myPhone!

I am iPhoned!


And yes the picture is the South Park version of me!

$700,000,000,000!

So while I was driving to Little Rock tonight from Fayetteville for Thanksgiving I got thinking. I was thinking "How long will it take our government to print the $700 billion dollars for the bailout?"

After a few well placed clicks of the mouse at my parent's house I think I may have the answer.

According to the "Innerwebs" the United State of America can print 37 million notes a day and the present denominations of our currency in production are $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100.

So assuming we print the bills seven days a week with no breaks for holidays and weekends...

If we print the "700 billion" in One Dollar bills it would take us 18,919* days or about 52 years.

If we print the "700 billion" in Two Dollar bills it would take us 9,459* days or about 26 years.

If we print the "700 billion" in Five Dollar bills it would take us 3,784* days or about 10 years.

If we print the "700 billion" in Ten Dollar bills it would take us 1,892* days or about 5 years.

If we print the "700 billion" in Twenty Dollar bills it would take us 946* days or about 3 years.

If we print the "700 billion" in Fifty Dollar bills it would take us 378* days or about 1 year.

If we print the "700 billion" in One Hundred Dollar bills it would take us 189* days or about six months.

I vote for the "Benjamins"

*All figures are rounded to the nearest whole number.

Stark Vegas!

Back from Stark Vegas Baby! A beautiful day for photography, a bad day to be a Razorback. It was another "nail biter" and you can read about it here if you want.
I did learn some things on my trip.

Their mascot is named Bully


Big foot is a fan (like we didn't know he was from Mississippi)



And they like to do push-ups because it means they are scoring points


Of course there was a football game and Arkansas lost 28-31.
Nathan Dick was quarterback and I guess a win was not in the cards today. This loss also means Arkansas will not be bowl eligible this year.




Enjoy!

FANtastic!

I went to my second Razorback football game as a fan in 12 years on Saturday. We played Tulsa so my friend Jeff, who is at TU Law School, came over for the game and Lee, who is a Canadian, also went. It was Lee's first ever "American" football game and I think he liked it.

Arkansas won 30-23, sorry Jeff.

Vote!

I am proud to say I voted today and you should too!

I would share my votes here but I feel it may not be a good choice professionally since I do have to interact will all the local candidates, both those who I voted for and against, the winners and the losers, in the course of my business day...


So I will post a fun photo of Michelle I took a couple of years ago instead. She reminds me of Betsy Ross in this photo.

I feel good I have done my civic duty.

Chili!

With a side of "Imodium AD" please.

Blues!

Back home after a great vacation to the 2008 Arkansas Blues and Heritage Festival in Helena Arkansas. This year the weather was perfect and the music was awesome.
One of my favorite parts of the festival is getting to see all my “KBBF” friends.


These are people who have been, for the most part, attending the event for a lot longer than me. They organize into groups of friends, old and new, at the campground. Tent City is one of these “communities” complete with a Mayor and Ghost Town is another. These are great people who are some of the friendliest you could ever meet. This year, as in year’s past, we camped next to Paul and Burkett.


Our group seems to grow each year and I think we were christened with a name this time around but I am not sure what it was.



As always the music was not to be missed.


A yearly highlight for me is Pinetop Perkins.


Pinetop is a piano player who played with Muddy Waters for many years.


This year, as in years past, He and Bob Margolin performed together Friday afternoon.


Reba Russell sang.


I really like old Fender amps



And everyone had a great time.






Enjoy!

Hook'em Horns!

Just got back from Texas and it was a whipp'n! Arkansas lost 10-52. Now on to the good stuff.

For the record I was born in Texas but...


HOOK'EM HORNS!


That's right, Horns DOWN!


AAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGHHHH!

Bill Murray was at the game...


And happy to have his photo made with these guys.


BEVO!

Am I the only one who thinks Wesley should turn around?


And finally the best move of the game...

Take Two!

My second shot at Video for the Morning News. I think it is pretty good and a lot better than my first effort.

If you dont recall my first effort, a short video about rain this spring, you aren't missing much. If you feel you mus see it here is a link.

Please enjoy my masterpiece.


A short video from the 2008 Bikes, Blues and BBQ in Fayetteville Arkansas.
Click here to view

BTW, This video would not be what it is without the extra video from Spencer and the production expertise of Michelle. Thanks guys.

2nd And 10!

Two games down and ten to go.


Okay, I know this post is late but here are some photos from Arkansas’ 28-27 victory over Louisiana-Monroe in Little Rock last Saturday.



Highlights include:


London Crawford catching the ball but not making a catch because of a penalty,



Casey Dick losing his shoe,


And Michael Smith running the ball for a whole bunch of yards and two touchdowns.


And... Yes, I am that cool…

Draw Sucker!

It was a good old fashion “wild-art” shoot-out at Parson’s Stadium in Springdale Today. That’s right, Jason Ivester, of the Democrat-Gazette, and I, of The Morning News, went head to head shooting the prep for monster truck races.


He was quick but so was I.



I hope he posts his photos to his blog so we can see who will reign supreme for the title of the Biggest Badass in Springdale.

Dreaming!

I am dreaming of buying a new car. I want an SUV but I also want awesome gas mileage. So far a Kia Rio5 seems to fit the bill but I don't know if I can be seen driving a Kia and still feel like a man? What do you think?