Thanks to Roman May
As my business grew over the last year, I realized I was quickly outgrowing my small office space and basic phone and internet. Luckily, a neighbor introduced me to smallbusiness.xo.com. With them, I have been able to keep up with the growing demand I have faced and still have the capacity for more growth! My goal is to always exceed my customer’s expectations in every way. This is not always an easy task! In addition to my communications upgrades, I have added staff to meet our growing demand as well as office space. When the area next to the space I was already leasing became available, I went ahead and leased it as well even though it was more than I needed. I figured the small extra expense of having more space than I needed was well offset by the savings of not having to move or get all new stuff printed with a new address! So far things are working out well and we are continuing to grow. Looks like I will be using that extra space sooner than I thought!
Friday, March 09, 2012
Sunday, March 04, 2012
"Dr. Seuss' The Lorax" Posts Biggest Opening of the Year
No surprise that an animated film has taken the biggest box office jackpot of the year so far. No matter how good a movie is, people are always looking for a good family movie to go see together that they can all enjoy. Nothing like watching the kids enjoy themselves and making yourself feel like a kid again for a couple hours that's for sure. Instead of worrying about your adult worries like wondering " is 7 day slimming pill safe?" it is nice to let go and feel like a kid again, even for a short time.
The animated 3-D environmental tale greatly exceeded industry expectations, raking in $70.7 million, according to an estimate from distributor Universal Pictures. Meanwhile, the weekend's other new release, a polar opposite for families, the R-rated party flick "Project X," collected a healthy $20.8 million.
As a result of the robust ticket sales, receipts were up 26 percent as compared with the same weekend last year. Overall, it has been a strong year at the box office so far: Sales have jumped 19 percent compared to last year, and attendance has spiked 21 percent.
The animated 3-D environmental tale greatly exceeded industry expectations, raking in $70.7 million, according to an estimate from distributor Universal Pictures. Meanwhile, the weekend's other new release, a polar opposite for families, the R-rated party flick "Project X," collected a healthy $20.8 million.
As a result of the robust ticket sales, receipts were up 26 percent as compared with the same weekend last year. Overall, it has been a strong year at the box office so far: Sales have jumped 19 percent compared to last year, and attendance has spiked 21 percent.
Lindsay Lohan Has High Rated SNL Appearance
Everyone loves to watch a car crash right? I mean they can't look away...nobody actually loves it. Lohan has basically been this for the past few years, and yet she seems to get away with everything she does. Maybe the poster child for the "First world problems" sort of person right here she appeared on Saturday Night Live last night and got some of thee highest ratings of anyone this year.
While not locked inside hr residential metal buildings under house arrest, doing community service, breaking probation, getting preferential treatment from judges, she still is making money it appears, and people want to see her. Either succeed or fail I guess. I prefer to see her go away, but I suppose Hollywood thinks we all love her.
This season's rankings with Lohan at #2 behind Barkley who got an NFL playoff lead in:
1. Charles Barkley, 7.4 rating
2. Lindsay Lohan, 5.5 rating
3. Jimmy Fallon, 5.3 rating
4. Melissa McCarthy, 5.2 rating (tie)
4. Daniel Radcliffe, 5.2 rating (tie)
6. Alec Baldwin, 5.0 rating (tie)
6. Zooey Deschanel, 5.0 rating (tie)
8. Charlie Day, 4.9 rating (tie)
8. Maya Rudolph, 4.9 rating (tie)
10. Ben Stiller, 4.8 rating (tie)
10. Anna Faris, 4.8 rating (tie)
10. Steve Buscemi, 4.8 rating (tie)
10. Katy Pery, 4.8 rating (tie)
14. Channing Tatum, 4.7 rating
15. Jason Segel, 4.6 rating
16. Emma Stone, 4.5 rating
While not locked inside hr residential metal buildings under house arrest, doing community service, breaking probation, getting preferential treatment from judges, she still is making money it appears, and people want to see her. Either succeed or fail I guess. I prefer to see her go away, but I suppose Hollywood thinks we all love her.
This season's rankings with Lohan at #2 behind Barkley who got an NFL playoff lead in:
1. Charles Barkley, 7.4 rating
2. Lindsay Lohan, 5.5 rating
3. Jimmy Fallon, 5.3 rating
4. Melissa McCarthy, 5.2 rating (tie)
4. Daniel Radcliffe, 5.2 rating (tie)
6. Alec Baldwin, 5.0 rating (tie)
6. Zooey Deschanel, 5.0 rating (tie)
8. Charlie Day, 4.9 rating (tie)
8. Maya Rudolph, 4.9 rating (tie)
10. Ben Stiller, 4.8 rating (tie)
10. Anna Faris, 4.8 rating (tie)
10. Steve Buscemi, 4.8 rating (tie)
10. Katy Pery, 4.8 rating (tie)
14. Channing Tatum, 4.7 rating
15. Jason Segel, 4.6 rating
16. Emma Stone, 4.5 rating
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Whitney Houston Found Dead at 48
Wow...didn't realize she was only 48. TMZ is the only place I have seen reporting it and there is little detail. Her entourage found her in her room and immediately called 911. She was unresponsive and pronounced dead.
