Is it me....

Or

Simba kind of look like an Ewok from Star Wars?

You Decide.

Website:

http://www.starwars.com/databank/species/ewok/

I could be a walking advert for the 5 Hour Energy Drink

Performing 3 hours of overtime today and just guzzled (or choked down) the shot of the drink. I don't like the taste...I take that back---I detest it but the shining glory of this little bit of concoction is that I DO have the needed energy for at least five hours. I have tried other energy drinks but nothing beats my fav. And with three hours looming ahead of me...rather 3 1/2 as I write this.....the sheer motivation to stay over is well...personal will power but the drink helps add to it. ;^)

Virtual Wall

Remembrances, poems, photos, letters, and citations honoring those named on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC.

Website:

http://www.virtualwall.org/

It's a recession dammit!

Don't know if the current administration has their head stuffed in the sand but I believe we are and why this administration is not calling it like it is...hmmmm....quite a quandary:

Bernanke Warns of Possible Recession Without Using the Word

By JEANNINE AVERSA / AP Economics WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned Congress on Wednesday that the economy may shrink over the first half of this year, which would signal the start of a recession. Yet, he didn't offer assurances of further interest rate cuts.

In prepared testimony to Congress' Joint Economic Committee, Bernanke didn't use the word recession. But it's the closest he has come to date to suggesting that possibility, given a trio of crises -- housing, credit and financial -- that has pummeled the country."It now appears likely that gross domestic product (GDP) will not grow much, if at all, over the first half of 2008 and could even contract slightly," (Duh you think?????) Bernanke told lawmakers. GDP measures the value of all goods and services produced within the United Statesand is the best barometer of the United States's economic health. Under one rule, six straight months of declining GDP, would constitute a recession.Still, Bernanke said that he expects more economic growth in the second half of this year and into 2009, helped by the government's$168 billion stimulus package of tax rebates for people and tax breaks for businesses as well as the Fed's aggressive reductions to a key interest rate. Nevertheless, the chairman acknowledged uncertainty about the Fed's next steps, notwithstanding the mounting economic woes.

Website:
http://www.ksdk.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=143447

Sissy

Senior Picture and Present day

Moods of a cat (and not just any cat)

Simba is a diva....I think I've stated this before.

And what a diva he is. In the morning he can be a real grouch...yes even the feline species can get up on the wrong side of the bed...my bed.

If he doesn't like it that you are "hurrying" him along he lets you know with the multitude of meows, growls, and let's not forget whines that are emitted from that tiny body. All 12 pounds of it.

This morning he was in the way of me filling the dish bowls and I kind of scooted him to the side...of course he did not care for this off-handed behavior and actually growled at me.

Gotta love 'im.

History of the Robles and Chamorro Families

I was conducting some research on the net as I am always wont to do and decided to find information regarding the two last names of my mother's side of the family: Robles Chamorro and found the following information:

From Ancestory.com

Robles
Spanish: topographic name from the plural of roble ‘oak’, or a habitational name from Los Robles in Lleón, named from the same word.

From 4Crests:

The associated coat of arms for this name are recorded in J.B Rietstaps Armorial General. Illustrated by V & H.V Rolland's. This Monumental work took 23 years to complete and 85,000 coats of Arms are included in this work. The surname of ROBLES is a Provencal and Spanish topographic name for someone who lived by a notable oak tree or in an oak forest. The name was originally derived from the Old Provencal word ROUVRE, and rendered in medieval documents in the Latin form ROBUR. The name is also spelt ROURE, DUROUVRE, DELROURE, DELLA, ROVERE, ROBLEDO, ROVREDO and ROVIRA. Surnames derived from placenames are divided into two broad categories; topographic names and habitation names. Topographic names are derived from general descriptive references to someone who lived near a physical feature such as an oak tree, a hill, a stream or a church. Habitation names are derived from pre-existing names denoting towns, villages and farmsteads. Other classes of local names include those derived from the names of rivers, individual houses with signs on them, regions and whole countries. In the 8th century, Spain fell under the control of the Moors, and this influence, which lasted into the 12th century, has also left its mark on Hispanic surnames. A few names are based directly on Arabic personal names. The majority of Spanish occupational and nickname surnames, however, are based on ordinary Spanish derivatives. In Spain identifying patronymics are to be found as early as the mid-9th century, but these changed with each generation, and hereditary surnames seem to have come in slightly later in Spain than in England and France. As well as the names of the traditional major saints of the Christian Church, many of the most common Spanish surnames are derived from personal names of Germanic origin. For the most part these names are characteristically Hispanic. They derive from the language of the Visigoths, who controlled Spain between the mid-5th and early 8th centuries. The lion depicted in the arms is the noblest of all wild beasts which is made to be the emblem of strength and valour, and is on that account the most frequently borne in Coat-Armour.

Chamorro
Spanish: nickname from chamorro ‘shaven head’, used especially to denote a boy or Portuguese man.

Websites:
http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/qx/robles-family-crest.htm
http://www.houseofnames.com/fc.asp?sId=&s=chamorro
http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Robles-name-meaning.ashx
http://www.ancestry.com/facts/chamorro-name-meaning.ashx
http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.c/qx/robles-coat-arms.htm

http://www.4crests.com/robles-coat-of-arms.html