Archive for April, 2007
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Tuesday, April 17th, 2007We are sad today, and we will be sad for quite a while. We are not moving on. We are embracing our mourning. We are Virginia Tech …
– Nikki Giovanni, University Distinguished Professor, poet, activist
As Seen on TV
Monday, April 16th, 2007Greetings!
Three beautiful things:
Sunshine
Realizing you’re not as crazy as you thought
Inspiration
Lileks had a good Monday post, (see #2 TBT) mundane subjects like an adventure to the outdoor living store and highway driving. I quote:
“On the way out I saw a Summer Grilling section, with America-flag themed merchandise, and I had instant summer’s end panic. It’s the […]
Like a Good Neighbor
Sunday, April 15th, 2007Greetings!
Just a couple of notes regarding marketing and customer service.
Today I called my merchant account services regarding a question on a credit card charge. First surprise: my call was answered on the first ring….by a real live warm body, transferred immediately to customer service where another pleasant voice took control and solved the mystery […]
Death and Taxes
Thursday, April 12th, 2007Greetings!
It’s been a nutty week. First, three beautiful things:
Return of the Boys of Summer
Pesto
My Accountant- Moe- I love ya
As Seen On TV urn ! Sold to the props dept. of The Closer. Episode airs in July.
And then the most emotional call of the day…..the mother of this young man. Normally, we try […]
Days of Our Lives
Wednesday, April 11th, 2007Greetings! What about this crazy new urn style? Doubt we’ll add it to the mix. Most of our clients don’t want to see the ashes and prefer something a little more discreet…..
But Russell Parsons from West Virginia is the winner for most creative final instructions…..
Retired pipefitter, Army veteran and cancer survivor Russell Parsons says he’s […]
Tragedy of Alexander Litvinenko
Wednesday, April 11th, 2007A radioactive corpse in a lead-lined coffin. That’s Alexander Litvinenko. We’ve been fascinated with the strange story of the ex-F.S.B. (K.G.B.). Complicated indeed.
How many times have you encountered the person that seems like a blowhard, talks incessantly and just wants to be taken seriously? No one wants to hear their rhetoric. Litvinenko […]
A Balanced Individual
Tuesday, April 10th, 2007It’s always the quiet ones…..
Amherst, NY
For hundreds of local families, funeral director Michael A. Pellegrino, 45, was the handsome man in the conservative dark suit who expertly guided them through one of life’s most trying moments. But on Thursday, April 5th, Pellegrino entered the Seneca Niagara Casino, walked directly to the blackjack dealer’s table, pulled […]
Back to the Pueblo
Monday, April 9th, 2007Though devastated and grief-stricken in the hours after her boyfriend’s death, Virginia Rodriguez never thought twice about where he would be laid to rest, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. “I knew I had to send him back to Mexico,” said Rodriguez, a 34-year-old Northlake resident who lost her longtime boyfriend Thomas Cruz Morales, 28, in February. […]
Random Notes
Monday, April 9th, 2007Three Beautiful Things:
Venus in the Western sky (check it out)
The Masters
Easter Brunch
Praise to the Holley family in San Diego for lobbying to change the Defense Dept’s policy on returning our dead soldiers. The Holley’s were horrified to discover that the body of their son would be returned to like a piece of luggage.
“My wife and […]
Red Tulips
Saturday, April 7th, 2007This is the first year we’ve had tulips and ever the optimist, we didn’t heed the meteorologists warning to cover our plants. Well, we got to enjoy them for a little while…..
Tulips originated in what was once Persia, where they still grow wild. Their name comes from Turkish and Persian words for turban, tulepan and […]
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