordering the Caramel Pecan Turtle Cheesccake when I visit the Cheesecake Factory...So I am sure you can imagine my delight when I was tweeted this recipe today...Yummy...

Now if you are on a diet, maybe you should just have a little sliver...Try to at least...Crazy me would just eat as much as i could...

You can find out how to make this wonderful recipe too...CLICK HERE to get the recipe for Caramel Chocolate Pecan Bars !!!

Start Planning Now for Black Friday 2011 !!!

With Black Friday 2011 less than a month away, keen shoppers should begin to coordinate and strategize their plan of attack early...So stay calm, cool and collected, I've got a few tips for you to use so that you will know how to make the best of your 48-72 shopping spree...

For the best deals, you have got to get there early...You and I both know that the retailers are advertising killer deals for things that will be in limited supply...So, take it easy on Thanksgiving Day...Then take an afternoon/evening nap so that you'll be ready to roll out at about 8 or 9 pm Thursday night...And I highly recommend you shop in teams of 2-3 or more, in case the lines get extremely deep you can tag-team your shopping so that checkout will be much faster...

Mothers, Fathers and Guardians of kids of all ages, please make a note that Toys R us will be opening at 10pm, Thanksgiving night...Early research leads me to believe that Target will be opening at midnight, on Friday the 25th of November...So plan accordingly...Macy's is coming in on the radar at the early late spot of a 4am opening, Friday...Walmart is next in line with a 5am opening on Friday...

Now that you know what time you need to be there, what are the deals to be had this year...It's a bit early yet to know for sure...But your favorite toy store has a Great Big Toys R Us Book packed with 80 pages of games, bargains, freebies and you guessed it toys... Since sale prices are good starting today October 30 through November 23, 2011, this toy book is more of a preview to the main event... Apparently the hours have been set, but the details of deals to come are not available online right now... For now teaser sales abound for the early birds that would rather avoid the crazy madness of the impending chaos...

Consequently Amazon is not slacking in letting everyone know that if you don't want to wait until the last minute you can check out Amazon.com's Gold Box Daily Deals...It's like Black Friday everyday of the year...

Bottom line, since Halloween 2011 is basically over, it's time to put away your costume and focus, plan and execute your Black Friday strategy starting today...

Cool Math Games Can Help Bring Out the Scientist in You...

Math is one of my favorite subjects...Cool Math looks like a nice website for kids to use for playing and learning...Cool Math Games is a spin-off site from the Coolmath.com website because its creators established that it would be better if the math games had their own site... Coolmath-games.com doesn't just have math games...It also has science, geography, reading and spelling games...Although Coolmath-games.com is the number one educational website in the U.S. , I really like khanacademy.org for it's "how to" video tutorials, math drills and progress tracking all for FREE...And for multiplication or times tables we usually use multiplication.com ...

Playing a few math games online is not necessarily going to single-handedly save the planet or put a man on the moon, but I believe it could foster a love of learning which all kids need throughout their lives...A scientist's ability to hypothesize, theorize and then experiment to prove theories are mostly grounded in math...Just recently a group of scientists may have debunked Einstein's 1905 Theory of Special Relativity which states that nothing in the universe can travel faster than the speed of light... Well, they have recorded sub-atomic particles travelling faster than light...That's just crazy fast... Although not everyone has the innate ability to be a rocket scientist, math is an integral part of our daily lives and it is important to know whether you are going to the market or the moon...


 

Walter Isaacson Answers the Question, "Who is Steve Jobs?"

Google search engine has been my go-to search engine for well over 10 years...I remember when I told my husband "the tech head" about it, I felt so proud because I actually found something worth sharing before he did...Well Google.com is what I use when I want to know "how to", or "what is" for most things...Now when I need to know driving directions my go to website is Mapquest.com ...When I am not sure of the correct spelling of a word or I need a synonym/antonym for a word I use Dictionary.com ... My favorite thing to know daily is weather so I typically use Weather.com for that...Although if I want to know about international weather BBC is my choice...

