Anthony's Random Thoughts

Another Christmas has come and gone.  This year, felt like one of those where people just didn’t seem to get into the Christmas Spirit.  The part where I enjoyed most about Christmas was, just being able to spend time with the Family.  Krissie and I got some good gifts, but that is neither here nor there.  I just love spending time with the family. 

Krissie game me an early Christmas Present in November, I got a new Digital Camera.  It was one that I had been looking at for awhile.  The reason I got it early was because I wanted to be able to take it with us when I went to the Miller Christmas on the Second Weekend in December.  The Camera that she got me was a Canon PowerShot SX20 IS.  I love to take pictures, so this was a great gift.  I gave Krissie a Nintendo DS with the new Zelda game called Spirit Tracks.

I work for a hotel, as I have mentioned in previous posts. One of my biggest frustrations, is with the way they do updates.  The “main” updates are usually designed to add some functionality to the property management system that we use.  However, it seems almost every time that they have to roll out a new update to fix something that they broke with the “main” update
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I like all kinds of music.  Most recently, I have come across an interest in Blues.  I have always knew it existed, but I just never got into very much.  However, back on June 8, 2009, The Insomniacs, came and played at Jo’s Sunshine Lounge in Boise, Idaho.  At this point, I became hooked on Blues Music.  Tonight was another great Blues Musician that played.  His name is Samuel James, and he is from Portland, Maine. I could not find his website, so Sorry.  But anyway, he is awesome.

I haven’t posted anything really in quite some time.  I am sitting here at work, trying not to be bored.  I work at a hotel, and my boss recently went to a regional meeting for Choice Hotels.  He came back, and asked me if I knew about Facebook and / or Twitter.  I knew about Facebook, but Twitter I didn’t know anything other than it’s name.

He said that during this meeting, they (Choice Hotels) talked about using the Social Networking sites to promote the hotel.  Now, this got me excited.  My boss then gave me a .pdf file that talks all about some of the social networking sites to use.  These included YouTube, Flickr, Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, and Yelp.  I started playing with Twitter a little bit more, and have since started tweeting.  I am now on Twitter @antwanchild.  Reading through this document has really helped me to have a better understanding of what Twitter and Facebook are all about.

How to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 12-days

Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize earlier this week. Over the last decade the only requirement to win the prize was that the nominee had to be critical of George W. Bush (see Al Gore, Mohamed El Baradei and Jimmy Carter).
President Obama has broken new ground here. Nominations for potential winners of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize ended on February 1. The president took office only 12 days earlier on January 20.
Let’s take a look at the president’s first 12 days in the White House according to his public schedule to see what he did to deserve a Nobel Peace Prize:

January 20: Sworn in as president. Went to a parade. Partied.
January 21: Asked bureaucrats to re-write guidelines for information requests. Held an “open house” party at the White House.
January 22: Signed Executive Orders: Executive Branch workers to take ethics pledge; re-affirmed Army Field Manual techniques for interrogations; expressed desire to close Gitmo (how’s that working out?)
January 23: Ordered the release of federal funding to pay for abortions in foreign countries. Lunch with Joe Biden; met with Tim Geithner.
January 24: Budget meeting with economic team.
January 25: Skipped church.
January 26: Gave speech about jobs and energy. Met with Hillary Clinton. Attended Geithner’s swearing in ceremony.
January 27: Met with Republicans. Spoke at a clock tower in Ohio.
January 28: Economic meetings in the morning, met with Defense secretary in the afternoon.
January 29: Signed Ledbetter Bill overturning Supreme Court decision on lawsuits over wages. Party in the State Room. Met with Biden.
January 30: Met economic advisers. Gave speech on Middle Class Working Families Task Force. Met with senior enlisted military officials.
January 31: Took the day off.
February 1: Skipped church. Threw a Super Bowl party.

So there you have it. The short path to the Nobel Peace Prize: Party, go to meetings, skip church, release federal funding to pay for abortions in foreign countries, party some more.

I have not posted for quite some time, and I don’t really have a good reason.

However, here I go with a new post.  I have been debating over the last couple of days and even weeks about whether to get a new Netbook computer.  For those of you who don’t know what a Netbook is, I found a definition on Wikipedia.

“A netbook (a combination of the words Internet and notebook) is a class of laptop computer designed for wireless communication and access to the Internet.

Primarily designed for web browsing and e-mailing, netbooks rely heavily on the Internet for remote access to web-based applications” and are targeted increasingly at cloud computing users who require a less powerful client computer. Netbooks typically run either Linux or Windows XP operating systems rather than more resource-intensive operating systems like Windows Vista. The devices range in size from below 5 inches to over 13, typically weigh 2 to 3 pounds (~1 kg) and are often significantly cheaper than general purpose laptops.”

Anyway, I have been doing some research, and I really want to get a netbook.  I have been debating back and forth between a couple of different models.  The two final choices are either the Acer Aspire One, or the MSI Wind.  I am having the hardest time trying to make up my mind.  If anyone has any suggestions, then please leave a comment and let me know.

One of the things that I hate really bad is procrastination.  Why do people find it convenient to wait until the last minute to take care of things.  Well, most of the time, companies do not wait until the last day to send out W2s.  This was the case with my employer.  I personally sent out W2s over a week ago.  But why do people wait until yesterday (Jan 30th), which also happens to be the last day they are sent out, to make sure that we have their correct address?  If these former employees know they are at a different address, then why don’t they take the time to update them before they are sent out.

Just thought I would give a little update about myself.  I haven’t been blogging that much lately.  However, I have been busy with work and school.  At work, not much as changed in what I do, except that I work night shifts (11pm – 7am) for the moment.  That will change, and go back to my regular time (eventually). 

And then at school, I am still at University of Phoenix.  My current class is FIN320: Corporate Accounting.  It is a fun class so far.  I am only in the 2nd week of a 5 week class.

I am not a big fan of the Idaho Mistaken, I mean the Idaho Statesman.  It is our local newspaper.  They are terrible at reporting news.  Usually when there is breaking news, they always have to be the first ones to report it, so in the process, they leave things out or misreport info. 

Or they report on things that don’t really sound like news to me. 
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Let me tell you why I suck as a blogger…

First, is that I seem to get a lot of my ideas from Mike Cox.  I don’t do it to try and copy him, I just do it, because I think that he has some wonderful ideas.  I love the themes that he happens to use.  The reason why I suck as a blogger, is that I seem to lack some kind of creativity.  I just hope that in the process of using his ideas, that I didn’t make him mad.  But I do hope and wish that I can gain some kind of creativity someday.

Thanks Again Mike for being so Awesome!!!