Love the Look

Photo Courtesy of The Sartorialist

Love it! Wonderfully executed!

Springy, interesting with the pinstriped shirt and tie with a couple of small details. The sport coat makes gives it another layer and warmth. Great worn brown belt along with a casual but well fitted pair of denim and shoes. Throw in the watch and pocket square and that adds more embellishment and interest. How everything fits makes it all that much better!

I would love to have a job where I wore that to work!

Vice Pres will need a good PR Agent soon-so I'm going to apply

I'm going through a book I downloaded on the internet and listening to the Yankees-Orioles game at Camden Yards.

VP Joe Biden threw out the first pitch.

At the top of the 4th inning he came up to the booth with Jon Miller and Joe Morgan. They talked about growing up and being a fan of baseball. Blah blah blah. Two outs. A screamer down the third base line was grabbed by Melvin Mora for the third out of the inning.

He screams "That was a hell of a grab!" Jon or Joe said something to which he replied "Hell yeah! Hell yeah!" To which I knew he said hell three times in about 4.5 seconds and just made me turn my eyebrows up and look at the TV disappointingly.

Bottom of the fourth inning now. He's still in the press box-I'd imagine because it was a short top half of the inning. What comes out of his mouth again? Hell yeah again! Are you kidding me? Seriously?

VP Biden-do you know how many kids are watching this game? Do you know how many kids just repeated you? Do you know how many kids will repeat your phrase later? Did you not know it's Opening Day 2009 and it's a huge viewer market and we don't need the VP of the United States of America yelping "Hell yeah!" over and over on the air again?

It's not the biggest thing in the world. I've heard, seen and said worse. But it's the fact that he's in a position where he should take a closer look at his Public Relations and image and maybe reign that in a little bit.

It made him look un-intelligent and inconsiderate. It made him look like he was a macho, berating typical male not the VP of the best country on Earth. Oh Joe Biden...I could go on more but you got the point. It wasn't needed-was it Joe?

ESPN Graphics

I was watching ESPN last night at about 10pm when SportsCenter came on. Right away I noticed that they had new graphics. Their old scroll/story line went top to bottom on the right side of the screen, working their way down. It is now going top to bottom on the left side of the screen and they are scrolling bottom to top.

Not that I know everything about ESPN but this isn't the first time I've noticed their change in programming. It keeps me interested.

Also, Robert Flores was just talking about the Final Four women's games last night in St. Louis. It happened to be the UConn-Stanford game which I watched some of last night as well before I turned it off and went to bed since the ladies were up by a ton.

So, here's the point. I was watching the floor-graphics for the Final Four all over the place and there's and arch (St. Louis-archway-duh) on the floor. I thought it looked terrible and distracting during the game and once when Renee Montgomery-UConn's point guard went from wood colored floor to the royal blue arch on the floor it looked like that image was being post-produced on the court. (Like the NFL does the yellow line for the first down mark) Now, it was really on the court but the difference in picture was terrible. I noted that in my mind right away.

Robert Flores' point was just the same. He said-what about that arch on the court last night? Then he said something to the point he thought it was bad.

All for now! Happy Monday!

Earth Hour 2009 Pictures

Boston.com does a great job with pictures in review. Here's what they had for bigger cities turning non-essential lights off during last Saturday night.

You have to click on the link to see the before and after picture of being lit and not lit.

If you click on the picture it will show you the full picture whether it's lit or not.

Earth Hour 2009

Just thought it was pretty cool and wanted to share.

March 30, 2009

Earth Hour 2009

Started in Sydney, Australia in 2007, Earth Hour quickly grew into a global observance. More than 1,000 cities in over 80 countries observed Earth Hour 2009 on Saturday March 28th, as homes, office towers and landmarks turned off their lights for an hour starting at 8.30 pm local time to raise awareness about climate change and the threat from rising greenhouse gas emissions. Collected here are a series of before-and-after photographs - which (starting with the second one below) will fade between "on" and "off" when clicked. Let me state that again, since I know not everyone reads the whole intro here - starting with image #2 below, click on the image to see an animated fade between "on" and "off". This effect requires javascript to be enabled. (17 photos total)

A combination of handout pictures shows a view of the Taipei 101 building before and after (L-R) Earth Hour in Taipei March 28, 2009. More than 80 countries have signed up for Earth Hour on Saturday in which homes, office towers and landmarks will turn off their lights from 8.30 pm local time to raise awareness about climate change and the threat from rising greenhouse gas emissions. (REUTERS/Taipei 101/Handout)

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Hong Kong's financial district's Bank of China Tower, Cheung Kong Centre, HSBC headquarters, Standard Chartered Bank and Legislative Council before during Earth Hour March 28, 2009. [click image to see it fade] (REUTERS/Bobby Yip) #

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A view of the hill of the Acropolis during Earth Hour in Athens, Greece March 28, 2009. [click image to see it fade] (REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis) #

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The Beijing Olympic swimming pool, better known as the "Water Cube" goes dark to observe the call to turn off non-essential lighting for one hour for climate change during World Wildlife Fund's Earth Hour in Beijing on March 28, 2009. [click image to see it fade] (STR/AFP/Getty Images) #

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The skyline of downtown Toronto before and after Earth Hour on Saturday, March 28, 2009. [click image to see it fade] (AP Photo/THE CANADIAN PRESS - Darren Calabrese) #

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Rome's ancient Colosseum seen during Earth Hour in Rome, Italy on March 28, 2009. [click image to see it fade] (REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico) #

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The Sydney Opera House taken before and during Earth Hour in Sydney, Australia, on Saturday, March 28, 2009. [click image to see it fade] (Jack Atley/Bloomberg News) #

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The Bund on the banks of the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China before and during Earth Hour on March 28, 2009. [click image to see it fade] (REUTERS/Aly Song) #

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The Bangkok skyline in Thailand, before and during Earth Hour March 28, 2009. [click image to see it fade] (REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang) #

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The Eiffel Tower before and during Earth Hour in Paris, France on March 28, 2009. [click image to see it fade] (REUTERS/Benoit Tessier) #

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The Ericsson Globe Arena, seen during Earth Hour in Stockholm, Sweden March 28, 2009. [click image to see it fade] (REUTERS/Anders Wiklund/Scanpix Sweden) #

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The Houses of Parliament in central London, moments before the lights are turned off to mark "Earth Hour", and as the lights are turned off, on March 28, 2009. [click image to see it fade] (Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Lausanne's cathedral before and after its lights were switched off, on March 28, 2009 in Lausanne, Switzerland as part of the "Earth Hour" campaign. [click image to see it fade] (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images) #

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The main square in downtown Lima, Peru before and during Earth Hour March 28, 2009. [click image to see it fade] (REUTERS/Pilar Olivares) #

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Lights are turned off at 8:30pm at Nokia Plaza at the LA Live entertainment complex in downtown Los Angeles, California on March 28, 2009 during a celebration to mark Earth Hour. [click image to see it fade] (ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Photographs taken before and after the lights at the main roundabout at the main business district are turned off during Earth Hour in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, March 28, 2009. [click image to see it fade] (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara) #

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Lights on the Las Vegas Strip are viewed looking northbound from the Mandalay Bay Resort during "Earth Hour" in Las Vegas, Nevada March 28, 2009. [click image to see it fade] (REUTERS/Steve Marcus) #

(Credit to Boston.com)