Now for anyone that wants to know "who is" or rather "who was" Steve Jobs, apparently this latest biography "Steve Jobs" is all that, by Walter Isaacson...Not only did Steve Jobs cooperate in the compilation of this book, he encouraged his friends, family and colleagues to be honest...Isaacson interviewed more than one hundred folks from friend to foe and extracted content from more than forty interviews in the composition of this book...The cover photo was hand-picked by Jobs, himself... Isaaccon wrote about Jobs, "He didn't invent many things outright, but he was a master at putting together ideas, art, and technology in ways that invented the future."...Jobs' legacy at Apple, Pixar Animation Studios and beyond include iPad, iPod, iPhone, MacBook, Mac OS and my favorite movie, probably of all-time, Toy Story...I say it was pure, crazy genius in his core...

Chicago Marathon Completed by Pregnant Amber Miller...

My husband is an outdoorsman...He knows how to fish, hunt, camp, bike, and even build and fix things...His favorite recreational sports might be fishing and hunting...When it comes to biking, he has a Cannondale bike and all the recommended gear to ride it...And although he likes to run he's never been a marathon runner...

I'm no runner, but I'm good for a walk-a-thon although I prefer rebounding...As far as creative talents, I enjoy cooking, baking, crocheting and sewing...Having a large family doesn't allow me much time for the recreational things that I would like to do...

Did you hear about that nearly 39-weeks pregnant lady that completed the Chicago Marathon...Her name is Amber Miller and after her doctor's consent she entered and then finished the race in 6 hours, 25 minutes and 50 seconds...Walking half and running half was the technique that her doctor recommended... Accompanied by her husband, that's just what she did to complete the race (with random contractions coming near the end)...Although her husband was with her for most of the race, he actually fell behind and she beat his time...She was cheered on with crazy comments like "Go pregnant lady"...So after completing the marathon, she grabbed a sandwich and headed for the hospital to give birth to a 7 lb, 13 oz baby girl...Click here for Chicago Marathon results...

 

Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas...Luxory at its finest...

The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas is a newly opened (December 15, 2010) luxory resort casino and hotel with twin highrise towers on the west side of, the most desirable piece of real estate in the area, the Las Vegas Strip...The Cosmopolitan is partnered with both the Marriott International's Autograph Collection and the Ritz-Carlton...

With breath-taking views from 52 stories high, on private terraces or even from luxurious bathrooms, the rooms and suites of the Cosmopolitan are beautifully appointed...Choose from the "City Room" with 450 sq. ft., two queen sized beds and a large bathroom with marble floors or many other comfortable accomodations all the way up to the "Wraparound Terrace Suite" or the "Lanai" ...The Wraparound's 1200 spacious sq. ft. has one bedroom with a king sized bed, a very modern kitchenette featuring a Sub-Zero refrigerator, microwave, stove and sycamore cabinetry...The "Lanai Suite" is the creme de la creme located on the same floor as the Sahra Spa and Hammam, at the edge of the Bamboo Pool...The Lanai is a 800 sq. ft. two-story suite featuring a 550 sq. ft private terrace with a jacuzzi and a loft-style master bedroom...The master bedroom has a queen-sized bed, a drop down projection tv and an expansive glass enclosed spa shower..Contact The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas directly for special resort packages advertised including discounts and/or bonuses...

Considering the low mortgage rates currently available, you can save some money on your mortgage using a refinance calculator, like one from CNN, and then treat yourself to an impromptu crazy getaway to the destination of your dreams...And even if you rent an apartment, all the more reason to pamper yourself with a stay at a resort-styled retreat...

 

Choose Your Camera Now !!!...Be Ready for Months to Come !!!

Photography is more than just taking pictures...All the elements have to right including the  equipment, lighting or working with shadows, exposure and histograms...You've got to have the best camera for the job and the skills to pull off results that are amazing...

The Nikon D3100 camera in red is only available at Best Buy for $650...Amazon offers the black Nikon D3100 (which is the #1 best seller among digital SLRs and is rated at 4.5/5 by 291 customers) for $549, with FREE shipping, so you don't have to fight the crazy crowds to get it...

While the Canon EOS 1DX will not be available until March 2012, it is highly anticipated among the professional photographer ranks...Sports and action photographers will be more pleased with this upgraded model in comparison to the EOS Mark IV...

