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The trajectory path of Gulf Oil Spill

tempest — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:39:03 +0000

Concerned about the path of this tragedy, I searched for a map to forcast the spills direction.

Below you may view a map created by infographicworld.com explaining how this catastrophe will affect us all.

Info Graphic World.com - Crude Awakening Map

Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana

Valentine Fun!

tempest — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:29:24 +0000

Love Quotes

Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.

-Albert Einstein

I’m always looking for meaningful one night stands.
-Dudley Moore

No matter how love-sick a woman is, she shouldn’t take the first pill that comes along.
-Joyce Brothers

I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known.
-Walt Disney

Relationships are like glass. Sometimes it’s better to leave them broken than try to hurt yourself putting it back together.
- Anonymous

I love to shop after a bad relationship. I don’t know. I buy a new outfit and it makes me feel better. It just does. Sometimes I see a really great outfit; I’ll break up with someone on purpose.
- Rita Rudner

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
- Mother Theresa

The best proof of love is trust.
Joyce Brothers

True love never lives happily ever after - true love has no ending.
K. Knight

Dangling Protesters?

tempest — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:06:26 +0000

I did not realize that those were people hanging from the bridge. I’m surprised, but certainly not impressed. I hope the G20 will live up to positive expectations and produce not just global conversations but solutions to deal with local and global issues.

Coco sports Steelers DOG Jersey

tempest — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:08:32 +0000

Coco is all ready for 7 in the city with her new pink jersey representing her favorite Pittsburgh Steeler Ben #7 Roethlisberger. This item was found at the West Hills Pet center westhillspetcenter.com. Coco hasn’t decided what to wear as costume for Halloween this year only because we are not ready to jump into fall. Let’s not even bring up x-mas. If you are looking for clothing to keep your pet warm or if you just need a good laugh, I recommend visiting spoilyourdogonline.com.

: Coco in Steeler Jersey

Key in my hand twig up your jyhm

tempest — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:50:56 +0000

Waterfalls, Glaciers, Google Maps, monogamous cichlids, and butterflies.

These are all just a few of my favorite things, but who could ever forget to have a great dress for the holidays. No, shut up….where in the www.am I going with this? I wanted to write about my very recent misfortunate accident, but instead I have key words and Christmas on the brain. If I was a mastermind I would have orchestrated this into a hymn, a jam, or a jymn….something poetic and catchy. Keyhole tops and diamond cut dresses, OPI polish, and Hanky Panky laces. Oh blogging is so much fun, but not as fun as falling face first on the 20 degree sidewalk and having a key shoved through your hand. Yes, all the stars were aligned and this time science was working against me. I prefer something in cranberry or black for the holidays. The emergency room convinced me that yes there was a key in my hand, so no need for me to look at the slit of a wound until far later in the day. It wasn’t as bad as it may sound, almost painless, and the hole is healing fast. Now I’m smoothing my band aid and wondering how to shop for the family on my budget. Watch the video on the website bewareofthedoghouse.com it has complicated the minds of men shopping for gifts for the wife, fiancé, or girlfriend. Funny, how diamonds are being pushed through online media even though some women really do like practical gifts. Oh Come on, you should watch it, much better than trying to elf yourself.

The key for buying a great gift for the holiday is in knowing the person you are buying for. Pull that twig out of your jymn and good Luck out there! Neiman Marcus does not have a location in the Pittsburgh area, but the keyhole dress is available through their online store.

When the dog bites,
when the bee stings,
when I’m feeling sad,
I simply remember my favorite things,
and then I don’t feel, so bad

Oatmeal Notations

tempest — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:49:38 +0000

Quaker Instant oatmeal in Notations Clothing Company Mug

If it has happened to one of us it has happened to us all, the infamous microwave explosion. Some people clean up after themselves and others leave it behind for the janitor. I on the other hand prefer to document the destruction. Here is an image of my maple brown sugar instant oatmeal flowing like lava over my notations clothing company coffee mug. Ahhhh… what a beautiful site. I just started this oatmeal diet so I can lose a few pounds and fit back into my favorite and only $200 jeans. Well, if these are the results I can only imagine what a regular consistant diet of this cereal will unfold.

The Devil is Coco

tempest — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:35:06 +0000

This has been the most enjoyable pleasure I have had in years. Posting images of my dog in costume online and reading my friends and user comments. I have never respected anybody who would dress a dog, but this attitude changed when little baby chihuahua

My little Coco wearing devil costume from dollar general

Coco looks adorable in sweaters, pajamas, hats, and halloween costumes. This dog costume was purchased from the dollar store. It was the best $1.00 ever spent. Please enjoy and feel free to make this your screen savor. Happy Halloween!

Pittsburgh celebrates 250 Years

tempest — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:27:48 +0000

Image taken at Monterey Bay Fish Grotto

Friends and I joined the rest of the city in the Celebration of the 250 years of the Pittsburgh region. 250 years ago British General John Forbes, Colonel George Washington and troops gained possession of the Fort Duquesne from the French where the Allegheny, Ohio, and Monongahela rivers meet. This began the settlement of Pittsburgh that became known as the gateway to the west, and today as, “America’s Most Livable City”. For this special milestone in history the city slogan is “imagine what you can do here”.

If you were unable to attend the fireworks display I’m sorry but you missed out on an amazing show. There were over ten locations that were shooting off fireworks from the center of the city. The Fort Pitt Bridge, The Steel Building, The Point, Highmark, were just a few of these locations. I was able to get a table in the Monterrey restaurant in Mt. Washington thanks to my super friend Carolyn. This was an amazing place to have dinner and watch this once in a lifetime theatrical display of lights. All though any thing is possible I “IMAGINE” that the city will not ever do this again.

Women and Negotiating

tempest — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:33:20 +0000

Gosh darn it! I lost my cell phone in Marshalls’ parking lot. Don’t even get me started on how, the lost phone was three years old and not worth the embarrassing explanation of how absent minded I have been behaving. During the past 6 month I’ve been researching the iPhone. My provider AT&T just got the new iPhone3G. Since my company offers a generous reimbursement for computer equipment I found this to be a great time to ask if an iphone would qualify. The first response I received was no, the reason; because recently they had to tighten the restrictions due to some abuse of policy and the of course the national budget. Employees were buying cameras and other computer accessories. The rules use to include ANYTHING that would plug into a USB port. Now don’t let your imagination run too wild, the people I work with are the really nice decent family types “RNDFT”. Well, back to my story… I couldn’t take no as an answer so I moved along to another supervisor who was convinced that the iPhone would be useful to my position here as webmaster. He contacted the department responsible for this decision and also responded with a big fat NO. Aw shucks I’ve been shot down again. I guess I’ll just pick up a cheap Ericsson or Pantech until I can save for the iPhone.

The Next Day: Low and behold the topic comes up “Women and negotiating”. I over hear coworkers talking about the reasons why so many women lack negotiating skills and the effects it has on them financially over a lifetime. They had gathered this information at the annual governor’s conference for women. Apparently, on the average women are not negotiating for higher salaries because they don’t enjoy it. All the while the majority of men are putting more time and energy into negotiating because they perceive it as a game or sport. I really don’t like sports, but this topic has my interest. I still may be able to get this iphone. I know it is no comparison to a higher salary, but we all have to start somewhere. Therefore, I plan to negotiate further. My negotiation: If this phone can be paid for by the company I will be happy to sync it with my outlook box at work therefore making myself more available to the company. If not then it will be restricted to my personal usage and I will be less available to the company. If anybody can come up with more reasons that a webmaster such as myself could utilize an iphone please feel free to share comments with me. I plan to begin the next round of my negotiation sometime in the next two weeks.

easynegotiontechniques.com

Spotlight on Diamonds

tempest — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:36:32 +0000

Brillant Diamonds, Conflict Free Diamonds - does not originate from a country where the profits are funding war or unethical work conditions. I’m working on a price comparison between conflict free diamonds and the rest. To be continued….

WoW! Just this Sunday a 478 carat diamond was recovered from a mine in Lesotho: the 20th-largest rough diamond ever found.