September 12 of 12 v 2.0

Here it is! Another 12 of 12 courtesy of Chad Darnell. This month's was extra special as it my friend Christin's birthday today and I and a couple other friends thought of a special way to include her in our 12 of 12 this month!


4:25 a.m. It's too early for this!
5:25 a.m. Grabbing the gym bag to head out the door. I had a 7:30 a.m. meeting at my old law school, so I worked out at the downtown World's.
9:30 a.m. The agenda and some notes I jotted down during the meeting.
6:10 p.m. Driving through the ATM to deposit a couple of checks and make a teeny withdrawal :D
6:17 p.m. Kanye West's "Stronger" on XM's 20 on 20.
6:20 p.m. Driving past Bob McDorman Corvette World...or whatever it's called.
6:30 p.m. Arriving at the Store that Must Not Be Named to purchase Season 3 of Grey's Anatomy for $33! and a little something for the aforementioned Christin. ^_^
6:50 p.m. Started the car to find out that I am down to 10% oil life. Good thing I have the service scheduled for Monday!
7:00 p.m. Driving through Starbucks to get some caffeine. I've had a dull headache most of the afternoon and I thought it might have been due to a lack of caffeine. Only had a small cup at this morning's meeting.
7:15 p.m. If you look closely, you'll see a hot air balloon!
7:20 p.m. The aforementioned caffeine! A grande non-fat vanilla latte sub sugar free vanilla and add one pump sugar free caramel. Yes, I have become a Starbucks yuppie...
7:45 p.m. Settling down to watch TNT's "The Closer" with the fabulous Kyra Sedgwyck!
Bonus Picture! This month's theme was "Unexpected" and this picture will be unexpected to Christin. Kerri, Helenand I conspired to surprise her with a little birthday cheer! Happy Birthday Christin! I'm so glad we've become friends!

TiVo!

It's back and I love it!





Oh, how I missed the da dink!

August 2007 12 of 12 v 2.0

It's that time again.....Chad Darnell's 12 of 12! Today the bonus picture was "light." I didn't get it as a bonus picture, but I did get a picture reflecting "light." This is also my first multi-state (okay....two, but it's more than one!) 12 of 12. The first two pictures are in Columbus, Ohio and the rest are courtesy of Boston, MA!

Enjoy!

5:45 a.m. - Loading up the car to catch a 7:45 a.m. flight to Boston Logan.

7:30 a.m. - My best friend Kelly and I at the gate!

10:00 a.m. - Our hotel for the next few days...Jurys. It's the old Boston P.D. headquarters!


12:30 p.m. - Shreve, Crump & Low. The name intrigued me.

12:45 p.m. - I tried to get a close up of the of the old Boston P.D. title

3:00 p.m. - Walking past Boston Common!

3:15 p.m. - Fanueil Hall in all its glory!

3:30 p.m. - Street performers. This guy was pretty acrobatic.

4:00 p.m. - Ye Old Union Oyster House. Thought we were going to eat lunch there. Yeah, not so much. We settled for the fake Cheers at Fanueil Hall. LOL

5:45 p.m. - Quizno's name of the day was "Kelly", which happens to be Kelly's name!

9:15 p.m. - Rustic Kitchen. The concierge recommended and what a good recommendation it was! Located next to the Radisson on Stuart Street, in case you're interested.

10:00 p.m. - Final picture and my "light" picture. It was a cool looking lamp. Picture taken at Kelly's suggestion.

July 12 of 12

So per Chad Darnell, I present you with July 2007 12 of 12...Actually I think it ends up being 11 of 12...


7:20 a.m. -- Self shot :)



10:20 a.m. -- Hello beautiful! ** As it turns out, this month's bonus picture was supposed to revolve around the word "HOT" and as the case may be, Phil is the epitome of HOTness. LOL **


11:15 a.m. -- Training on the new contract


3:30 p.m. -- Obligatory picture with the most beautiful man on Earth.

4:15 p.m. -- Shot of my "new" computer monitor. New is in parenthesis as it's actually my boss's old one.


4:30 p.m. -- Leaving the office.

5:00 p.m. -- Driving to class.

5:15 p.m. -- I wanted a honey mustard grilled chicken snack wrap. They gave me the chipotle wrap. Holy hotness Batman and threw half of it away...couldn't take it.

5:30 p.m. -- Franklin University's NE campus where I am teaching my first face to face class.

5:35 p.m. -- Had to take the boots off. Standing all day was painful.

9:15 p.m. -- Dinner of champions -- Kraft Fat Free American Cheese on a hamburger bun.

Speak Keith, Speak!

Food For Thought

Found this over at Beth's blog...

If there are one or more people on your friends list who make yourworld a better place just because they exist, and who you would not have met (in real life or not) without the Internet, then post this same sentence in your journal.

Film Meme

Found this over at K's blog and since I'm a movie buff, I thought I'd do it!

1. Name a movie that you have seen more than 10 times:

Ocean's Eleven.

2. Name a movie that you've seen multiple times in the theater:

Love Actually.

3. Name an actor who would make you more inclined to see a movie:

Matthew McConaghey.

4. Name an actor who would make you less likely to see a movie:

Renee Zellweger.

5. Name a movie that you can quote from:

The Cutting Edge.

6. Name a movie musical that you know all the lyrics to all the songs:

The Sound Of Music.

7. Name a movie that you have been known to sing along with:

The Sound of Music & Rent.