The Nikon 1 is a newly introduced third brand from Nikon (announced September 21, 2011)...It is available in silver, pink, red or standard black from Amazon...Nikon calls it an "Advanced Camera with Interchangeable Lens" that combines still image and movie recording functionality while being compact and lightweight..

Apple's stock is $400.60...It's IPO was $2.75 in 1980 !!!

The Sun's £1m Dream Team Fantasy Football (we call it soccer where I come from) had more thanone million players as of August 14, 2011...That's five times more than they had last year at the same time...That's just a crazy increase...Could the astronomical increase this year be attributed to the fact that now it's FREE to play...Hmmmm...Well anyway there must be many more players than that by now...This is the Sun's £1m Dream Team's 17th season...Apparently with this fantasy football there are some betting apps that can be downloaded to your smartphone...

Speaking of gambling, the price of Apple's stock is currently $400.60 per share...Apple presses on after the death of co-founder, former CEO and then Chairman, Steve Jobs... iCloud, a cloud sourced, online storage and syncing software was released October 14, 2011...It syncs documents and data through all of your Apple devices including iPad, iPod, iPhone and PCs running Mac OS...Steve Jobs left behind a brilliant legacy to say the least...

Rick Perry probably hopes to leave a good impression on as many voters or donors as he can and will not be participating in all of the 18 or so debates scheduled before the Jan 3rd Iowa caucuses...Rick Perry's camp says that he will be in Michigan for the debate on Nov. 9th, but are not making any promises for after that debate, according to cbsnews.com...

News from Libya: Al-Jazeera's blog is reporting that 267 bodies were discovered, documented and buried in mass graves...This was reported from Libyan newspaper Qurynaew according to a source within the Red Cross...

From CNN News: Greece is tackling their financial woes by dealing with their tax evasion problem... Fines have been imposed to the tune of $4.7 billion in 2010 and a $54 billion tax receipt is due for the first nine months of 2011...Additionally they seized 555 yachts in 2010 for tax evasion...Greece's projected debt for 2011 is $488 billion...

BBC News reports: EU leaders met in Brussels and hammered out a deal to combat the eurozone's debt crisis...Private banks have agreed to 50% losses on Greek bonds/debt... And the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) will be increased to $1.4 trillion...

See NOAA's National Hurricane Center's website should you be in the path of a dangerous storm...

With Moammar Gadhafi dead and buried, his fugitive son, Saif al-Islam is trying to negotiate a surrender to the Hague war crimes court...The British educated son of the slain leader of Libya is somewhere in the desert hoping that an unnamed country can broker a deal with the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his, and others with him, safe passage from Libya to prison...The tragic loss of lives in Libya are unthinkable on many levels...The destruction that began at the hands of the former regime of Libya and ended with aid from foreign entities will be difficult for the people of that land to recover from for many years to come...

The destruction and might of Hurricane Irene, a category 3 major hurricane was witnessed from the Bahamas and over time and distance weakened to a category 1 hurricane as it landed near Eastern North Carolina's Outer bank on August 27th...NOAA's National Hurricane Center had issued an advisory for Category 1 Hurricane Rina as of 5pm, EDT on October 26, 2011, but has removed it since that time since Rina has weakened...Hurricane Rina was located approximately 170 miles south-southeast of Cozumel Mexico (nice place to visit, btw, when it's not hurricane season of course) when the advisory was issued... Nearly up to the minute tracking of storms located in the Eastern Pacific and Atlantic Oceans can be found at the NOAA's National Hurricane Center's website...You also find links to local Emergency Prepardness Offices where you will find out what you can do to protect yourself, your family and property, in the event that you should wind up in the path of one of those crazy storms...It was nearly seven years ago, when Katrina bounded through many areas of the greater New Orleans area and left many stranded and dead including one of my uncles...


 

A Kouple of Months after Kim Kardashian's Wedding...

