Thursday, October 6, 2011
Tributes from all around the world, all across the Internet today for the late techno genius, Steve Jobs. The co-founder of Apple, died yesterday after a long battle with cancer. He was 56. The forward thinking Jobs was behind such successes as the Macintosh, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad. Overnight, the soon- to- be- published biography of Steve […]
Sunday, October 2, 2011
It seems that some of my customers really like geese. I noticed that some of them like goose designs on their shirts or pants. Today I would like to share with you a story about geese. In Korea, there is a title called ‘goose dad.’ This isn’t talking about the leader in a flock of geese flying in V formation. […]
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Two very lucky Mega Millions players are rolling in the dough, after winning yesterday’s jackpot of $113 million. One ticket was bought in North Carolina, the other right here in the Southland at a convenience store located at 2250 North Figueroa Street in Los Angeles. Three other players in California got all but the Mega Ball correct. Each of those tickets can be cashed […]
Friday, September 30, 2011
A couple weeks ago I had a class at work, which was about winter vegetable seed planting. Unfortunately, with that hot spell we had I talked those in attendance into waiting a bit for cooler temperatures — then start seed planting. Seed planting the winter veggies is pretty cool and easy. First thing is, stay away from such summer veggies […]
Friday, September 30, 2011
Catching up on some celebrity book deals. Rocker Courtney Love has signed a deal with HarperCollins for a “tell-all” memior, according to the publishing site Galleycat. Love’s untitled memior reportedly will be a no-holds-barred telling of her life from ” childhood to the present day.” Love was married to deceased rock legend, Kurt Cobain of Nirvana. Love has had success with her […]
Friday, September 30, 2011
Mega Millions lottery tickets are a hot buy today. The double-M jackpot has leaped the $100 million mark. It happened after no one picked all of the winning numbers in last Tuesday’s draw. Here are those numbers: 2, 20, 28, 36, 45, and the Mega Ball 37. Three ticket holders in California matched all but the Mega number. Each of […]
Monday, September 26, 2011
The Mega Millions jackpot is stuffed with greenbacks and closing in on the $100 million mark. The winning numbers in last Friday’s draw were 21, 27, 32, 40, 52 and the Mega number 36. No one ticket in that draw had all of those hot numbers. However, one California player did come pretty close to winning the money pot with all but the Mega […]
Sunday, September 25, 2011
The day time is a little shorter now than it was a week or two ago. This past Friday, the day time and night time were of equal lengths. In Korea, this is called chu-boon, while in America it is the autumnal equinox. It is now officially the fall season. This reminds me of a Korean song that talks about […]
Friday, September 23, 2011
Seasons are changing. Today’s the first day of autumn. The leaves are falling and the mornings are cool — however, it’s still shorts and tee-shirt weather in the Southland. The temperature could reach the upper 80s to mid-90s in Burbank today. We’ll be suffering through another bout of high humidity again, too. Also, a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms.