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Thursday, December 20, 2007
Thursday, November 8, 2007
So I got arrested
For the MDA....If you ever have the chance to be arrested at work (for a good cause) do yourself a favor and take it.
This was fantastic. No one, outside a select few, knew that this was staged for charity.
I arranged for a deputy to come in and announce that he was here to arrest me. As he approached me I cried out "Dont Tase Me!!!"
When he put me against the wall and cuffed me, everyone got quite.
As we walked out, an accomplice emailed everyone with an email asking to help raise my bail. We got like $4.82.
But thankfully people who dont know me that well came through and helped us raise over $800 in one day for MDA.
The ride to the "jail" in the cruiser was the coolest. The deputy asked "Will it be ok if we go fast?"
Pursuit Speed in a Police Cruiser should be one of the things you need to put on that list of things you need to experience before you die.
Plan ahead though, blogging evidently gives you a weak bladder.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Church Camp Diary
I accompanied Bryant's class to Epworth this weekend for "Kids Quest". I was one of the sponsors and was responsible for 11 third through fifth graders. This is an exert from diary.
Diary from Church Camp
Friday 3:45pm Leave Church headed for Epworth. Surprised by how smooth Church van rides once you get above 100mph. Arrive in Epworth 45 min later.
Friday 6:00pm Have Dinner
Friday 7:00pm Awesome Church Service
Friday 10:00pm While Epworth was founded by Charles Westley, didnt realize that the mattresses in cabins actually came over on boat with him
Friday 10:05pm "Who wants to take a shower?" is answered with chorus of "My momma told me I didn't have to take a shower", which, in turn, immediately reminds me how disgusting unmarried men can be.
Friday 11:00pm Learn that the breakfast dose of Ritalin wears off after 10 hours
Friday 11:30pm Hand camper my cell phone and instruct him to call parents and explain why he will not go to bed. Camper replies he doesn't know the number.
Friday 12:00am Threaten to move in with another camper and his family if he doesn't go to bed. Camper cries.
Saturday 1:30am Last awake camper explains that his dinner consisted of "cake and icing".
Saturday 2:00am I call Diane, crying and explaining that I was tired, I couldn't take it anymore, and that I wanted to go home. Diane explained that while Jesus loved me, I should stop being such a wuss and act like a man.
Saturday 6:15am My son comes close to death by my hands when he is the first to wake up at this unholy hour.
Saturday 6:30am "I don't have to take a shower" is replaced with "Ive lost my toothbrush".
Saturday 6:31am I explain that those who do not brush their teeth will have to sit next to me for the rest of the day. Toothbrushes are immediately discovered. While not the miracle at Lourdes, I am thankful just the same.
Saturday 6:40am Camper A decides to "spice up" Camper B by spraying his entire head with half a can of Right Guard, Sport Scent.
Saturday 6:45am A Church camp tradition continues when the cry goes out "Lets go wake up the girls", accompanied by a massive exodus to the girl's cabin.
Saturday 7:00am Breakfast
Saturday 7:15am Thanks to an unfortunate collision, Will Allen's eggs and grits are covered in Seth Golden's milk. Will Allen takes it in stride and makes the best of it. Later learn that most parents in program want their daughter to marry Will Allen.
Saturday 12:00pm Have fried flounder for lunch. Camper next to me quickly polishes off two pieces and is pondering a third when he announces that "flounder makes me gassy". I suggest that we leave early to get a good seat for the upcoming church service.
Saturday 1:30pm Thomas Megow becomes an immediate hero to the rest of the cabin when he purchases a larger rubber snake in the gift shop for $12, leaving him $2 to "get something nice for his dad".
Saturday 3:30pm Go to Beach
Saturday 4:30pm Almost pass out on beach after trying to hold my gut in for 45 straight min.
Saturday 7:00 Great Church Service
Saturday 8:45pm Lead followup discussion with Children on their take on the weekend and how this has helped in their spiritual walk with Christ.
Saturday 9:15pm On trip to Dairy Queen, mention to associate pastor that unlike his group, my group's discussion didn't not include the topics of "Star Wars", "Poke-man", or "Nintendos" and that I thought this was interesting since I was a mere amateur and he was the "spiritual professional". Associate pastor responds by taking a swing at me.
Saturday 10:30pm With the hope of any sense of group hygiene long vanished, kids, fresh from 12 hours of outdoor activities, including a beach trip, crawl into bed with the only semblance of a shower coming from the Atlantic ocean. I take a small amount of pride in the fact their teeth were brushed. I begin to realize that there have not been any "extended sessions" in the bathroom stall since we arrive.