Kris Humphries and Kim Kardashian's marriage may be on the rocks, only two months after their two-day televised wedding event...Apparently there are a couple of reasons for their lack of marital bliss...I think that number one is that there's not been enough quality time for just the two of them away from the cameras and the rest of the Kardashian Krew...And secondly, with the NBA Lockout, Kris has too much time on his hands, while Kim on the other hand has been working, working, working...If only there were a way that Kim and Kris could take advantage of Kris's time off and sneak off to have a private honeymoon to make babies and plans for their future, then maybe, just maybe they could pull through... Krazy situation...A planned pregnancy might be just the thing to put things in perspective...

Another couple that's under a lot of public pressure right now is Baby Lisa's parents...The 11-month old missing baby's brothers will be questioned again and her parents have never been questioned separately...Supposedly because approximately one hour after Baby Lisa's father called 911 the police were interrogating Lisa Irwin's mom as though she had murdered her own child...Although there are several witnesses that have come forward to say that they saw a  man carrying a baby similar to Baby Lisa in the vicinity of the Irwin's home around the time she disappeared, no arrests have been made...Again, Lisa Irwin's family is asking anyone with information related to her disappearance to call the TIPS Hotline @ 816 474 TIPS...

WebMail vs Social Media...Survey says...

Internet mail or email, as it is commonly known these days, has come a long way since the days of AOL's "You've Got Mail" era (Who remembers the movie of the same name?)...Well anyway, as of August 2011, Windows Live Hotmail has 360 million users, Yahoo! Mail comes in 2nd with 302 million users and Gmail is in third place with 260 million users... Those may be the numbers that advertisers and potential investors are looking at, but what about the stories behind those numbers...

Although Google may be in third place in the free email market, Google Search is number one among search engines with more than several million queries per day...FYI, Google Inc has been making some crazy moves...They acquired Zagat, the popular restaurant review guide last month and Daily Deals was also acquired in September...In April, Google acquired ITA Software, which is a software developer for the airline and travel industry...Those are only a few of the deals that Google has made this year...Google Labs officially closed its doors October 14th and that's when Google Body Browser, the Google Earth-like explorer for human anatomy moved to Zygote Body as a web application and became available for free as an Android app...Google+ (the latest challenger to Facebook) has a mere 40 million users for now...Google's moves makes me believe that their leaders are working on some sort of master plan...They apparently have a vision...

Meanwhile, the workforce at Yahoo is less than chipper these days with reports that employee moral is pretty low, following the ouster of CEO Carol Bartz...

But I wonder if Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail and Gmail are just nipping at their fingers regarding the explosive social media empire that Facebook has racked up...more than 800 million active users...That's just crazy...Its almost as many as the former three combined...And for those of you that may be wondering, Twitter has more than 200 million tweetees (I guess that's what you would call a Twitter user)...

Have the energy for trip to the Corn Maze?...Ethanol to the rescue???

This coming weekend will be the last weekend for the Cruze Farm corn maze...Cruze Dairy Farm's corn maze has been touted as one of the best around Knoxville, TN...You can get a free sample of ice cream after your trip through the corn maze...Hay rides are available too...Sounds like a nice family outing to round out a crazy work week...

Ethanol is an alternative energy source that is derived from corn...And according to recent research excluding the rind from production of cellulosic ethanol could make production of ethanol more efficient and cheaper...E85 Ethanol is the alternative fuel currently available in select geographic locations...And with gas prices going the way they are these days, we could all use a cheaper alternative fuel for energy...

I'm not sure if the rising costs of energy has contributed to USPS's woes...But, USPS posted a $3.1 billion dollar loss for the third quarter of this year, while UPS reported a $13.2 billion gain...Perhaps in a effort to come out of the red, USPS has announced that there will be rate increases for various services and products, effective January 22, 2012...

Fill My Dream House with IKEA Furniture...Please !!!

I usually encourage my friends and family to enter the sweepstakes for the annual HGTV Dream Home Sweepstakes...I love homes, houses, real estate, interior design, architecture, landscaping (i.e. the works)...Everyone knows the three most important factors in real estate are location, location, location...And every year HGTV finds the most breathtaking location to build their dream home...Until I am able to purchase my own dream house, I like to stroll around IKEA furniture store or Lowe's to get inspiration...You can get great ideas about how to setup many of your rooms, including bathrooms, kitchens, living spaces and bedrooms...

