What's with the Hype?

So who has not heard about this new movie that came out over the weekend, Twilight? Wow, is it ever a huge huge hit among students everywhere in this nation. According to Fandango.com there is being one movie ticket sold every five seconds for this movie, ohh and lets forget that is even before the movie actually came out. That was just tickets that were being sold prior to the movie actually coming out. I have a friend that read this book, and so did eight of her friends, and they all bought tickets for the midnight showing of this movie two weeks early so that they could watch it as soon as it comes out. That sounds a bit ridiculous to me. This movie takes place in a town called Forks, Washington, and because I live there, I have been to this town, and I must tell you that it is the armpit of the world. Because of this movie and book, the town of Forks is getting tons of publicity and also lots of tourism. What a blessing for the town of Forks, because without this movie there would certainly be no tourist.

Sports Star that Does the Right Thing

Doug Christie, a member of the Atlanta Hawks in the National Basketball League, has volunteered his money and time to pass out turkey's for the holidays. Doug Christie and his wife, have decided that during the Thanksgiving Holiday they will go around town to 100 less fortunate homes and pass out 15 pound turkeys for that family to enjoy and to have a great thanksgiving feast. They will be passing out the these turkeys in the Atlanta area, and are very much looking forward to the opportunity to help out the community that comes to support him at his basketball games. Doug Christie is thankful that even in the past when the Atlanta Hawks were no good, his fans still came out to support him and his teammates. The sports world needs more people like Doug Christie to be ambassadors for their game, and someone that their particular community can look forward to. Great job Mr. Christie, I hope that your fellow teammates and league mates will follow your example.

Shop Smart and Save for the Holiday Season

With the economy way way down during the upcoming holiday season it is tough to be able to spend lots of money for most middle class and lower class families. Here are a few tips to be able to save some money while you're shopping for the upcoming Christmas season.
-Establish an amount of money that you are going to be able to spend, and stick to that budget. Its very very important not to spend more money than you are able to spend.
-Make a list. Its just like when you're going grocery shopping, in order not to spend extra, you need to be able to make a list and stick to it. Don't buy anything extra that is not on the list.
-Its also very important to be able to leave your credit cards at home. Its obviously very easy to spend money with credit cards because it doesn't seem real, well at least not until the credit card bill comes.
-Some on the best gifts that I have received are gifts that are hand made, or other creative things that didn't cost any money. This can be a very important thing that you can do to save some more money.

These are just some of the things that you can do to save money, please spend wisely.bbbbbb

Fannie Mae Helps the Homeless

On November 22nd Fannie Mae will sponsor a walk in the Washington DC area to help the homeless. This year will be the 21st anniversary of this walk. On any given night in the DC area there are roughly 12,000 homeless people, with more and more on the brink due to the foreclosure crisis, and now is the best possible time to have the 21st anniversary of this ever so helpful homeless walk. Affordable housing is a big crisis in the metro DC area and it is critical for residents of the area to go on this walk, and try to help the homeless. I think it is great that the community can really try and help the homeless. In addition to thousands of people that will make this walk, there will also be an expected 70,000 people who will take place in mini-walks. This is scheduled to be a huge success, and all of us that are not involved wish the best of luck to all who will be a part of this.

Big Week for four College Players

This weeks nominees for the AT&T All America Player of the Week are Graham Harrell of Texas Tech, Paul Anderson of Boston College, Rashad Johnson of Alabama, and Jacquizz Rodgers of Oregon State. While all these players have had amamzing weeks, and amazing seasons as well, I strongly believe that the player that should not only win this weeks award, but also the Heisman Trophy this year is Graham Harrell, the quarterback of the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Not only has he thrown for a zillion yards, and a zillion touchdown passes, he also has so far lead his team to beating the Oklahoma State Cowboys and the Texas Longhorns. The Texas Longhorns game was an amazing game to watch, with almost no time left on the clock, Harrell threw a TD pass to standout wide receiver Michael Crabtree, to win the game by five points 37-33. An amazing game for Graham Harrell, and an amazing season and certainly eligible to win this weeks award. Congratulations Graham Harrell.

Tiger Woods Unveils New Course

Tiger woods unveiled his first ever golf course in Ashville North Carolina. This is the first ever golf course that Tiger has designed. Can you imagine how good he would be at the course that he designed himself? Just picture 10-12 years from now, when there is big tournements at Tigers course. Like today when they play tourements at Jack Niclaus' course. What an exciting time for Tiger Woods now, that he is so good that he gets to create his own golf course. Congratulations to Tiger and his family, because he has had an amazing career, and he will continue to do amazing.

Turkey Day

When I was going through the news stories for this week trying to think about what to write about. And as I read through some stories, I was shocked when I came across the stat that stated that on Thanksgiving day and the time leading up to and around that day, the nation consumes 46 million turkeys. That number is truly truly amazing number, and I was so shocked so much when I saw it that I thought was a typo. That is 46 million turkeys that are being killed, and you may think that bothers me? well it doesn't at all, thats the way I think it should be, but I absolutely commend the farmers and turkey raisers in this country and every other country for taking care of these turkeys and getting them ready to be eaten by me. The average turkey that we buy in stores for this holiday is about 15 pounds, and the leading state in the united states for turkey producing is the state of Minnesota, and to be honest I have no idea why that is, but all I can say is thank you Minnesota, and thank you the rest of the places that raise turkeys, for allowing me to enjoy this holiday with my family, and have a huge fat turkey on the table. Mmmm, makes me hungry just to thin about it.

City of Philly goes Wireless

Ive reported a few times on the city of Philadelphia, and how they are celebrating the trip to the world series. The last time I reported, the Philadelphia Phillies had just won the National League Championship series by beating the Los Angeles Dodgers, and were getting ready to start the world series against the Tampa Bay Rays. The Phillies went on to win the world series in 5 games,(maybe I'm good luck) capturing their first world title since 1980. Traditionally when a team wins a championship, whether it be baseball, basketball, football, hockey of soccer, that team has a parade in the next few days going through the middle of their home city, where thousands and thousands of fans come out to celebrate one last time before it is time to think about next season. This year was no different, the Phillies paraded through downtown Philadelphia to celebrate again with their fans. The real reason for this story is the unusual amount of cell phone calls and text messages during this parade. Verizon Wireless reported a 500% increase in cell phone minutes being used during those parade hours in Philadelphia. Also on this day during the parade, two million text messages were sent between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. This is astonishing because it proves how many people come out to these parades, and i for one would have loved to be a part of this celebration. Congratulations Philadelphia, and be careful not to go over your minutes for this month.