Sunday 6:00am Wake up
Sunday 6:10am Suddenly rediscover Thomas' snake.
Sunday 6:20am With no morning showers or time devoted to personal appearance, group is ready to go in 20 min. I suggest we start packing clothes into luggage.
Sunday 6:45am Small wardrobe of unclaimed clothes and towels begins to form.
Sunday 6:46am Despite his monogram being on the wash clothe, camper RCP claims no ownership.
Sunday 7:00am Breakfast
Sunday 8:45am While checking on cabin, discovered that the Wesleyan era plumbing was no match for 11 "backed up" boys, call maintenance to deal with issue.
Sunday 9:00am On the third day, the "musk" emanating from our cabin and crew evolved into some might call "Extremely European"
Sunday 1:00pm Head out of camp, bringing the majority of campers back home with us.
Sunday 3:45pm Arrive at church, unload luggage. After multiple temps, wife agrees to hug me, commenting "You are a little gamey".
Sunday 11:42pm Wife wakes me up for the fifth time because of my snoring.
Diary from Church Camp
Friday 3:45pm Leave Church headed for Epworth. Surprised by how smooth Church van rides once you get above 100mph. Arrive in Epworth 45 min later.
Friday 6:00pm Have Dinner
Friday 7:00pm Awesome Church Service
Friday 10:00pm While Epworth was founded by Charles Westley, didnt realize that the mattresses in cabins actually came over on boat with him
Friday 10:05pm "Who wants to take a shower?" is answered with chorus of "My momma told me I didn't have to take a shower", which, in turn, immediately reminds me how disgusting unmarried men can be.
Friday 11:00pm Learn that the breakfast dose of Ritalin wears off after 10 hours
Friday 11:30pm Hand camper my cell phone and instruct him to call parents and explain why he will not go to bed. Camper replies he doesn't know the number.
Friday 12:00am Threaten to move in with another camper and his family if he doesn't go to bed. Camper cries.
Saturday 1:30am Last awake camper explains that his dinner consisted of "cake and icing".
Saturday 2:00am I call Diane, crying and explaining that I was tired, I couldn't take it anymore, and that I wanted to go home. Diane explained that while Jesus loved me, I should stop being such a wuss and act like a man.
Saturday 6:15am My son comes close to death by my hands when he is the first to wake up at this unholy hour.
Saturday 6:30am "I don't have to take a shower" is replaced with "Ive lost my toothbrush".
Saturday 6:31am I explain that those who do not brush their teeth will have to sit next to me for the rest of the day. Toothbrushes are immediately discovered. While not the miracle at Lourdes, I am thankful just the same.
Saturday 6:40am Camper A decides to "spice up" Camper B by spraying his entire head with half a can of Right Guard, Sport Scent.
Saturday 6:45am A Church camp tradition continues when the cry goes out "Lets go wake up the girls", accompanied by a massive exodus to the girl's cabin.
Saturday 7:00am Breakfast
Saturday 7:15am Thanks to an unfortunate collision, Will Allen's eggs and grits are covered in Seth Golden's milk. Will Allen takes it in stride and makes the best of it. Later learn that most parents in program want their daughter to marry Will Allen.
Saturday 12:00pm Have fried flounder for lunch. Camper next to me quickly polishes off two pieces and is pondering a third when he announces that "flounder makes me gassy". I suggest that we leave early to get a good seat for the upcoming church service.
Saturday 1:30pm Thomas Megow becomes an immediate hero to the rest of the cabin when he purchases a larger rubber snake in the gift shop for $12, leaving him $2 to "get something nice for his dad".
Saturday 3:30pm Go to Beach
Saturday 4:30pm Almost pass out on beach after trying to hold my gut in for 45 straight min.
Saturday 7:00 Great Church Service
Saturday 8:45pm Lead followup discussion with Children on their take on the weekend and how this has helped in their spiritual walk with Christ.
Saturday 9:15pm On trip to Dairy Queen, mention to associate pastor that unlike his group, my group's discussion didn't not include the topics of "Star Wars", "Poke-man", or "Nintendos" and that I thought this was interesting since I was a mere amateur and he was the "spiritual professional". Associate pastor responds by taking a swing at me.
Saturday 10:30pm With the hope of any sense of group hygiene long vanished, kids, fresh from 12 hours of outdoor activities, including a beach trip, crawl into bed with the only semblance of a shower coming from the Atlantic ocean. I take a small amount of pride in the fact their teeth were brushed. I begin to realize that there have not been any "extended sessions" in the bathroom stall since we arrive.
