FREEDOM WRITERS

I was given an assignment on the movie Freedom Writers.  And I can tell you that it is a great movie.  I would recommend watching this movie.

Wow....now I don't feel bad!!

Found this story from AOL website.  So the next time you bounce a check, you can be relieved that you are not the only screw up!

From the HuffingtonPost:

The Illinois Lottery officials apologized to about 85 winners Friday after their winning checks bounced.

Maureen Furio of Lake Zurich, Ill. told CBS Chicago that she won $1,000 from an instant scratch-off ticket shortly after Christmas and got a check the next day.

“I deposited it the same day and went ahead and paid some extra Christmas bills,” Furio told the station. "And Jan. 3, it bounced.”

Lottery spokesman Mike Lang told the Chicago Tribune that the Lottery's bank failed to authorize about 85 payments of the 311 checks written out on Dec. 28. He said the incident was linked to a security authorization that was not sent to the bank on time, since they were short-staffed because of the holidays.

About $159,000 in checks were returned, Lang told the Associated Press. The Lottery will pay for any bank fees associated with the incident, and is sending free scratch-off tickets to those affected.

“It’s something that we are not happy with, and we’re taking steps” to see it doesn’t happen again, Lang told the Tribune.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/06/illinois-lottery-checks-b_n_1190454.html?ref=chicago&icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl2%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D125549

Crazy isn't it!! 

Home Remedies??

Guaranteed what I'm fighting is a chest cold and one of my followers told me that eating a clove of GARLIC would help fight off any germ..

O_o

I will stick with good ol' Vitamin C

But what other home remedies would you recommend?

Loyalty to your hometown team?

Should you be loyal to your hometown team?

I've heard that a few times on the twittersphere and honestly I feel that you should root for whoever you feel is good for you.  My teams are the Dallas Cowboys and I live in Ohio.  So should I root for the Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals, or the Detroit Lions?  Lets be honest, other than this year with Cincy and Lions making the playoffs, when were the last time they were good?  And not to mention I have been a Cowboys fan since age 5, so there is no reason why I should change my allegiance..

Basketball team is the Detroit Pistons.  Yes I was a HUGE Michael Jordan fan and rooted for the Bulls when they were always in the playoffs, but my allegiance belong to the Pistons.  From their Bad Boy days, to them defeating the Lakers in 2004 (Sorry Laker Nation), I will always be a Pistons fan.

Beggar's Can't Be Choosers!!

Apparently homeless people have standards...

So today I was running late for work and I saw a homeless man sitting in the cold as I walked inside McDonald's.  So as I grab my food, I asked the cashier to grab me a McMuffin and a medium coffee.  Approached the homeless man and said, "Hey here ya go, have a happy new year."  He looks up at me and scolds at me, "I don't eat McDonald's, I only eat Burger King!!"

O_o

Now what type of shit is that?! Here I am offering somewhat of a hot, healthy meal while you're outside and you tell me that?  I can't tell you how mad and shocked I was hearing that!  So I did the honorable thing and left it near him.  Turns out that he ate the meal anyway.

SMH....

New Year Resolution... Did make one?

2012 is upon us.. so did anybody make any New Year Resolution?  And if so, share them!