Speaking of bedrooms, the creative forces behind Rihaanah's music video for her song California King Bed must have been doing some serious fantasizing to come up with the idea for that 18 foot long custom made California King Bed...Talk about crazy...What do you do with a bed that size once the video has been shot?...Who knows...Folks can come up with some crazy ideas for those music videos...On a real note, I personally would just like a nice, spacious, comfortable, cozy dream house to cook, read, relax and make money from...Cha-ching!!!

Breast Cancer Awareness Month, October, is Almost Gone...

Where have I been?...Apparently under a rock...I just found out the name of the alleged mistress to Ashton Kutcher...She is Sara Leal...Well, she must not be too shy since she's told Us Weekly that she had unprotected sex with Demi Moore's husband...And maybe she's not too smart either...Doesn't she know that unprotected sex could possibly make you susceptible to getting STDs such as herpes or even HIV...The crazy choices people make...Condoms are available practically everywhere...Just stop by your local Walgreens and buy a box or two...Good health will hopefully contribute to your happiness...

Okay now, moving on from a real life drama to an on-screan drama...The movie Contagion was released nearly two months ago and has been received well by critics and audiences alike...Contagion has a stellar cast including Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne and Kate Winslet to name a few...Fishburne and Winslet play Dr. Ellis Cheever and Dr. Erin Mears respectively...Contagion is a medical thriller movie where a lethal indirect contact virus, that kills within days, breaks out and of course they attempt to contain it...Apparently the scientic community was well pleased with the scientific accuracy of the film...Contagion's scientific accuracy is likely due to real life Dr. W Ian Lipkin who was the film's scientific consultant...Let me know your personal take on the movie by leaving a comment below...

Now as October, Breast Cancer Awareness month, is coming to a close, I want to remind you that it is not too late to make a donation...To get involved by making a donation or to get breast cancer facts and stats go here...

McDonald's Monopoly vs Dark Souls...

Recently released Dark Souls, action-adventure role-playing game, works on both the PlayStation 3 (PS3) and Xbox 360...Although my kids love a good game, this is one game that I would prefer they not play...What do I know???...Dark Souls has been reviewed favorably by gamers with scores of about 9/10 and one said it is "a very hardcore dark-fantasy RPG"...Oh why, why, why did they ever take the moment of silence out of the public school system...I think that has led to a darker society as a whole...But then again, who am I?...What do I know?...I don't even know how to play games on the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 anyway...Crazy for me to give my opinion then...Yeah, I know...

Scrabble anyone???...Now Scrabble, that's one of the games more up my alley...I can also play a good rip-roaring game of monopoly...Speaking of monopoly, I am sure you know that McDonald's Monopoly game is in full swing as I type this post...Sadly enough the opportunity to get the free game pieces via self-addressed stamped envelope is basically finished... Some in-store prizes expire November 7, 2011, while some online prizes expire November 21, 2011...A few prizes expire December 31, 2011...You can check out the official rules and the number of prizes that have already been awarded for the McDonald's Monopoly game here...Now chances of me winning either the Nissan Z Coupe or Nissan LEAF from the McDonald's Monopoly game are just about as good of me winning the lottery...Slim to none...

Games, games, games...like I said, Scrabble anyone???

Recipe: Whoopee Pie...as seen on The Rachael Ray Show

I am a sweetaholic...A favorite recipe of ours is apple crisp...Don't worry though, cause you don't even have to peel, core and slice all those apples...Just stop by one of my all-time favorite restaurants, The Cheesecake Factory and enjoy their Warm Apple Crisp topped off with vanilla ice cream...And if you want to really go on a sugar rush, I highly recommend their Caramel Pecan Turtle Cheesecake...That cheesecake has chocolate, caramel and nuts...It's just yummy, to say the least...

Speaking of yummy, red velvet cake has been one of my favorite recipes for years...We'll make it as a cake or cupcakes...I've even found a recipe to make it as a pound cake....Delicious...One day I saw a similiar recipe unfold on Rachael Ray's show that blew my mind...It was a crazy episode...And it wasn't so much that the recipe was difficult...It was the presenter, Paula Deen...I think this was the first time that I had ever seen her and my kids and I got such a kick out of her when she said the word "oil"...At first I didn't know what she had said so we he to rewind it several times until we figured it out...Check out Paula on the Food Network...