Too early to tell the cause. Investigations have started to rule out foul play. Obvious speculation is that it is drug related, but nobody has said anything about the cause yet to know anything. No new mens titanium watches for her crew this year.
Too early to tell the cause. Investigations have started to rule out foul play. Obvious speculation is that it is drug related, but nobody has said anything about the cause yet to know anything. No new mens titanium watches for her crew this year.
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Ellen Gives Real Values to Haters
Everyone is a hater of some sort. So much angst and venom out there about any issue whatsoever. People love to fight, but one thing that has always been silly to me is how people claim hatred as a "value".
While I don't watch Ellen's show, and don't even consider myself a fan of hers in any way, I appreciate people that stick up for themselves in a classy way and might even consider buying their discount dvd. Recently she became a spokesperson for JC Penney's and that enraged a bunch of people that claimed she didn't represent their "traditional values".
You disagree with these values?
"Here are the values I stand for. I stand for honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you'd want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values. That's what I stand for…I also believe in dance."
While I don't watch Ellen's show, and don't even consider myself a fan of hers in any way, I appreciate people that stick up for themselves in a classy way and might even consider buying their discount dvd. Recently she became a spokesperson for JC Penney's and that enraged a bunch of people that claimed she didn't represent their "traditional values".
You disagree with these values?
"Here are the values I stand for. I stand for honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you'd want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values. That's what I stand for…I also believe in dance."
Thursday, February 02, 2012
Our Sweet Dog
Contribution by Stevie Kirby
I thought that getting a dog would make me feel safer at home, but our dog is as sweet as can be. He rarely barks or growls, and is friendly to whoever walks through the door. He doesn’t get protective of the family at all. That’s a good thing for when we want to have guests come into the house, but it doesn’t do us any good in terms of security. I feel lucky that he is obedient and listens to me, but I know we need to do more to protect our home from thieves and other dangers. One of our family friends came over and when she met our dog and saw how friendly he was, she suggested we go to totalalarmsystems.com and get set up with a home alarm. She has always had one and says it makes her feel much safer when she is alone at home. Since getting a dog didn’t work out, I thought it was a god idea. When I thought about it, the alarm is probably much more effective than even the meanest guard dog. A guard dog can’t alert the police, so it’s probably worth it to try it out.
I thought that getting a dog would make me feel safer at home, but our dog is as sweet as can be. He rarely barks or growls, and is friendly to whoever walks through the door. He doesn’t get protective of the family at all. That’s a good thing for when we want to have guests come into the house, but it doesn’t do us any good in terms of security. I feel lucky that he is obedient and listens to me, but I know we need to do more to protect our home from thieves and other dangers. One of our family friends came over and when she met our dog and saw how friendly he was, she suggested we go to totalalarmsystems.com and get set up with a home alarm. She has always had one and says it makes her feel much safer when she is alone at home. Since getting a dog didn’t work out, I thought it was a god idea. When I thought about it, the alarm is probably much more effective than even the meanest guard dog. A guard dog can’t alert the police, so it’s probably worth it to try it out.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Luck on HBO
Still undecided on if "Luck" is another sure thing on HBO, but I was pretty satisfied with the pilot.
The show is based around the life at the race track. Looks at all angles from the gambling to the guys running it. The pilot episode focused mostly on a group of lowlife gamblers trying to win the giant "Pick 6" jackpot. Pooling their money together they placed their bet based on some apparent betting whiz. This was the biggest action of the pilot, but it introduced a lot of characters as well.
Most of what I've read is that people didn't understand a lot of what was going on. For some reason people fixated too much on how the bet worked, but really it was of little consequence. All you needed to know was that it was a longshot and they were trying to win.
A few guys you will recognize like Dustin Hoffman and Nick Nolte are in the cast so you know they are likely spending a pretty penny on producing this one. They are all in it seems as they have already renewed it for the 2013 season so getting into the show you know you have at least 2 full season to look forward to and won't be stuck playing with your model planes wondering how it was supposed to end. This is a good thing to know.
The show is based around the life at the race track. Looks at all angles from the gambling to the guys running it. The pilot episode focused mostly on a group of lowlife gamblers trying to win the giant "Pick 6" jackpot. Pooling their money together they placed their bet based on some apparent betting whiz. This was the biggest action of the pilot, but it introduced a lot of characters as well.
Most of what I've read is that people didn't understand a lot of what was going on. For some reason people fixated too much on how the bet worked, but really it was of little consequence. All you needed to know was that it was a longshot and they were trying to win.
A few guys you will recognize like Dustin Hoffman and Nick Nolte are in the cast so you know they are likely spending a pretty penny on producing this one. They are all in it seems as they have already renewed it for the 2013 season so getting into the show you know you have at least 2 full season to look forward to and won't be stuck playing with your model planes wondering how it was supposed to end. This is a good thing to know.
Kristen Bell=Sloth Lady
I'm gonna go a head and guess this is all just acting, but it should remind everyone of the infamous free dating Video Biography with the girl that loves cats so much that she cried every two seconds when she thought of them.