Sunday 6:00am Wake up
Sunday 6:10am Suddenly rediscover Thomas' snake.
Sunday 6:20am With no morning showers or time devoted to personal appearance, group is ready to go in 20 min. I suggest we start packing clothes into luggage.
Sunday 6:45am Small wardrobe of unclaimed clothes and towels begins to form.
Sunday 6:46am Despite his monogram being on the wash clothe, camper RCP claims no ownership.
Sunday 7:00am Breakfast
Sunday 8:45am While checking on cabin, discovered that the Wesleyan era plumbing was no match for 11 "backed up" boys, call maintenance to deal with issue.
Sunday 9:00am On the third day, the "musk" emanating from our cabin and crew evolved into some might call "Extremely European"
Sunday 1:00pm Head out of camp, bringing the majority of campers back home with us.
Sunday 3:45pm Arrive at church, unload luggage. After multiple temps, wife agrees to hug me, commenting "You are a little gamey".
Sunday 11:42pm Wife wakes me up for the fifth time because of my snoring.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Neat stuff
A friend of mine just showed me his new laptop. Its a PC and a Tablet PC, he can "draw" on the screen in the same manner you can on a legal pad. Notice my legal pad in the background to get a perspective.
Along these same lines, Apple just released the new ipods with more storage and wireless internet access. Basically this is another step forward where we can take the information of our lives (who we are, what we do, how we do it) and put it on a device small enough to be carried with us at all times.
In Japan, most of the web users do not use a PC to access the web but a hand held device.
Right now, my company is partnering with other companies to do all of your banking via smart phone and the next big thing will be to use your cell phone to make payments. Go to the gas station, wave your cell over a scanner and your account is automatically debited.
Neat stuff.
Along these same lines, Apple just released the new ipods with more storage and wireless internet access. Basically this is another step forward where we can take the information of our lives (who we are, what we do, how we do it) and put it on a device small enough to be carried with us at all times.
In Japan, most of the web users do not use a PC to access the web but a hand held device.
Right now, my company is partnering with other companies to do all of your banking via smart phone and the next big thing will be to use your cell phone to make payments. Go to the gas station, wave your cell over a scanner and your account is automatically debited.
Neat stuff.
Monday, August 13, 2007
Picture on Site
The picture on the site is from Victoria Falls in Africa.
Christina just returned from a three week mission trip.
She sent me a collection of amazing photos that we hope to have out on the web to see.
Hopefully she will type us up a entry on her travels.
Christina just returned from a three week mission trip.
She sent me a collection of amazing photos that we hope to have out on the web to see.
Hopefully she will type us up a entry on her travels.
Thursday, August 9, 2007
Any body notice the market over the past few days?
Seems like the days of people buying $500,000 homes with no money down and negative equity came with a price.
The housing market fueled a big part of our economy of the past few years. Such a big part, in fact, that over-enthusiastic bankers, builders, and developers have in short overbuilt in a good many markets, including Georgia, Florida, and Arizona.
Many of the major home builders, Toll Brothers, Pulte Homes, and Beazer homes are suffering and losing a good deal of their value in their stock. Once you hit a saturation point, you hit a cannibalization point, where you may have built several properties that are all competing for the same buyer. I overhead Talmadge talk about condos in PC that are standing unfinished.
Home prices have leveled off and are falling in some areas. On the east coast, below DC and above Orlando home prices are reasonably normalized. Above DC, the prices had risen so high, now they are starting to fall. When EduNeering wanted me to relocate to Princeton, NJ it was going to cost about $650,000 to have a house equivalent to what we have in Valdosta.
Now, wall street is worried. As an investment, mortgages are far more flexible than you think. A routine practice is for an institution to take a bunch of mortgages of borrowers with lower credit, split apart the principle and interest payments, and takes these pieces and combine them with other investments to form derivatives. Derivatives do not get a lot of press these days, but they are still around and still going strong.
So what does this mean for us? We may see St. Joe drop in price, for no other reason than they are real estate holdings company. Good ole Budweiser may rise in price because its viewed as a "defensive" stock, meaning that when people arent sure where the economy is headed, they buy stocks of companies that produce products people buy regardless of economic conditions.
So what do we do now?
Love to hear your thoughts.
The housing market fueled a big part of our economy of the past few years. Such a big part, in fact, that over-enthusiastic bankers, builders, and developers have in short overbuilt in a good many markets, including Georgia, Florida, and Arizona.
