Easter

I realize Easter has come and gone but I apparently failed to upload some great photos from our family festivities. Enjoy the slideshow! These photos are super fun!

Bad week for Hollywood

The world lost three Hollywood icons this last week, one right after another.

Ed McMahon, 86, died Tuesday
Cause of death: Unknown, but he supposedly had bone cancer
I remember him from Star Search back in the 80s and 90s. Also known for Publisher's Clearing House.




Farrah Fawcett, 62, died Thursday
Cause of death: cancer
Yes, Charlie, one of your angels has left the building. I'd say she was better known for her role in Charlie's Angels. Also known as part of the freakshow that was the on and off relationship of Ryan O'Neal and Farrah!




Michael Jackson, 50, died Thursday
Cause of death: Unknown, possibly pain pills and dancing too much (seriously, that's what I heard!)
Freakshow indeed but I can't help but think how miserable and lonely this man was. Hopefully he's in a better place now and the happiest he's ever been.

They say things happen in 3s. Let's hope we don't start another set of 3 anytime soon.

Quick Post

I realize it has been what seems like forever since my last post. Since my return from my European vacay, life has been busy and full! Please know I do plan on posting as soon as I get a moment.

Please stay tuned as I have much to update ya'll on. Highlights include Europe, camping, WiCKED in SF and a lil' something I like to call LC!

Talk at ya soon!
~JT

Arnold, the A$$hole

Here is an article from the SacBee regarding Arnold and the State employee:

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he doesn't have a problem with state workers making $63,815 in average base pay, but he does not think the "unbelievable benefits" they receive are sustainable.

"I think that it doesn't bother me as much that a state worker makes $60,000," Schwarzenegger said. "What bothers me more is when you have those unbelievable benefits that cost the state an enormous amount of money on top of that. So at one point or the other, something has to give." (I THINK WE, THE CIVIL SERVANTS, HAVE ALREADY GIVEN ENOUGH)
Schwarzenegger answered a wide range of questions from The Bee's editorial board and online readers during an hour-long Web interview. The video will be available for replay later today at www.sacbee.com/live.

The governor said that while he may not feel the same way , "people" tell him they believe state workers should share in the economic pain that the private sector is facing. IS THE TEN PERCENT, SOON TO BE 14.5% NOT ENOUGH?!
He already has required state workers to take twice monthly furloughs. Last month, he began laying off 5,000 general fund employees and asked the Legislature to cut state worker salaries by 5 percent. Altogether, the salary cut and furloughs would reduce state worker pay by 14.2 percent.
"People come up to me and they say, 'What are those state employees complaining about?' " Schwarzenegger said. "'I mean, you just made a cut of 5 percent layoff, in the general fund area only. Not in the special funds, just in the general fund area, 5 percent layoff. And they are screaming and complaining. Are they in touch with reality, that the outside, the private sector has 11 percent unemployment? Where is their 11 percent unemployment.' So those are the questions, that's not my question, those are the questions the people are coming up to us with."

Schwarzenegger added, "I think the bottom line is, we all have to chip in. It's a crisis."
The End.

The State of California is in a world of hurt with this piece of crap running the state. I’m not looking forward to the next election either as our options on either side of the fence seem to be disastrous!

The people of California, the whiners about state civil servants, here’s a big SCREW YOU! Let’s go ahead and shut down the DMV twice a month. SCREW YOU! Let’s have CalTrans stop work on the freeways twice a month. SCREW YOU! All of you pathetic abusers of Medi-Cal and welfare, you shouldn’t be able to call in two days out of the month to either enroll or get assistance. SCREW YOU! You want to continue to cut our wages, your services should be cut as well. After all, as your piece of crap governor has mentioned, “we all have to chip in”!