8. Name a movie that you would recommend everyone see:

* The Usual Suspects
* Godfather I & II

9. Name a movie that you own:

The Departed.

10. Name an actor who launched his/her entertainment career in another medium but who has surprised you with his/her acting chops:

Leonardo DiCaprio - Growing Pains, anyone?!?

11. Have you ever seen a movie in a drive-in?

Nope.

12. Ever made out in a movie?

Yes.

13. Name a movie that you keep meaning to see but just haven't gotten around to it:

Casablanca. (I know...it's a classic. Just have to be in the mood and have yet to have said mood hit me.)

14. Ever walked out of a movie?

No, but I've come close....

15. Name a movie that made you cry in the theater:

Steel Magnolias.

16. Popcorn?

Yes, light butter please.

17. How often do you go to the movies (as opposed to renting them or watching them at home)?

Lately, it seems I've been to the movies quite a few times in the last month.

18. What's the last movie you saw in the theater?

Ocean's Thirteen...yesterday as a matter of fact!

19. What's your favorite/preferred genre of movie?

Romantic Comedies; Comedies.

20. What's the first movie you remember seeing in the theater?

Tootsie. (Man, I'm old!)

21. What movie do you wish you had never seen?

Vacancy.

22. What is the weirdest movie you enjoyed?

Memento.

23. What is the scariest movie you've seen?

Hmmmm....that's a tough one. I don't typically watch scary movies. Vacancy scared the beejeezus out of me.

24. What is the funniest movie you've seen?

I can't name just one...Wedding Crashers was hysterical. Super Troopers was a riot.

Nearing Extinction: The American Worker

American Labor has suffered tremendous setbacks in the past few decades while big corporations are recording higher profits than ever before and paying their CEO's six and seven million dollar salaries. All this when the minimum wage remains well below the poverty line.

June 12 of 12

It's that time again and I didn't forget! Although I am a day late in posting. Yesterday proved to be a long day....

5:15 a.m. - Took a quick picture of my old counter top microwave that I'm going to list on Craig's List for $25, so if you're in the greater Columbus, Ohio area and are in need of a microwave...let me know, have I got a deal for you! :)

8:00 a.m. - Picture of my cooler which transported by meals for the week. I needed to put it in an insulated container as I spent two hours at the gym that morning.

9:15 a.m. - Wrapping up my dad's Father's Day present. So to all you Father's out there - Happy Father's Day Sunday, June 17th!

10:20 a.m. - Uh oh. We received a fine from the Ohio Elections Commission because I filed a report late....

4:05 p.m. - Heading out the door to my beautiful, not so new, but still lovely Honda CR-V! I love this car!

4:40 p.m. - Arriving at my friend Jacqui's house. I'm hanging out here before the Circle of Friends 5K.

5:00 p.m. - Took a picture of her window fan that I plan on purchasing because oh my goodness, does that thing rock! Her loft was so nice and cool despite it being 87 degrees outside and the A/C was NOT on!

5:10 p.m. - Eating my afternoon snack of tuna and mixed greens pre-race. Want plenty of time to digest....

5:30 p.m. - My friend Kelly arriving to change her clothes for the 5K and pick me up!


6:10 p.m. - Race registration. The Circle of Friends 5K benefits Columbus Children's Hospital and its many (unfortunately) cancer patients.

8:45 p.m. - Dropping off season 4 of QAF. I needed to see how the boys of Liberty Avenue ended their run!

9:00 p.m. - Picture of my race bib.


9:50 p.m. - A sideways glance of my stairs upstairs. I'm beat!

Miles

5/21-5/27

Monday - 2 miles
Tuesday - 3 miles
Thursday - 2 miles
Sunday - 2 miles

9 total miles

The View No More

I will watch The View tomorrow to see the response to Rosie's request to be let out of her contract three weeks early. Then I will watch The View no more.

Last Wednesday's split screen was deplorable. Tabloid. Why is so much of television going the way of The National Enquirer?

The View used to be a place to watch political and social discourse.

Used to be.

Media

Is there a bias in the American media market? You decide.





I don't know if you can read it clearly, but the top picture is a screen shot of Fox News' website at 3:12 p.m. It's headline reads "Edwards rips War on Terror as bumper sticker slogan."

The CNN headline is reporting about Goodling's testimony in front of Congress today regarding the U.S. Attorney investigation currently ongoing. It's a screen shot at 3:11 p.m.

It is very interesting to see how these two major "news" outlets report different top stories.

Bill Moyers

Bill Moyers is my new personal hero.




Research.
Learn.
Breathe.

Miles

10.4 miles

• Monday - 2 miles
• Wednesday - 3 miles
• Thursday - 2 miles
• Saturday - 3.4 miles
  

Meme

As discovered by reading my friend Kim's blog....Google "[your name] needs" and voila!

1. Elaine needs an e. Well,because why not?!?
2. Elaine needs to spend time undergoing complex treatment. I would probably agree. Although I do not know where to begin finding what treatment.
3. Elaine needs your vote. Voting is essential to a democracy.
4. Elaine needs to transfer logins in SQL Server from one server to another. Yeah, because I know what an SQL server is.
5. Elaine needs to use Jerry's apartment to hold a baby shower for a woman that once dated George. Oh, how I do enjoy Seinfeld.
6. Elaine needs tampons. Because I just couldn't resist posting this one.

Miles

Monday - 2 miles
Wednesday - 3 miles