In this edition of Weird World Wednesday, I submit to you this Associated Press article:
RAVENNA, Mich. — Don Doane belonged to the same team at a Ravenna bowling alley for 45 years.
Just moments after rolling the first perfect 300 game of his life, Doane collapsed onto the floor while high-fiving his Nutt Farm teammates.
The 62-year-old Ravenna resident was taken to a local hospital but couldn't be saved. A medical examiner determined that a heart attack killed Doane.
Jim Nutt spoke with Grand Rapids TV stations WOOD and WZZM about his friend and teammate, who collapsed Oct. 16 at Ravenna Bowl.
Nutt says Doane won't be forgotten by his many friends at the Muskegon County bowling alley. They say it's strange not seeing Doane anymore on league nights.
Investing vs Gambling
These types of investments take longer to mature and do not earn like riskier growth funds but in the long run shield you a bit from the mega-losses these folks on the left have seen.
Whatever you do remember that investing considers the long term.. anything else is just gambling.
Prayer Blog
I felt a bit inspired this morning watching my wife Ann receiving chemotherapy and decided to create a new blog dedicated to prayer. I am calling it Daily Prayer.. you can find it at http://praying.kansasbob.com. I will be keeping a prayer request list there as well as a list of answered prayers. Feel free to stop by, pray and leave a prayer request.
God and the Election
I received an email message this morning from Chip, my old friend, one-time church history teacher and missionary to Kenya that has some good thoughts about tomorrow's election. Here is the note in part:
Tomorrow is Election Day in the US. Scriptures indicate that God appoints kings, rulers and those in positions of authority in governments. I believe that in a democracy that means that God has appointed the citizens to rule and have authority. I don’t believe that God will get even one vote to cast on Tuesday. He has already made his choice – the citizens of the United States.Please join me in saying an amen to Chip's prayer and making that trip to the voting booth if you have not already.
Although God does not vote in the election, please do so yourself if you are a US citizen. Chari, Amanda, and I have all voted already via absentee ballot. If we do not exercise our responsibility to vote, we are, in effect, abdicating the authority that God has bestowed upon us. I hope you can join us in praying that:
• God will grant the people of the US, wisdom, insight, and understanding to make good decisions
• The citizens of the USA will take their responsibility seriously to vote for the candidate of their choice
• Both those who are happy and those who are disappointed in the results, will reach out to each other and purposively engage in the process of dialog and collaboration to create policies, programmes, priorities, and procedures that will facilitate the wellbeing of people, both in the USA and around the world.
The Cereal Bar
Java Break owner Derek Hogan opened his Cereal Bar in August. The Lawrence eatery offers 32 kinds of cereal and a variety of toppings and milk choices.Would you frequent a place like this to eat cereal? If so what which cereal would you order?
Chiefs 27, Bucs 30
I caught the beginning of this game over brunch at a local restaurant.. it started out great with KC's offense looking good in the first half.. newbie quarterback Tyler Thigpen seemed to be throwing the ball well and even caught a pass in the end-zone on a trick play.Then the second half happened and the Chief's offense just plain faltered and the defense let the Buc's offense score and eventually tie it up at 27 points with seconds remaining on the clock. Tampa Bay kicked a field goal in overtime to win it. Another reason to believe that the Chiefs are well on their way to getting a better draft pick than the Cincinnati Bungals.
Pants on Fire
I remember that old childhood taunt - Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire. This morning I noticed five pants on fire icons in my sidebar. Just for fun.. here they are along with a few other "pants on fire" statements:- "Obama would "experiment with socialism." — Sarah Palin
- "And 100 percent, John, of your ads . . . 100 percent of them have been negative." — Barack Obama
- Says Obama called Sarah Palin a pig. — John McCain
- "Obama's Ten Point Plan to 'Change' the Second Amendment…Ban use of firearms for home defense." — National Rifle Association
- Obama ad contends that John McCain endorses Rush Limbaugh's comments about immigration. — Barack Obama
- "Barack Obama thinks terrorists just need a good talking to." — Republican National Committee
- Michelle Obama ordered $400 worth of lobster and caviar at a New York hotel. — Chain Email
- "(Bill) Ayers and Obama ran a radical education foundation together." — John McCain
- Says McCain "voted to let governments charge rape victims" for forensic exams. — Planned Parenthood
- "The Books Sarah Palin tried to have banned." — Chain Email
- Sarah Palin "got more votes running for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, than Joe Biden got running for president of the United States." — Mike Huckabee
- Obama wants to increase the size of government by 23 percent. — John McCain
Blu-ray is Dead
Writing for ZDNet Robin Harris has announced the death of Blu-ray HD Video Discs.. he says two things killed the original HD strategy:
- First the fight with HD DVD stalled the industry for two years. Initial enthusiasm for high definition video on disk was squandered.