Kristen Bell should now be known as SLOTH girl I guess after this recent interview on the Ellen show.
Kristen Bell should now be known as SLOTH girl I guess after this recent interview on the Ellen show.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Once Upon a Time
One of the only broadcast (ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox are broadcast) shows I started to watch this year was Once Upon a Time. I didn't watch it from the start, but only ran through it during the massive winter breaks for the only shows still on this year I watch like Fringe, which frankly got hosed this year with massive breaks because of scheduled and MLB playoffs. So during these huge lulls I had to get some sort of TV fix and picked this show somehow.
I marathoned the first 6-7 episodes I believe so I didn't have any downtime realy for the first parts. This typically makes me like a shw better than I think I do since I am not having to wait week to week to get small bits of story. Once I am caught up to live with the show though I almost always figure out if I really like the show, or it is just not a show I want to watch every week.
Once Upon a Time I have been watching every week (recorded of course), but it is starting to slow down a bit in how much I liked it before. I recognized it wasn't a fantastic show already, but it was good enough that I added it to my shows I watch for now.
Basic premise of the show is that a bunch of fairy tale characters are cursed by an evil queen to forget who they are and transported to a modern day town called Storybrook. None of them remember and this is the most boring aspect of the show. They do flashbacks to the fairy tale lands , but most of the story is in this small town where they all live. Them remembering is probably the thing I least care about on the show, and I almost want to wait until they figure it out to keep watching I care so little about this aspect. I'd rather watch people parade around in a cheap plus size cocktail dress than wait for this.
The show has all the fairy tale relationships like Snow White and Prince Charming not remembering who they are. They have a bunch of "drama" with them not klnowing and not being together so them not remembering feels like it is just spinning its wheels until something actually happens. I am much more interested in seeing what they do once everyone knows because I have no idea what the show is supposed to do at this point, and they have said that season 1 will have them remember. I suppose we'll have a big magical battle with the queen, who is the mayor of this town and then what? Not sure. Just not sure this show has a lot of legs to keep going so it is hard to stay real interested in it.
I marathoned the first 6-7 episodes I believe so I didn't have any downtime realy for the first parts. This typically makes me like a shw better than I think I do since I am not having to wait week to week to get small bits of story. Once I am caught up to live with the show though I almost always figure out if I really like the show, or it is just not a show I want to watch every week.
Once Upon a Time I have been watching every week (recorded of course), but it is starting to slow down a bit in how much I liked it before. I recognized it wasn't a fantastic show already, but it was good enough that I added it to my shows I watch for now.
Basic premise of the show is that a bunch of fairy tale characters are cursed by an evil queen to forget who they are and transported to a modern day town called Storybrook. None of them remember and this is the most boring aspect of the show. They do flashbacks to the fairy tale lands , but most of the story is in this small town where they all live. Them remembering is probably the thing I least care about on the show, and I almost want to wait until they figure it out to keep watching I care so little about this aspect. I'd rather watch people parade around in a cheap plus size cocktail dress than wait for this.
The show has all the fairy tale relationships like Snow White and Prince Charming not remembering who they are. They have a bunch of "drama" with them not klnowing and not being together so them not remembering feels like it is just spinning its wheels until something actually happens. I am much more interested in seeing what they do once everyone knows because I have no idea what the show is supposed to do at this point, and they have said that season 1 will have them remember. I suppose we'll have a big magical battle with the queen, who is the mayor of this town and then what? Not sure. Just not sure this show has a lot of legs to keep going so it is hard to stay real interested in it.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
TMZ Has Case of Mistaken Identity
While I'm sure they have done it before, but this one is quite hilarious. Mistaking a 14-15 year old girl for a 9 year-old.
While spying on Bill Gate's wife and children this week they snapped a photo of them out for a walk in which they try to claim his daughter is using an iPhone. Where's her hoodie sweatshirts personalized? They even conveniently blurred it up so that it was difficult to tell exactly what kind of phone it was. The comments have mixed thoughts on what it is, but one thing is sure they don't agree it is an iPhone.
While that is ridiculous in and of itself, that isn't the worst of it. The picture is actually of Gate's older daughter who is around 15 year-old. TMZ claims the girl is 9. Along with that comes the typical TMZ comments saying how she is an Amazon, and whatever else having to do with the "good steroids". No, people have no tact on the internet. Even when it comes to children if you haven't noticed.
While spying on Bill Gate's wife and children this week they snapped a photo of them out for a walk in which they try to claim his daughter is using an iPhone. Where's her hoodie sweatshirts personalized? They even conveniently blurred it up so that it was difficult to tell exactly what kind of phone it was. The comments have mixed thoughts on what it is, but one thing is sure they don't agree it is an iPhone.
While that is ridiculous in and of itself, that isn't the worst of it. The picture is actually of Gate's older daughter who is around 15 year-old. TMZ claims the girl is 9. Along with that comes the typical TMZ comments saying how she is an Amazon, and whatever else having to do with the "good steroids". No, people have no tact on the internet. Even when it comes to children if you haven't noticed.
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