Dr Copa Scrip for Success

Well, I heard that President Obama commented that he can’t bowl very well. Something to the effect that when he bowls, he looks like he’s participating in the Special Olympics. And I’ve heard that there’s been a lot of hoopla about how that was a disparaging comment “insult” to the people who do actually participate in the Special Olympics. Well, I don’t think that President Obama meant to insult anyone. Everyone knows that the people who participate in the Special Olympics are handicapped. And that handicapped people are “differently abled” and sometimes have to expend extra effort to achieve what many of us take for granted. It’s too bad that there is always so much attention paid to people’s errors; I think that it was not ill-intended and I wish people would find better things to complain about!

I cannot believe that the people at the AIG company are so vital that they would quit their jobs if they didn’t get their bonuses and that the company would not be able to survive without them.  There is one thing I have learned in the business world, no one is irreplaceable.  I think that AIG should not give out those bonuses, and if they lose “valuable employees” then I think that they should just let them walk.  To be giving out bonuses now, when the company had to borrow so much money from us is unthinkable!  I suspect that if AIG ever comes to the government, hat in hand, asking for bailout money that they will be turned away.  They have shown their true colors!

Ben has been telling me that he has decided to try to make some money by selling off some of his old collectibles.  So he has been going through his basement and his garage and his attic and pulling out some items that he thinks that he wants to sell.  He’s tried hold a couple of garage sales, but one was rained out, and the other really didn’t generate much traffic or sales.  He thinks it is probably because he lives so far out in “the boonies” that people just didn’t feel like traveling the distance to get to his place.  So he thinks that garage sales just aren’t the answer for him.

He has some friends that sell things on Ebay and have made pretty good money doing it, but they have started complaining recently that there have been some changes in the Ebay process that they are unhappy about.  Ben has never been a real good computer wiz, and he doesn’t want to take the time or effort to learn how to do the Ebay process himself.  So he is going to take his items to the local isold it store and have them try to sell his items on Ebay for him.

This morning my wife and I went to see the specialist who has been trying to help me clear up my health issues. It was a long, two hour drive in rush hour traffic. I felt sorry for my wife having to drive in that mess, but we needed to go, so go we did. And once we got to the doctor’s office, he was running behind (as usual) and we didn’t leave his office for two hours once we actually arrived! Then the long drive back, this time NOT in rush hour traffic so it only took an hour and fifteen minutes. That kind of morning takes a lot out of you! Anyway, I started off this post thinking that I was going to write about the beautiful tulip trees and forsythia shrubs that are starting to bloom. I noticed them while we were driving. I also noticed the daffodils are out, and the temperatures were a comfortable 60 degrees, so it certainly did seem spring-like today!

My sister is taking my daughter to Orlando today.  They are flying down to spend the week in my sister’s time share condo in Orlando.  I’m green with envy; I love to go to Orlando!  It is one of my favorite vacation spots.  Unfortunately I have had to postpone my vacation plans due to some medical issues that I need to deal with.  As much as I love going on vacation, I just am not in any shape to go anyplace spectacular right now.  So I will just have to live vicariously through my sister and daughter’s vacation for now!

I know that they are planning to take in all of the great theme amusement parks, and some of the great dinner shows that feature spectacular stunts and horses.  I really loved going to them the last couple of times I went to Florida!

One of my favorite theme parks to go to is Universal Studios Orlando.  They have some really great shows!  The last time I went there it was with my wife and we had such a great time going to see the shows.  My wife isn’t a big fan of thrill rides, so she sat out the rides while I went on a few without her.  We’ve never made it over to Islands of Adventure park because we keep hearing that it is mostly roller coaster rides and my wife really has no interest in doing any of those.  Maybe if we heard that they had some good shows there to see we would head over there the next time we go there. 

My sister tells me that the Universal Studios has a Mardi Gras celebration that puts other Mardi Gras celebrations to shame, and that they are planning to spend a day or two at the Studios at Islands of Adventure that they want to go to the Mardi Gras.  I’ll be interested to hear what they have to say about the celebration; what they see and what they do.  I’ll bet they have a great time!