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Help a local community art organization.

Weseye — Wed, 14 May 2008 06:52:35 GMT

This weekend a purchase of a book at any Barnes & Noble Book Store (Nation wide), will earn the Mid Michigan Art Guild a 10% contribution. Just mention that you want your purchase to credit the MMAG.

Thank you for your support.

Jeff Wesley, member of the

http://www.midmichiganartguild.org/

Marley and Me

mamalisa2006 — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:31:00 GMT

I know we spoke about this before patrick but i cant find the thread

but i heard it was being made into a Movie so ya better read thebook first lol Jennifer anistate I know i spelled that wrong but the chick from friend is gonna be the Wife I think it will be a great movie

What Are Your Top 5 Book Recommendations?

Patrick — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:17:05 GMT

What books fiction or non-fiction have you read over the years and would recommend?

For the past three years I have been finishing up college and now I have the time to read again. I have a backlog of books, and would like to add more to the list.

What Are the WORST Movies You have seen?

Patrick — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:46:01 GMT

My family and I have Net Flix so it gives us an opportunity to rent many movies that we have not seen, and boy have there been some really baaaaaaaaaad movies.

The #1 Worst Movie of all time: Master of Disguise with Dany Carvey. As funny as he was on Saturday Night Live I expected a real funny movie. Instead one of the dumbest movies of all time. He is suppose to be a spy. One of his "disguises" he dressed as a Turtle to go to a Black Tie dinner. He just walked around saying "Turtle Turtle" because no one would notice him dressed that way. It sounds like it should be a nutty, stupid, funny comedy. It was just plain stupid.

TV if you have the time

mamalisa2006 — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:27:12 GMT

whats some of yoru Fav shows,

animal planet ,,animal cops ...

GHOST Hunters anything paranormal just a few of mine

Documentary - Michael Moore's - SiCKO

Patrick — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 10:15:04 GMT

I recently saw SiCKO. This documentary was very eye opening regarding the health care system in the U.S. vs. other countries.

1. France
- People work a 35 hour work week, gets a minium of 5 weeks vacation, and Overtime gets applied as future vacation days.
- How many sick days do you get? The question is how many do you need.
- A woman that worked for General Electric in France gets 5 weeks off a year. How nice that salary jobs in the U.S. you are lucky if you get 3 weeks.
- If you have a baby you can get up to 1 year off paid
- The government will send a mother someone to help her for 4 hours a day, for free
- Day care is free
- Of course doctor visits, all medication, all surgeries are free (paid by taxes)
- If you go to the hospital and need some money to get home, you are given some cash as you walk out the door.

2. London: See France. It is the same.

3. Canada: Not sure about the vacation time but we (in Michigan) already know medical care is covered by the government.

There are some real tear jerker's on this film.
- A mother takes her 4 year old daughter to the hospital, she has a very high fever. The hospital will not treat her so she is sent via cab to another hospital where she dies.
- 9/11 workers that suffer from lung problems because of helping out on ground zero get no help for medications and medical treatment. Moore takes them to Cuba. One woman finds that the inhalers she purchases in the U.S. for 150 each (and she needs 4 a month) costs .05 cents in Cuba. Yes 5 CENTS!. The Cuban hospitals care for the people that Moore takes to Cuba. They get MRIs, Medication, and one man gets a new set of teeth. He needed new teeth because after all the stress of 9/11 and working on ground zero he grounded down his teeth over the years due to stress.

After watching this movie it is really clear how shameful it is that people go without health care in this country.

Watching this film was like having someone open the curtains on a window. You will see and learn things that will be very, very eye opening.

Anyone else want to admit it?

Patrick — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 17:27:11 GMT

Okay, Da Vinci Code exploded as a book a few years ago. I have to say that I really enjoyed the book. It was a really page turner. Some theories that made the book so hard to put down was the the chapters were short and left you hanging on to read me.

I think this is just a good way to write a book and keep you interested. After reading Da Vinci Code I picked up Dan Brown's "Angels and Demons" well it is not about "demons" but more like the first cut of the Da Vinci Code. After I finished this book I started to mix up the characters of both books because they are so similar.