Do you have an iPad?...

Have I got a case for you!

Okay, maybe I'm just old and nostalgic, but it's really cool!

A great quote

"Men's and nations' finest hour consist of those moments when extraordinary challenge is met by extraordinary response. Hence in those darkest hours, we must light our individual candles rather than vying with others to call attention to the enveloping darkness. Our indignation about injustice should lead to illumination, for if it does not, we are only adding to the despair—and the moment of gravest danger is when there is so little light that darkness seems normal!" - Neal A. Maxwell (1926-2004), LDS Apostle.

Who are you?  And what do you stand for?  But maybe most important, what are you yourself willing to do about it?

Golf sale at Uinta Golf!

Today through Thursday, Thanksgiving, Uinta Golf is taking 15% off your entire order in their online store!  So, don't live in Utah?  No problem!  There is, of course, the usual fine print about certain items not being included, such as all Ping items.  See their home page for details.  But as an example, the Garmin Approach G3 GPS that I covet is $270 minus 15% = $229.50.  Amazon's price is $244.  Pretty good.

It's the bra, stupid!

With apologies to President Clinton, or maybe not, depending on your view of his presidency.  But I digress...

The real reason for this post is based on this article from USA Today.  According to USA Today, retail analyst John Morris says that brisk sales of Victoria's Secret "Miraculous" bras (sorry, you'll have to dig up that link for yourself...) could be a good indicator of two important economic trends.

• If women buy these high-priced bras, it probably indicates they'll buy other things for themselves.  This is important because shoppers mainly bought presents for others.
• The "Bombshell" bras cost anywhere from $50 to $250.  This doesn't include the jewel-encrusted one which goes for $2 million.  So what does this mean?  Well, according to the story, it's important to note that the buyers of the bras are not husbands buying for their wives, but it's the wives buying for themselves which indicate that shoppers may be willing to indulge.

So, people are buying for themselves more and not only for others, and they're buying more expensive things.  Sounds like good support for the economy.  Oooo...  I didn't just say that, did I?

It's beginning to look a lot like...

...Thanksgiving?   Shouldn't it be looking more like fall than winter? I blame it all on the retailers who had Christmas stuff out before Halloween! They must've fooled Mother Nature or something...

Who says your vote doesn't count?

I love these feel good kind of stories...

Two couples, old friends who had not seen each other in awhile, had a chance meeting at their polling place. The wife of one couple, Enid, upon seeing her old friends, Noel and Mary Beth, remembered a ring she had found with the initials M & N on it. It turns out that it was Noel's wedding ring, last seen in 1966!  Apparently, Noel lent it to his son to use as a Scout neckerchief slide (I'm not sure I would do that! :) ) and it was lost later that evening when he took it off.  At a holiday dinner sometime later, Enid found it, tried to find the owner and when she couldn't, put it into safe keeping.  The chance meeting jogged her memory and the ring is now back to its rightful owner.

Read the full story from The Deseret News here.

PS.  Here's a weird (but unimportant) connection to me:  The son now lives in Fresno, CA, where I grew up.

I'm a geeky fan, but not this much of a geeky fan...

but as Darth Vader would say... "Impressive"

Sometimes I wonder...

You don't suppose that the workers in my office are doing this whenever we aren't around, do you?  I guess I can understand since I'd do the same thing if my boss were out... Nah, that'd never happen...

Can you spell "hypocrite?"

Maybe it starts with a "C," as in C-H-A-F-F-E-T-Z.  In this story, Representative Chaffetz (R-Utah) says that "we're paying too many people too much money," and said that the number of federal workers who make more than $150,000 has doubled since President Obama took office.  (NOTE: Actually, I'm not sure that's factual.  I need to check another article I saw that I thought said it's doubled in the last 5 years.  I'll edit when I find out more, but I'll assume he's correct since he should know.)  He also said that federal workers' pay should be frozen, if not cut 10%.

So to me, that sounds like anyone on the federal payroll making $150,000/yr should get their pay cut 10%, right?  How much is his salary?  $174,000.  So he'll gladly accept a pay cut, right?

According to the article in the Deseret News, "When asked whether $174,000 is too much, Chaffetz pointed instead to the overall congressional budget and said it needs to be revamped."  Way to skirt the question there hypocrite Representative Chaffetz.  At least he works for Utah (I think).  I'd hate to be "the other guy" that gets his pay cut.

AUGGHH!! This is a national emergency! Call Obama!

What's he doing trying to solve the economy and health care issues?!?  This is the real tragedy!  He needs to do something NOW!  We're running out of Chocolate!

Looks like someone else will be joining Wade in the unemployment line...

What kind of an operation is Jones running there in Dallas?!?  I know that going 1-7 to start the season is a little embarrassing, but to try to hide the existence of your team by not renewing its domain name is a little extreme, isn't it?

Top 5 States to Play Golf

...at least according to one editor from Golf Digest magazine.  Since I only started playing a few years ago, I've yet to play outside Utah (except for a couple of rounds in Mesquite, NV - about 30 miles from Utah), so I'm in no position to judge.

Do you agree with his list?

#5 South Carolina
#4 Hawaii
#3 Michigan
#2 Oregon
#1 California

The Queen of Facebook

Hey, if she's all in, then I can't be all wrong for being a Facebook fan, can I?