Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Lovely
Wed.Woe
More beautiful....tropical style :)
More beautiful...
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Beautiful
Tired Tuesday
Craziness at work
Life at the office calmed down a bit after last week, but today escalated incredibly. My ex-immediate boss, Tim, was having an amicable parting with the company and was supposed to be here for 2 more weeks. Well that all changed this morning. Supposedly he did something terrible yesterday and was banned from our building before 9am. According to the COO he was incredibly threatening so now we have 2 plain clothed cops in our office 'guarding' the entrances. They wouldn't even let him take his personal belongings home so I assume that they will box it up and send it to him. So crazy times all around. Though the COO did talk to my group today and we are all 'safe', they just plan on dispersing us and placing us in different departments. So we shall see where I end up. We have all been rather busy working on different projects so that is comforting. Anyways I am hoping to stay with the company just a bit longer. It is becoming such a huge contender in the industry that I hopefully will get some amazing contacts for future jobs no matter where I end up living. Plus the CEO has taken on a role of 'mentor' and is trying to teach me lots of different things. So thank you very much for your prayers. Though I think David's are that I am no longer with them :).
On a fun note one of my best friends from Junior Year in France who has been living in Miami for two years is moving to Chicago. So on his way home he will make the incredible two hour trek to Palm Beach to stay with me tonight. It has been months since I have seen him so it will be fun catching up while at dinner. Then tomorrow he will go home to Indiana first and then move to Chicago. Should be lots of fun!
Can't think of too much else. Have spoken with Davy and he seems to be doing well. I usually get him when he is rather tired, but he sounds happy overall. I know he spoke with Mr. and Mrs. Harvey today and that made him super happy. Anna I am trying my all time best to remind him to call you during decent hours, but as we all know how hard it is to get him to do something :). You will just have to come visit me and then you will definately get him ;), right Suzella?! If any of you have GMail accounts and can use the chat he is on most days from 11pm to 11am our time. That is the best and really only way of contacting him. Hmmm, what else about him. He hasn't been on any more fun trips. It is his birthday soon so I am going to try to send him a package. Not sure what to send him besides Doritos Cooler Ranch and Extra Flavor Goldfish :). He is rather hard to shop for so if anyone has any good ideas please let me know. And the only thing besides that is that you all have a wonderfully amazing son, brother, and nephew :) (Don't gag too much ladies)!
Lots of love! xoxoxo, Vic
FITNA: you need to watch it

I wasn't going to post this, but, predictably, the Muslim world is up in arms about it. They are threatening to boycott all Danish products just because the producer of this 17 minute film is Dutch. They have also gotten several video sites to ban this video. As many people agree, the best way to respond to free speech you don't like is more free speech, not less. So, in exercising my free speech, here's a link to the video: The movie Fitna
Be forewarned, there are some very disturbing scenes in this video, but I still think it's worth watching. Above is a screencap of a sign from one of the many Muslim protests. Says a lot, doesn't it?
UPDATE: Here's a link to the petition to support the producer of FITNA.
h/t Bad Example, Michelle Malkin, and Hot Air, though I've seen this on quite a few other sites...
Planned Parenthood: Raking in the Dough
"It is absolutely incredible," said Jim Sedlak, vice president of American Life League, "but the annual report just released by Planned Parenthood Federation of America shows that $114 million of the government funds received by Planned Parenthood were not needed and only increased the abortion giant's assets."
Sedlak was referring to the 2006 -- 2007 PPFA annual report released late last week. The report shows that PPFA had a total income of $1.02 billion. Of that total, $258.7 million came from donations; $366.9 million came from fees charged customers at its clinics; and a whopping $336.7 million came from the American taxpayer.
The report also showed that PPFA recorded a profit of $114.8 million and increased its total assets to $1.12 billion.
"Taxpayer money represents 33 percent of Planned Parenthood's income," continued Sedlak, "yet it is clear that it does not need all this money. In these days of financial hardship all across the country, why are American taxpayers being forced to fund a billion dollar corporation that clearly does not need the money?"
Sedlak called for the immediate cessation of all taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood and asked all concerned citizens to go to www.StopPlannedParenthoodTaxFunding.com and sign the petition demanding the halt of Planned Parenthood's pillaging of our taxpayer monies.
American Life League was co-founded in 1979 by Judie Brown. It is the largest grassroots Catholic pro-life organization in the United States and is committed to the protection of all innocent human beings from the moment of creation to natural death.
If you want to sign the petition to try and stop Planned Parenthood from getting taxpayer funding, go here.
h/t Michelle Malkin


