Netwining Win

I won a contest at Netwining!  It was an audio disk set of networking advice.

Sunday at Church

This is the front of the church that we go to.  And yes, the weather is overcast today in Atlanta.

The name of the church is Life Church Smyrna Assembly of God.

Last Bible Study Class of This Year

This is Dr. Chatham, the instructor.  We studied the Hebrew prophets.

Sunday Evening

I'm experimenting with my cell phone. This was posted from it. The picture is from a civic event in Smyrna last month. This is Ron Long from our church who helped Kathy and move into our new house.

LInked In

I've discovered the joys and challenges of Linked In. It is the social media site for professional activities. Here is my link:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/jacklemoine

Going to Watch Mari Smith's Facebook Video

I'm going to watch Mari Smith's video on the new facebook changes this morning.

In today’s blogs,

History Moments: Robert Benchley on his writing career.

Masters of Finance: Rich Dad guy and The Donald advise to invest in stuff you know about and are interested in.

Literature Daily: a passage from Agamemnon tells the Greek elders about his dream. They're assembled on the dock before King Nestor's ship.

Political Journal: Police Union threatens businesses in Wisconsin.

Chess Politics: Even more Polgar lawsuit stuff at the USCF's forums. Will this ever end?

I Meet New GOP Chairman

Chess tournament training session this afternoon. How many of the 9 ways to draw a chess game can you name?

TV Show I've been watching: Alias, Sn 3; Disk 5. Both Michael's wife and his mother-in-law are in the Covenant.

Book I've been reading: Twitter Power 2.0 by Joel Comm. My favs: Chapter on how to write great tweets. Chapter on 30 day twitter plan.

In today’s blogs,

History Moments: Disraeli wondered, what to do about Ireland?

Masters of Finance: Napoleon Hill says to be ruthless in cutting off relations with minds not in harmony with your's.

Literature Daily: a passage from the fisherman pleads with genie for his life.

Political Journal: I meet Joe Dendy who's just elected Cobb County GOP chairman.

Today's Posts - 3/12/11

Went to political meet and greet last night. Had great time. Met Trish Pridemore and husband. Lots of food and got acquainted with some of the political types in the area.

In today’s blogs,

History Moments: What did Will Rogers say to Calvin Coolidge that cracked "old stone face" and made it laugh?

Masters of Finance: I review Blogging Away Debt.

Literature Daily: a passage from Lays of Ancient Rome by Macaulay.

Political Journal: about Trish Pridemore, candidate for Georgia State GOP Chairman.

Today's Posts - 3/11/11

Going to see Patricia Pridemore tonight. She's running for state chair of the Republican Party. County GOP convention is tomorrow. I plan on going.

TV Show I've been watching: Alias. After the episode of the big reveal of Sidney's missing 2 years, the series seems to be falling apart. Why is Vaughn's wife acting as both a Covenant spy inside the CIA and an outside operative, too? No wonder she evenually will get caught!

Book I've been reading: got inspired by Ramsay's Total Money Makeover. Been reading it for my Finance Blog.

In today’s blogs,

History Moments: Barbarians invade Rome; Franks get France (eventually).

Masters of Finance: the advantages of moving your company server "in the clouds".

Literature Daily: Xuande wins his battle but gets a surprise in a passage from Romance of the 3 Kingdoms.

Political Journal: Be polite, says the Iron Chancellor.

Today's Posts - 3/9/11

Big rain in Atlanta today. Lots of thunder and lightning.

TV Show I've been watching: Jennifer Garner in Alias.

Book I've been reading: Still on David Hackett Fischer's Champlain. Up to Henry IV chapter. Just finished the St. Bartholemew's Day Massacre.

In today’s blogs,

History Moments: Durant visits the pyramids.

Masters of Finance: We CPA's love Quickbooks. Why?

Literature Daily: Mark Twain’s talking up journaling with passengers.

Political Journal: Obama explains latest policy change on Gitmo. The devil made me do it - or the Republicans. Same thing. No, he didn't say that; the Washington Post's doing it for him.

Today's Posts - 3/8/11

Caught up on some sleep last night.

TV Show I've been watching: Alias, Season 3. I'm at the episodes with all those dream sequences.

Book I've been reading: been doing research on the Franks and Charlemagne for my history blog.

In today’s blogs,

History Moments: Herodotus analyzes Helen of Troy's story.

Masters of Finance: Bismarks quote on civility.

Literature Daily: a passage from Kim by Rudyard Kipling.

Political Journal: Obama's re-election chances, the good and bad.

Today's Posts - 3/7/11

Meant to telephone relatives last night. Got home from church, tired. Watched a little tv and went to bed.

TV Show I've been watching: A-Team, the episode with Robert Vaughn, Nancy Kwan. RV actually got some screen time this time, NK not so much.

Book I've been reading: audio of Champlain

In today’s blogs,

History Moments: Bismark on politeness.

Masters of Finance: Donald Trump on the importance of history.

Literature Daily: a passage from from the Illiad where Agamemnon sent the criers round to call the people in assembly.

Political Journal: Are the hearings on Muslim radicalization bad?

Today's Posts - 3/6/11

Took Kathy out to McDonalds this morning. She's working at Sams Club. Will pick her up and go to church tonight.

TV Show I've been watching: Watched Lois and Clark, an oldy Superman series from about 10 years ago.

Book I've been reading: Bob Hope's book about the Presidents he has known (11 of them!)

In today’s blogs,

History Moments: It is 1880, the elections are over and you conservatives have lost again. What next?

Masters of Finance: Napoleon Hill advises to ally with other people. More


Literature Daily: a passage from 1,001 Nights where the genie tells the fisherman that he must kill him because he has set him free.

Political Journal: Obama once derided G.W. Bush's views on democracy in the Middle East; now events are imposing those views on him. More

Today's Posts - 3/3/11

Talked to Kathy about finances (sigh!)

TV Show I've been watching: Got the latest netflix disk - Alias, season 3.

In today’s blogs,

History Moments: The March History Carnival is up. What's been going on last month in history blogs?

Masters of Finance: Status symbols is a real problem for people today.

Literature Daily: a passage from The Wizard of Oz. Scarecrow decides to ask Oz for some brains.

Political Journal: Is Obama really going to send troops to Libya?

Today's Posts - 3/2/11

Got to pay bills and make a sales call today. Been working on my blogs. Like that Durant series I started on the History Blog.

TV Show I've been watching: Xena, from season 2.

Book I've been reading: Durant's History of Civilization, vol 1 for the blog (see above).

In today’s blogs,

History Moments: Who started the first civilization in the Middle East?

Masters of Finance: How do you tell a slope of a line in a graph - and why is that important?

Literature Daily: a passage from Mark Twain about journals (like blogs) and the trouble of keeping them up.

Political Journal: How insecure is Quaddafi if Libya is having a Civil War?

Today's Posts - 3/1/11

Taking Kathy out shopping today, then to library.

TV Show I've been watching: Happy Days

Book I've been reading: Re-acquainting myself with Durants "Our Oriental Heritage" for the History Blog.

In today’s blogs,

History Moments: Menelaos leaves Egypt one step ahead of the mob - Herodotus.

Masters of Finance: Robert Louis Stevenson, fortune hunter.

Literature Daily: Kim delivers the goods.

Political Journal: Middle East Round Up, country by country from NYT.

Chess Politics: candidate Allen Priest for USCF's Executive Board comments on the financial issues.

Today's Posts - 2/28/11

Last day to send in W-2's to SSA. Been busy jump-starting my blogs.

TV Show I've been watching: Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Season 4.

Book I've been reading: Paul Johnson's History of the American People.

In today’s blogs,

History Moments: Robert Louis Stevenson has something to say.

Masters of Finance: What do Trump and Kiyosaki mean of "Financial IQ"?

Literature Daily: a passage from the Illiad.

Political Journal: how does the behavior of and towards the protestors compare - Wisconsin vs. Tea Party, that is.

Chess Politics: Gary Walters' thread descends into drivel. (Sigh!)

Back in Business

Going to get back to blogging again. It is easy to get distracted/discouraged. (Thanks for the encouragement, Vicky!*)

Here’s what’s been going on. I’ve got back together with Hank Harvey, CPA. If folks out there need accounting or tax services, give him a call. 770-439-557.

Also I’ve got back together with Kid Chess.

In today’s blogs,

History Moments: there’s my latest in the Churchill’s World, the book that I am writing. This is a short summary of a passage from it about his parents getting married.

Masters of Finance: Opportunities are everywhere from Napoleon Hill. I suppose, but sometimes they’re hard to see and exploit.

Literature Daily: a passage from 1001 Nights, where a bad genie out tells his story before intending to kill the man who let him out of his bottle.

Political Journal: an interesting piece in today’s Washington Post – how left wing is the academic establishment?

And finally, Chess: where I rant about the latest foolishness in the USCF elections.

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* Personal message: I would like to call Paul. It’s been years. Will you please e-mail me his phone #? Thanks!

Sad Day for Us

Mother passed away about an hour ago.

Kathy Starts Her Garden

Tuesday Kathy started work on the garden. It rained in the days since so the seeds have yet to be planted. She will get to that tomorrow.