Pic Of The Day - 02.06.14

What's with the swings in the weather?  Hot to cold.  Cold to hot.  Heater to air conditioning.  Air conditioning to heater.  Dosey doe and swing your partner round 'n round.

Recently we've had some wet, cold weather and it makes me think of this song.

So...Wednesday morning it was time for The Calvinator's morning stroll and I heard a strange noise outside.  I thought it was rain.  I ran to the window and what to my wandering eyes should appear?  Well, it wasn't a miniature sleigh with tiny reindeer.  It wasn't anything I could see.  Yes, it was a bit unusual.

So...I waited until the noise stopped and put the leash on The Calvinator.  We stepped outside and then I realized what the noise was; it was sleet.  However, it was unusual sleet and baby, I know sleet.  It wasn't everywhere.  It was on the windshield of The Cal Mobile and on the steps and it looked more like freeze-dried ice cream.

Pic Of The Day - 02.05.13

So I was walking into Kroger and saw these. Always wondered what they are called.  Forsythia.  That's what they're called.

Pic Of The Day - 02.04.14

The Victory Fund had a cocktail reception to kickoff table sales for their upcoming brunch on March 16.  I had been at a meeting at Texas Southern University earlier in the evening and was tentative about going to the cocktail party.   I'm glad I attended the party.

It always good to see my peeps.  However,  the house was beautiful!

Pic Of The Day - 02.03.14

These swings in the weather temperatures are confusing people and the foliage.   I actually saw an azalea bloom the other day and this tree looks like it has fully blossomed.

What If You Put On The Super Bowl...

...and one team forgot to show up?

That's pretty much what happened yesterday for Super Bowl 48. The first play of the game Seattle Seahawks scored a safety because of huge error.  It really messed with the Denver Broncos minds and they were never in the game.  The final score was 43 - 8.  I became bored and spent most of my time on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram watching the feeds.

The Calvinator must of known it was going to be a snoozer because just before kickoff, he did this:

and stayed that way through most of the game.

FYI: Yesterday's score was not the biggest blowout.  The final score of Super Bowl 24 was 55 - 10 and guess who lost?  The Denver Broncos.  Are we seeing a pattern here?

I wasn't too impressed with the commercials.  There were some good ones: Radio Shack; Cheerios; T-Mobile; Budweiser; H&M; and Coca-Cola.  What I didn't expect was the hateful response to the Cheerios commercial AND the Coca-Cola commercial.  As far as we think we have come, we still have a long way to go.

If you're interested in showing how beautiful America really is and that the majority of us come from immigrants (whether they came freely or not), send your selfie to Coca-Cola and maybe you'll end up in Times Square!

 

And one last thing...
Another commercial promoted U2's Invisible.  If you download it before 11:59p.m. today(not sure what time zone), Bank of America will donate $1.  HURRY!

(not so) Str8 Up With A Twist

I was back at the Hilton Americas on Saturday for the Creating Change 26 conference on Saturday.  I spend additional time hobnobbing schmoozing networkingwith people from all over.  I was also to present with some of my co-workers about Legacy's history and the impact of fundraising.  The title of the presentation was The Little Agency That Could...and Did!

More portion was subtitled Parallel Lines and had one timeline of the growth of the agency with another timeline of the impact of HIV/AIDS in the U.S.  I thought we were wonderful.

So...after it was over, I proceeded to the bar.  I was going to order a Rose Kennedy but right before the waitress left I noticed this on the table:

I've never been a big fan of fruity drinks that try to pass as a Martini just because it is served in a Martini glass.  I've been known to drink a Cosmo from time to time.  Lemon Drops don't really do it for me.  So I was bit skeptical about this but when in Rome when at Creating Change why not?

Well...the damn thing was so good I had two!  I'm glad I went out of my comfort zone.

Pic Of The Day - 01.31.14

Creating Change 26 rolled into H-town earlier in the week.  It was the first time the conference has been held in Houston.  Attendance figures were around 4,000 which puts it a the largest attendance in the history of the conference.

I attended Creating Change 24 when it was in Baltimore.  I didn't know what to expect so this time around I was prepared.  However, I wasn't really prepared for this:

 and to be quite honest with you, I'm still not sure what it is but if I had to guess, it is some type of a chamber where people could get a way from it all and relax and have some peace and quiet.  It was located in the lobby of the 4th floor of the Hilton Americas.  

When I took the photo, there was actually a man laying face down.  If he hadn't have been in there, I would have taken a photo of the interior.  The exterior makes a really cool photo too!