Many of the major home builders, Toll Brothers, Pulte Homes, and Beazer homes are suffering and losing a good deal of their value in their stock. Once you hit a saturation point, you hit a cannibalization point, where you may have built several properties that are all competing for the same buyer. I overhead Talmadge talk about condos in PC that are standing unfinished.
Home prices have leveled off and are falling in some areas. On the east coast, below DC and above Orlando home prices are reasonably normalized. Above DC, the prices had risen so high, now they are starting to fall. When EduNeering wanted me to relocate to Princeton, NJ it was going to cost about $650,000 to have a house equivalent to what we have in Valdosta.
Now, wall street is worried. As an investment, mortgages are far more flexible than you think. A routine practice is for an institution to take a bunch of mortgages of borrowers with lower credit, split apart the principle and interest payments, and takes these pieces and combine them with other investments to form derivatives. Derivatives do not get a lot of press these days, but they are still around and still going strong.
So what does this mean for us? We may see St. Joe drop in price, for no other reason than they are real estate holdings company. Good ole Budweiser may rise in price because its viewed as a "defensive" stock, meaning that when people arent sure where the economy is headed, they buy stocks of companies that produce products people buy regardless of economic conditions.
So what do we do now?
Love to hear your thoughts.
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
To Subscribe to This Blog
At the bottom the screen on the blog's home page (in case you are wondering "blog" is short for "web log") you will see the words Subscribe to: Posts (Atom) see the picture above.
Click on the underline part, and that will subscribe you to the blog.
So whenever a new message is posted it will automatically be emailed to you.
Go ahead and try it now...Ill wait..........
Ok, you screwed something up....try again..
Ok, stop clicking on the picture in this post and actually scroll down to the bottom......
Oh to hell with it, I will call you....
Friday, August 3, 2007
I call our virtual meeting to order
Ok, so we didnt meet for a few years. And while at Billy's last month I was enjoying the food and the company so well, that actually having a real meeting really seemed like a bad idea at the time.
So I call to order our first virtual meeting. If you not "subscribed" to our blog, please do so by clicking on the subscribe link below.
First Order of Business
Review of the notes from the last meeting. Ok, who has the notes from the last meeting? Email me at kevin.sasser@gmail.com
Second Order of Business - Election of New Officers
As our first exercise using this website, I make the suggestion that we collect nominations for offices online, then well vote at our next meeting.
Do I hear nominations for President?
Leave your nominations by using the "comment" function.
So I call to order our first virtual meeting. If you not "subscribed" to our blog, please do so by clicking on the subscribe link below.
First Order of Business
Review of the notes from the last meeting. Ok, who has the notes from the last meeting? Email me at kevin.sasser@gmail.com
Second Order of Business - Election of New Officers
As our first exercise using this website, I make the suggestion that we collect nominations for offices online, then well vote at our next meeting.
Do I hear nominations for President?
Leave your nominations by using the "comment" function.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
And Talmadge Thought I was nuts...
Hello and welcome to the Ruth Sasser Investment Club Web Log or "Blog".
With this fine example of internet technology we will be able to share ideas, post the minutes from our meetings, and when need be, organize a fund raiser for someone's bail.
Here's how this thing works.
1. When people want to share something they create a "Post" that is published on the main screen.
2. Old Posts will roll off the screen but will be available via the archive.
3. You can put your thoughts out there by clicking on the "Comment" link that will be at the bottom of each posts. I encourage you to do this.
4. You can be notified of when new information is published by clicking on the "Subscribe" link at the botton of each post.
5. If you would like to be an author on the blog, where you can create your own stuff to put out here, email me at kevin.sasser@gmail.com and I will set you up.
6. Lastly this is a public blog on the internet. Do not share any information that you do not want to share with the world.
With this fine example of internet technology we will be able to share ideas, post the minutes from our meetings, and when need be, organize a fund raiser for someone's bail.
Here's how this thing works.
1. When people want to share something they create a "Post" that is published on the main screen.
2. Old Posts will roll off the screen but will be available via the archive.
3. You can put your thoughts out there by clicking on the "Comment" link that will be at the bottom of each posts. I encourage you to do this.
4. You can be notified of when new information is published by clicking on the "Subscribe" link at the botton of each post.
5. If you would like to be an author on the blog, where you can create your own stuff to put out here, email me at kevin.sasser@gmail.com and I will set you up.
6. Lastly this is a public blog on the internet. Do not share any information that you do not want to share with the world.
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