Lisa Irwin: Witnesses have come forward...

The Occupy Wall Street Movement has taken the world by storm...In just over a month Occupy Wall Street has gone global with 1500+ events having been held in 82 countries...That's just crazy...When I first heard about the Occupy Wall Street Movement it was just about two weeks old...I suppose the notion that 99% of Americans are suffering (loss of jobs, homes, etc.) while 1% of Americans profit (cha-ching, i.e. more money to feed their goals, which may not benefit the 99%) from a broken financial system resonates as fraud on many levels with many people in many lands...

Who's safe from attempts of fraud???...Apparently it's a widespread problem that's getting worse by the day...Wells Fargo Online has recently been victimized...So please be cautious when you receive suspicious looking emails, supposedly from your bank...You can see screen shots of what the fake/phony Wells Fargo Online emails and websites look like here...Also, there you will find tips to inform you, the consumer, as to what you should do, if you receive a suspicious looking email...

Speaking of suspicous, there have been several witnesses to come forward in the case of the missing 11 month old baby, Lisa Irwin...The witnesses apparently thought it looked kinda crazy for a man to be walking carrying a baby in a diaper with no jacket or blanket around midnight and about 4am (in the area and around the time that baby Lisa disappeared)...Lisa Irwin's family is asking anyone with information related to her disappearance to call the TIPS Hotline @ 816 474 TIPS...It's just sad when things like this happen to innocent babies...

Some Movies Break Records Like Crazy...Paranormal Activity 3...

I don't know if Casey Anthony is into horror movies or not...Because I surely am not!!!...The first one to turn my stomach was The Exorcist...That horror flick managed to single-handedly turn me against all others...I was crazy, scared for probably years to come...

Now for all you horror film fanatics there's a new one out...Probably not news to you though, as I am sure that you already were aware...Paranormal Activity 3, was released a few nights ago and broke all kinds of records...

Paranormal Activity 3, set a new record for midnight opening of a horror film, best opening day in the U.S., the highest opening for any film in October, the highest opening for a movie in the fall and even set a record for the franchise (apparently there were two more of these before this one and this comes as a prequel for the others)...

You will have to let me know what you think about this movie because I am not even planning on watching a trailer from it on youtube...Crazy, I know...LOL...And by the time NetFlix adds it to its roster, hopefully I will have forgotten it ever existed...

iMessage: Steve Jobs Died October 2011...

Now I can tell you one thing for sure, I do not know how to play Minecraft...But I have kids and if they don't know how to play it today, just give them until tomorrow...They'll be building with the best of 'em...Did you see that Minecraft had sold over 1 million units in January...And then by August, 3 million units had been sold...That level of exponential profit is just crazy...

Rest assured, that kind of phenomenal sales record is not foreign to Apple, makers of the iPhone 4s, iPod Touch and iPad 2, who I'm sure many amongst their company were speechless after the recent passing (October 2011) of their former CEO, Steve Jobs...Although rumors were flying around the world, when he stepped down in August 2011, the shock was surely unpalatable for many...

Bill Gates, the chairman of Microsoft, wrote this, "I'm truly saddened...The world rarely sees someone who has had the profound impact Steve has had, the effects of which will be felt for many generations to come...I will miss Steve immensely."...

Handle your business...Chase Online vs Paypal!!!

If I were to start a new business or project where I needed to collect/receive funds, I would probably use paypal..Paypal is convenient, just a click or two away...With paypal you don't have to share your banking card number or your account number with evey Barry, Bob or Susan...Even though if I were banking with Chase using their Chase Online interface, I wouldn't feel nearly as secure in comparison to Paypal...

Have you ever received one of those crazy emails, supposedly from Chase Online or any other bank...I say crazy because, whoever spammed it out to, apparently, the world, must also be crazy to think that I am going to give my personal bank account details...I guess crazy criminals make the world go round...

