One of my fraternity brothers sent this clip to me. As I watched it, I thought Glen Beck on CNN expressed beautifully his feelings towards President Hinckley on national TV. I express the same sentiments that Glen has as well. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
A large part of what I do for a living is pick investments for my clients, which requires me to watch the markets. You might find it interesting that the cost to do the Twelve days of Christmas has gone up by 3.1% from 2006. On a series note, this is a true reflection of a rise in inflation and market analysis series look at these figures to get a feel of what the economy is doing. What I think is outrageous is the cost of “Calling Birds” has gone up 25% this year. It costs more to get Calling Birds then it does Five Gold Rings. I don’t know about you, but we should picket the bird store and force them to lower their prices. =0 (I’m kidding if you didn’t detect the sarcasm in the last paragraph.) PNC Christmas Price Index – 2007Traditional
| 2006 | 2007 | % Change2007/06 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Partridge in a Pear Tree | $144.99 | $164.99 | 13.8% |
| Partridge | $15.00 | $15.00 | 0.0% |
| Pear Tree | $129.99 | $149.99 | 15.4% |
| Two Turtle Doves | $40.00 | $40.00 | 0.0% |
| Three French Hen | $45.00 | $45.00 | 0.0% |
| Four Calling Birds | $479.96 | $599.96 | 25.0% |
| Five Gold Rings | $325.00 | $395.00 | 21.5% |
| Six Geese-a-Laying | $300.00 | $360.00 | 20.0% |
| Seven Swans-a-Swimming | $4,200.00 | $4,200.00 | 0.0% |
| Eight Maids-a-Milking | $41.20 | $46.80 | 13.6% |
| Nine Ladies Dancing | $4,759.19 | $4,759.19 | 0.0% |
| 10 Lords-a-Leaping | $4,160.25 | $4,285.06 | 3.0% |
| 11 Pipers Piping | $2,124.00 | $2,213.40 | 4.2% |
| 12 Drummers Drumming | $2,301.00 | $2,397.85 | 4.2% |
| Total Christmas Price Index | $18,920.59 | $19,507.25 | 3.1% |
| True cost of Christmas in song | $75,122.03 | $78,100.10 | 4.0% |
| “Core” index, excluding swans | $14,720.59 | $15,307.25 | 4.0% |
We heard this really good poem at church today. I thought it was good enough to share with you.
The speaker brought up a real good point. She emphasized how this woman was so bothered and offended that this man would steal her cookies, when the reality was that she was stealing his. How did he respond? Instead of getting upset and bothered as she was towards him, he split the cookie and shared it with her. What an example of how to act.
I personally do not know anyone at present who is serving overseas in the military, yet I have a deep respect for what they are doing for liberty and for our country. At times I think, “how I could support them more?” My brother-in-law let me know about this website the other day. It is done by Xerox and I think it is one of the coolest things that someone can do for a soldier. It is better then doing nothing.You can go to: http://www.letssaythanks.com and write a personal message or select one of the many pre-populated messages. Xerox will print the card and send it to a soldier in Iraq for free. I recommend customizing a message.The other cool thing is it only took a second for me to send it and they didn’t require a ton of personal information. In essence, Xerox isn’t doing this to collect consumer information, they are honestly attempting to support our troops.