OK, Gina told me my posts have to be at least somewhat relevant to her business. So, a quick update on the world of Gina Clary Photography. I am trying to get the new office complete as quickly as possible (allowing lots of time for considerably lengthy breaks, of course). Next time you come to the studio, drop a hint with something to the effect of, "Wow, your new office looks amazing! Did Bob Vila do this?!?!" Also, Gina is in the process of developing her new fancy website. It looks pretty great. Hopefully it will be up and running soon.
Also related to the business is the fact that I really need to get the office/studio finished in the next week since baseball season is about to start and that will, of course, require three hour breaks when the Astros are playing. I am excited about the upcoming season, if we can just get a nice surprise from a few of our starters, we could contend for a division title.
Speaking of business relevance, what is going on with this recession? I am curious to see what, if any, impact this has on Gina's business. I do have an idea, though. As you may already be aware, many of us will be getting checks from the IRS where they are giving us back some of the money we paid in previously (the economic stimulus package). I would suggest that you invest in some high quality pictures of your family (the value of this investment in the future will be priceless, of course). This will spur the economy as intended, as Gina will take your money and go buy some new flooring (or restart the conversation about adding that second floor to the house over the garage...don't get me started). This way we can all help pull the economy out of the doldrums it is currently in. This will in turn, drive up stock prices helping our 401(k) plans and all our other investments to get us back into the black.
Also, did you know that you weigh about 0.5% less at the equator than at the north pole? How weird is that? I guess weight fluctuation is a small price to pay for not getting flung into outer space at 1,000 m.p.h. due to the rotation of the earth launching you jai alai style. Oh, and wouldn't that be an award-winning picture?! See it all comes back to photography.
As always, thanks for reading ~ Mark
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
What's the deal with that?
I have to admit something. I like Starbucks coffee. Just some straight up bold blend coffee, not the half-caf low-fat double mocha frappaccino on ice with whipped cream type, more of a tweener. I can sit on my throne and judge those fools who spend all that money and order those crazy drinks, because I am not that guy, but I also am not the guy who can just laugh at anyone who walks into these places. I'm a tweener.
But can someone tell me who is the guy that is by himself at night hanging out in there with no coffee and just his laptop? The only other car outside was a Mercedes so I assume he can afford his own wireless connection (we use our neighbor's, oh by the way, thanks neighbor). So, I'm sitting there with my little girl as we are waiting on her hot chocolate and Gina's heavy breve cappucino with four shots of sugar free vanilla and I was just wondering what he was doing there. Not drinking coffee, obviously. Or, who knows, maybe he slammed four espressos and is worried about getting behind the wheel and waiting to come off his high, but it just seems odd.
I could almost understand if it were one of those Starbucks connected to a book store. At least there is a lot of foot traffic, so he either a) has opportunities to meet ladies or b) gets cred from other patrons as a sophisticated book reader, or a sophisticated coffee orderer (although, remember, this guy didn't have any coffee). Of course, maybe he is a fan of Gina's (and now, partially, my) blog and needs the espressos to keep himself awake as he eagerly keeps hitting refresh waiting for our next post since we are so bad about posting regularly. Well, if so, congratulations dude. Go home.
As always, thanks for reading ~ Mark
p.s. I was just kidding about stealing our neighbors wifi connection (usually).
But can someone tell me who is the guy that is by himself at night hanging out in there with no coffee and just his laptop? The only other car outside was a Mercedes so I assume he can afford his own wireless connection (we use our neighbor's, oh by the way, thanks neighbor). So, I'm sitting there with my little girl as we are waiting on her hot chocolate and Gina's heavy breve cappucino with four shots of sugar free vanilla and I was just wondering what he was doing there. Not drinking coffee, obviously. Or, who knows, maybe he slammed four espressos and is worried about getting behind the wheel and waiting to come off his high, but it just seems odd.
I could almost understand if it were one of those Starbucks connected to a book store. At least there is a lot of foot traffic, so he either a) has opportunities to meet ladies or b) gets cred from other patrons as a sophisticated book reader, or a sophisticated coffee orderer (although, remember, this guy didn't have any coffee). Of course, maybe he is a fan of Gina's (and now, partially, my) blog and needs the espressos to keep himself awake as he eagerly keeps hitting refresh waiting for our next post since we are so bad about posting regularly. Well, if so, congratulations dude. Go home.
As always, thanks for reading ~ Mark
p.s. I was just kidding about stealing our neighbors wifi connection (usually).
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