Mark your calendar, it's the end of October 2011...Come next month, November 2011, I bet you will see a rise in criminal activities...Those crazy criminals don't want to just eat, drink and be merry like most people...They'll be scheming some incredibly crazy scam to prey on lots of unsuspecting folks just for the fun of it and maybe if they are business minded crooks to add to their bottom line before this calendar year comes to a close...

Is there a connection between Weight Watchers Online and Tattoo Barbie???...Hmm...

Tokidoki, the latest scandal ridden doll from Mattel, is being shunned by some parents, because they believe this "Tattoo Barbie" encourages girls to get tattoos...

Now, I personally do not prefer tattoos for myself or my family, but that Tattoo Barbie is sportin my favorite hairstyle a bob...Tattoo Barbie's bob is pink with a slight fringe of bangs at her brow... Tokidoki's fashion statement leans toward gothic with her skull and bones black top and black nail polish...Regarding the tattoos, they are pretty designs in pink, black and white on her chest, neck and shoulders...It's almost as though Tattoo Barbie is channeling her inner Kat Von D...Minus Kat Von D's raven colored tresses/hair of course...

Mattel says that this Tattoo Barbie is being marketed for the adult collector's market...

So unless your teenager is more inclined toward Barbie than say for instance deciding on what will be her homecoming hairstyle...I wouldn't be too worried...She's probably growing out of doll play for now...But perhaps when she's old enough to be surfing the www for weight watchers online, then maybe she will happen to peruse the barbie collector's online catalog and stumble upon Tokidoki, aka Tattoo Barbie (crazy scenario, I know)...Because she is not available in stores...This Tattoo Barbie is strictly in the collector's market...

My new car, Hyundai Veloster...A girl can dream...Can't She???

Have you seen that new car from Hyundai called the Veloster?...That's one slick car...It has a panoramic sunroof and a stealth third door...Hyundai has come a long way since my friends drove them back in college...I bet auto manufacturers like Ford are just chomping at the bit with how far they've come...

Now for me, a new car is way off the radar...I'm more inclined to budget in an Apple iPhone4s, which is a nice smartphone by the way...Although I've been working with Samsung cellphones for the past few years, I wouldn't mind having an iPhone4s...Apple has been dominating their markets for some time...The iPad 2 is starting to see some challengers coming up the road too...

Enough about Apple, now back to my new dream car, the Hyundai Veloster...I'll take one in "vitamin c" orange, thank you very much...Now just imagine me cruisin down in Miami in that machine and I pull over to let some of my kids get out to run and play on the beach...And then from out of the blue here comes this Wheelchair Guy, like in that game Happy Wheels, crossing the street and then splat (my dream turns into a nightmare)...Oh, the horror of it all...What a crazy dream...

Well, enough of that...Back to reality...I am gonna have to wait a few years and check the Kelly Blue Book value on that "vitamin c" colored auto, so that I can save money...I'm way over that notion thati have to have a straight off the showroom floor car in order to have fun driving it...I just want my Hyundai Veloster to have a stick-shift so that can be in control as I'm cruisin...

Columbus Day with Jorge Luis Borges...

Can you believe it?...Columbus Day has come and gone...How did you celebrate the coming of Christopher Columbus to the Americas?...I barely noticed much fanfare where I live...Although, I am sure they were bustin up some moves at the parades in NY City and San Francisco...

Where I come from you can count on a slew of parades leading up to Mardi Gras...Well those were ome crazy times...Once at the parades in the French Quarter in New Orleans, my co-worker and I were aghast at the insanity of it all...It was our first New Orleans Mardi Gras adventure in the thick of it all...And we were running back and forth across the streets in awe like some little school girls...We kept saying to each other "and they are showing that (meaning normally publicly concealed body parts) for those cheap, plastic beads"...That was a wild and crazy scene, when I was a young college graduate looking to sideline on some new adventure...

But now, after being married with all these kids, it's just a distant memory...Columbus Day would have been complete for me with a few good books...I like Barnes and Noble okay, but I am a Amazon girl...For the next big holiday in the calendar, if I could have a Kindle Fire and ebooks from Jorge Luis Borges to snuggle up with, that would do it...Do you think they will have his book of Selected Poems for the Kindle out by black friday???

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