Government Trying to Get Power to Set YOUR Salary

It was nearly two weeks ago that the House of Representatives, acting in a near-frenzy after the disclosure of bonuses paid to executives of AIG, passed a bill that would impose a 90 percent retroactive tax on those bonuses. Despite the overwhelming 328-93 vote, support for the measure began to collapse almost immediately. Within days, [...]

Nephew, Caleb Lavey, Hits the Big Time

My nephew, Caleb Lavey, now has 19 Division One Football Scholarship offers and got featured in a Michigan news article recently about his visit last weekend to Michigan.  My brother Mike and I were managers under Bo Schembechler in the 1975-1982 seasons and are huge Michigan fans.  He has been criss-crossing the country making unofficial [...]

Buy a Toaster, Get a Bank

I saw this on Russ Daggatt’s blog and I had to send it around — how appropriate for the times we are in……. Last Friday, Federal regulators shut down banks in Georgia, Colorado and Kansas, marking 20 failures of federally insured banks this year. More are expected to succumb to the prolonged recession.
For those interested [...]

The UK Times Take on Who’s Responsible

The global financial crisis has evolved into a worldwide recession of epic proportions. Analysts fear the sudden slump which has followed the credit crunch could even rival the Great Depression of the early 1930s and lead to global stagnation.
But who is responsible?

The bursting of the housing bubble and the collapse in confidence throughout financial markets [...]

Michigan: A Great NCAA TV Team

As a loyal Michigan fan (and former manager under Bo Schembechler), I was interested to read this week that in hoops, Michigan has been in two of the Top 5 alltime NCAA Championship games.  Maybe that could spur us on to make a big run this year? (maybe not)
Most Avg. Viewers, NCAA Championship Game (millions)
1979 [...]

Sports Advertising — The Place to Be This Month

As the CEO of a growing sports social network, www.fanfuego.com, I am constantly asked about advertisers and sports fans.  Let me tell you that advertisers LOVE sports fans, because sports fans are passionate, they love their sports, and they love to spend money.  Nielsen just came out with a quick report on teh NCAA Basketball [...]

Naturally 7 — Excellent!

I love the awesome acapella sounds of vocal group  Naturally 7 creating their “Wall of Sound” with vocal play. Everything you hear on this video is the human voice! Check ‘em out!
 

The Teleprompter President

Another funny teleprompter gaffe as the President thanked himself during a press coference with the Irish Prime Minister.  I hope the guy can learn to give as speech that he knows and believes in rather than one read off of a teleprompter like the anchor of the evening news.  It’s a little scary when he [...]

Today I Am 25 Million Minutes Old!

Today I celebrated my 25,000,000-minute birthday! Can you believe that I have been around for 25 million minutes?…it seems so-o-o-o-o-o-o long!  I guess the average life expectancy is about 40 million minutes so I guess I am am past halfway!

St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago – Some Irish Fun Facts

As I am 88 % Irish, I thought I would give you some facts about the Irish on this day, our national Holiday!    There are 3.8 million people in Ireland, [...]

Irish History in Chicago

With such a fine day like today to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago, I wanted to turn serious for a moment and give you some information about the Irish people and their history in Chicago from the Encyclopedia of Chicago History.
From a few hundred residents in the 1830s, Chicago emerged as the fourth largest [...]

USA’s Best Barista is from…..Chicago, of Course!

The best baristas in the United States battled for the title of United States Barista Champion and Mike Phillips from Intelligentsia Coffee in Chicago emerged the victor. The 2009 United States Barista Championship (USBC), presented by the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) and hosted by DaVinci Gourmet (www.davincigourmet.com), [...]

Chicago Named Top Indie Filmmaker City

If you’re an independent filmmaker, MovieMaker magazine put together its annual list [...]

A Generous Nation

Just read an article in the American Mazazine Online titled “A Nation of Givers”

It paints a positive portrait of American generosity in the article including:

In 2006, Americans gave $295 billion to charity, up 4.2 percent from the previous year.
Charitable donations have consistently risen faster than the GDP since World War II.   Correcting for inflation and population [...]

History of St. Patrick

When Is St. Patrick’s Day?
Saint Patrick’s Day is celebrated each year on March 17th.
Note for 2009:  Most secular establishments in the US and Canada, such as restaurants and bars, will continue to celebrate the holiday on March 17th, and the 17th will remain a national day off from work in Ireland.
Who Was Saint Patrick?
Even though [...]

Art Institute: Thank God for Free Days

The Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners approved a monster hike in admission fees to the Art Institute of Chicago yesterday, resulting in a 50 percent increase in adult admission fees and a 70 percent increase in student and senior citizen fees.  Effective May 23, adult tickets will increase from $12 to $18. Student and [...]

How Did We Get in This Credit Mess?

Wondering how the US got into the credit crunch? Ever think how all those `rich’ people suddenly become more broke than us? Well, fear no more. Everything is beautifully explained in this wonderful video on Vimeo.

It explains everything from the start where the sun was shining and we were dancing. All the way to where [...]

Happy 50th Birthday Barbie!

Can you believe that today is this American icon’s 50th birthday?
In honor of it, we’ve found some crazy facts (from Barbie’s official website) about the 11.5 inch-tall, 7.25-ounce doll to remind all of you out there just what kind of an impact Barbie has had on pop culture since her birth on March 9, 1959 [...]

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