| Thursday, January 7th, 2010 |
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| Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 |
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| Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 |
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| Monday, January 4th, 2010 |
brodycatsmouth
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| Sunday, January 3rd, 2010 |
delphinios
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| Saturday, January 2nd, 2010 |
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| Friday, January 1st, 2010 |
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| Thursday, December 31st, 2009 |
tygercowboy
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tygercowboy
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8:14a |
New Year's Eve Plans
We are planning on going to Amigo Joe's for NYE dinner at 730pm. (note new time) If anyone would like to join us, we would love to have you along! Food is good and reasonably priced. After dinner we will figure out where we are going from there! http://maps.google.com/maps/place?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=p7L&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=amigo+joe%27s+st+louis+mo&fb=1&gl=us&hq=amigo+joe%27s&hnear=st+louis+mo&cid=3334000228039639165Then we are going bowling at Sunset Lanes, 7777 Watson Rd, St Louis. cost is $15 per person including all you can bowl and shoes. They are doing Cosmic Bowling (black lights, music, etc) and fursuits are welcome. (We do have a changing area, so no heads off in public please) From there we will finish the night at the Bad Dog and the Poseidon Adventure Party (no door charge just pay for your own drinks) With dinner bowling and everything you are only looking at about $45 per person (unless you go crazy on stuff) So come ring in the New Year with us!! If you are coming to New Year's Eve I need to hear from you ASAFP so I can change the number we have reserved if needs be!! DO NOT commit to coming unless you WILL be coming. No-Shows (without a good reason) are very frowned upon! |
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| Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 |
isfacat
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| Tuesday, December 29th, 2009 |
brodycatsmouth
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10:17p |
The Year in Celebrity Deaths
Not only did MJ die this year, and we had the trifecta, but boatloads of celebrities were offed this season. From a list from some website: Bea Arthur David Carradine Marilyn Chambers Walter Cronkite Dom Deluise Roy E Disney Farrah Fawcett John Hughes Michael Jackson Jack Kemp Karl Malden Billy Mays Patrick McGoohan Ed McMahon Steve McNair Ricardo Montalban Brittany Murphy Les Paul John Updike Natasha Richardson Oral Roberts Patrick Swayze These are just the ones I recognize! |
vetiver_zizan
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3:06p |
Decade in Review
Obviously I've done a lousy job of updating my LiveJournal this year. I didn't really intend it to be that way, it just happened that I never felt like writing about anything as it was happening. Nevertheless, I still read my friends list most every day - often multiple times a day - so I am still current with the goings-on other people write about. So, since the tens digit in the year changes in two days, instead of a simple look back at this year, I decided to take a look back at the last decade (which, conveniently, will include 2009 anyway). So, a walk down memory lane: ( Longest post ever ) |
wolffit
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7:40a |
Blank check... AND cash salary?
Wall Street firms who have received (and not paid back) TARP funds are under some significant restrictions in terms of how they can compensate their top employees. Cash salary is capped at $500k, and stock and options grants are subject to a minimum holding period - basically to incentivize long term sustainable behavior over short term risky behavior. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have received significant amounts of federal bailout money - and the Treasury just lifted a $200b cap on the amount it was ready to pump into these mortgage companies which are already about 80% owned by the federal government... yet they are apparently not subject to the TARP restrictions, and their CEOs both received $6m CASH salary in 2009, and their salary packages for 2010 are 100% cash. In other words, their salary is not dependent on the success of the firms. As long as they keep their actions legal, they get paid. Now, I'm generally against government sticking its nose into corporate business. I think corporations should be free to run themselves as their shareholders see fit. After all, business exists to make money, not to serve the public. But when a business asks for or accepts government (read: taxpayer) dollars to bail itself out of a bad situation it got itself into, that business MUST accept restrictions (read: terms) imposed by the government in exchange for the assistance. This is one case where I feel it is wholly appropriate for the government to tell a business how to manage its internal operations. Grumble. |
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| Monday, December 28th, 2009 |
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| Sunday, December 27th, 2009 |
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| Saturday, December 26th, 2009 |
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| Friday, December 25th, 2009 |
moiracoon
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2:52a |
Treatsies!
Caramel corn puffs with Ghirardelli bittersweet drizzle...done! Sourdough pretzels with the same Ghirardelli bittersweet used as a coating...done! Peppermint cookies and cream fudge...done! Packaging of combos of the preceding for various extended family gifts...done! One of the things I'm really going to miss about this house is the walk-in fridge screen porch. Making homemade candy en bulk is a lot easier when I don't have to try to figure out how to fit it all in my real fridge to cool. Tonight, I just set all of the trays out on the porch as I finished them. Spiffy! Current Mood:  tired |
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