Archive for April, 2009
A Great Quote
Posted by Snowy in Uncategorized on April 25th, 2009
I just wanted to share this quote with you guys while I was browsing Imaginary Foundation.
We can’t understand why people are frightened by new ideas. We’re frightened of old ones.
Couldn’t agree more.
Donut Club
Posted by Snowy in Economy/Business on April 19th, 2009
So a few weeks ago I decided to start a new club at my high school - Donut Club. The idea came to me one night while I was just laying in bed. Donut club works on quite a simple principal, in which everyone wins. If you join donut club (which there’s a 1-dollar fee), you are eligible to receive a 10 percent discount. How do you receive that discount? Present your Donut Club Membership card of course! Now I bet you’re wondering, how in the world did I get the Donut Shop to agree to give 10% off to hundreds of donut club members? Well, it’s quite simple. In order to get 10% off, you have to go to the designated donut store. This way, the specific donut store not only gets all the business, but more importantly, takes away business from other shops. It’s a win-win for everybody!
Baseball
Posted by Snowy in Uncategorized on April 18th, 2009
For some unexplained reason I have been watching a lot of baseball lately. I’m not exactly sure why. I’ve never really been a huge fan, and I’m still not really a big fan. But I’ve found it to be kind of relaxing to watch. I wouldn’t call baseball exciting, but I sure wouldn’t call it boring. It’s like when I’m driving home after school… it’s generally kinda hot, I don’t have the music loud, and I take the back-roads. It’s relaxing, I don’t have to think much, and it’s a great way to pass-time. I think people think too much about baseball.. I really don’t think it’s ment to be exciting, and if you go into it remembering that, I think you’ll enjoy it a lot more.
“Sexting”
Posted by Snowy in Uncategorized on April 9th, 2009
So you’ve probably read about it, or seen it on the news now. Sexting. What is it? When teens take explicit photos of themselves and text it to their friends. If you get caught sharing or taking pictures, you will be forced to register as a sex offender, under "child pornography". While it is technically child pornography, and you should technically be labeled as a sex offender, don’t you think it’s a little… harsh?
Are you taking notes?
Posted by Snowy in Economy/Business on April 7th, 2009
There is no doubt that things are changing in America today. We’ve had one of the worst recessions in decades. Check out Boston.com’s "Scenes from the recession". For better or worse, things are happening in America today. This brings up an interesting question… are you taking notes? What exactly do I mean by this? It’s quite simple really, just write in a journal once every couple of nights regarding the economy. Things like how the stocks are doing, what people are protesting, what Obama’s doing. This recession is one of the worst in history, but writing about it now, and your experiences now, could pay off in the future. You could publish your journal, or perhaps sell it to a historian down the road and make a decent amount of money. Or heck, it would just be really cool to let your grandchildren take it to class one day for a school project.
It’s something to consider, even though it’s not the most joyful thing to talk about.
Outta Money, Outta Time.
Posted by Snowy in Cars, Economy/Business on April 6th, 2009
Well it looks as though it could be the end for GM and Chrysler. Both companies have been struggling eminsly for a long time now and it doesn’t help that the government doesn’t want to bail them out any more. Good idea, bad idea? Many feel that they should have never been bailed out in the first place. Do you think that would be okay? Not to bail out the auto companies? They employ millions of people after all… too big to fail? Perhaps. I really believe in the free market economy, but thinking about all the jobs that would have been lost, it’s almost a lose-lose situation. I don’t believe government should have interacted the way they did with GM and Chrysler, but I sure don’t want to see them go down. After all, if Chrysler went down, how would I get my Dodge Challenger? (I have a plan, I’ll get to that in another blog post ;)) Do you think it’s fair that the government is bailing out the big automakers, but leaving the smaller ones to suffer?
Good questions to ask before you’re for-or-against (another) bailout.