Friday, March 20, 2009

 

The Wedding, The Rock & The General

Our thanks to everyone who acted as wedding planner and voted on the various aspects of our Thunder Wedding. Thanks to all of you, we have a winning couple, along with a decision on the gown, the dresses, the tux, the rings, the cake, the hair, and before today's over, the flowers. One week from tomorrow is the wedding itself, and of course, you're all invited to the Spotylvania Towne Center for the ceremony.


There was no shortage of food in the studio this week. Earlier in the week, Marco's sent over pizza. Then Quiznos brought over dozens of subs for us to try, and this morning, my good buddy, Ed Black from Rita's came in with some of their delicious Italian Ices. Our thanks to all of them.


Also, my thanks to Courtland High School Basketball Coach J. T. Nino for stopping by today, along with two of his star Cougars, Josh Hairston and Luke Sellers, who helped to lead their team to a 93-69 victory over Salem in the Virginia AA Division 4 championship at Siegel Center Saturday night. It was great having them in and we wish them continued success.


And of course, my thanks to Debra Joseph from the Fredericksburg Area SPCA who always stops by every Friday. Be sure to click on Denny's Furry Friends to check out our homeless dog of the weeks, Freckles, a real cutie. Freckles might be just the dog for you and your family.


Here's an interesting little tid-bit of information regarding this date. On march 20, 1942, General Douglas MacArthur spoke those famous words, "I shall return".
Then, he went to the bathroom and was back in FIVE MINUTES.


Wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne "The Rock" ("IF YOU SMELL WHAT THE ROCK IS COOKING") Johnson got plenty of attention this week when he admitted to using steroids when he was with the World Wrestling Federation, now World Wrestling Entertainment.


I'm just hoping this doesn't tarnish the fine, upstanding image of professional wrestling.

Last night, President OH-bama appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. I didn't see the show, but I read the transcript of the interview. Leno asked the President how Congress could pass a 90% retroactive tax on the bonuses paid to AIG executives. Leno said he found it scary that congress could pick someone they don't like and tax their money at 90%. OH-bama seemed to imply that Congress was having a hard time of it emotionally and that we need to find calm, rational solutions to prevent these sort of things from happening again. Like I said, I didn't see the show, but I'll bet that got the biggest laugh of the night.

Leno better be careful. If he makes Congress angry enough at him, they might pass a retroactive chin tax.

Finally today, while many businesses are having a hard time of it during this recession, Wal-Mart is apparently doing great. Yesterday, Wal-Mart announced it is awarding about $2 Billion in financial incentives to their U.S. hourly workers, including 401K contributions, profit sharing, merchandise discounts and $933.6 Million in bonuses.

............which congress just voted to tax at 90%.

See you tomorrow at J & J Tile and Marble from 12 Noon to 2.









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