- Second, the advent of low cost up-sampling DVD players dramatically cut the video quality advantage of Blu-ray DVDs. Suddenly, for $100, your average consumer can put good video on their HDTV using standard DVDs. When Blu-ray got started no one dreamed this would happen.Recordable discs don’t play reliably across the range of Blu-ray players - so you can’t do low-volume runs yourself.
Bailing out the Wealthy
This Reuters article gave a bit of enlightenment as to how some of that $700 billion dollar US government bailout might be spent.
Troubled financial giants getting cash infusions from the U.S. Federal Reserve owe their executives more than $40 billion for past year's pay and pensions as of the end of 2007, the Wall Street Journal said in an analysis.Here is hoping that wisdom will reign in DC and wealthy executives will not benefit from the government's ginormous bailout.
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The Journal also cited investment banks Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N), which owes its executives $11.8 billion; JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N), which has a payment of $8.5 billion pending; and Morgan Stanley (MS.N), which owes between $10 billion and $12 billion to executives.
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But overlooked in these efforts is the total size of debts that financial firms receiving taxpayer assistance previously incurred to their executives, which at some firms exceed what they owe in pensions to their entire work forces, the Journal said.
Voted My Gut
Last Monday I voted early by mail. On Tuesday I wrote a post giving my rationale for why I voted the way that I did.. it is still sitting in my draft pile.. I decided that it really looked a bit too much like an endorsement of one of the candidates.. and I am really not comfortable doing that.So my advice.. if you haven't voted yet is to vote the way that I did - get informed.. find out everything that you can about the candidates - then vote your gut.. follow that inner voice.. whatever you call it.. be true to yourself when you vote.. don't pay attention to the pundits or the squawking heads.. or other bloggers.. just follow your conscience.. you will be glad that you did.
Record Early Voting
In Dallas, Texas:Elections administrator Bruce Sherbet said 477,455 people voted early in Dallas County, according to a preliminary tally.In Illinois:
The record of 322,000 early votes was toppled by Wednesday night, with two of the heaviest days of voting left.
Early voting, making its Illinois debut in a presidential year, provided election officials with a window into voters' excitement for the race. In all, more than 779,000 people from Chicago to McHenry County cast ballots between Oct. 13 and Thursday, the final day for early voting, officials said. Those totals beat the estimate of 697,000 given this week.In Florida:
Almost 185,000 people have cast ballots at the county's 17 early voting locations as of Thursday. Another 87,600 people have returned absentee ballots. That approaches the previous high of 275,000 votes cast before Election Day in 2004.In West Virginia:
As of Friday morning, nearly 122,000 state residents had cast ballots in West Virginia's 55 counties. That's about 10 percent of the state's eligible voters.In Charleston, South Carolina:
In 2004, the state recorded 126,503 early votes.
With just one day left to vote early, we've already shattered previous records. Long lines are the norm at polling places across the state these days. Secretary of State Betty Ireland says the turnout is record-breaking, "Through this early voting period we've already had 133,000 people cast an early voting ballot or an absentee ballot. That's a record".In Hawaii:
With thousands of early voters still expected tomorrow, balloting on Oahu has already topped total early turnout in the last presidential election.This is gearing up to be a great election here in the USA. I think that, in the end, voter turnout will be of record proportion with many voters coming to the voting booth for the very first time.. and some disenfranchised folks will return to the booth for the first time in many years.. and that is good.
The number of people voting had hit 53,000 statewide when polls at county seats and other early voting sites reopened Friday for the final two days of voting. On Oahu, the count was 29,343, compared with 29,000 total early ballots in 2004, according to elections spokesman Rex Quidilla.
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