I can't wait for Christmas vacation! I was spoiled over the 4 day weekend and now this morning I'm dragging! Whew I ALMOST forgot how much I hate mornings...
We invite you to attend the first annual Bill Carlson Memorial fund raiser for the American Cancer Society and more specifically for the advancement of research to find a cure for prostate cancer. I think I speak for all of us when I say I am sick and tired of hearing about cancer taking the lives of people we love. Please join our family in our fight against this awful disease. Together we can make a difference!
PRESS RELEASE:
BILL CARLSON MEMORIAL PROSTATE CANCER FUNDRAISER
BILL CARLSON, beloved television news anchor on WCCO-TV for over 55 years, lost his brave battle with prostate cancer on February 29, 2008. He was 73 years old. On November 26, 2008, Bill would have turned 74.
Working with the Cancer Society his family and friends wanted to find a way to honor Bill, and more importantly to make a difference for people facing similar struggles with prostate cancer. The result is the upcoming BILL CARLSON MEMORIAL PROSTATE CANCER FUNDRAISER.
The BILL CARLSON MEMORIAL PROSTATE CANCER FUNDRAISER is open to the public, and will be a “celebrity studded” event, attended by a number of Bill’s friends, including: Former MINNESOTA VIKING Jim Marshall; WCCO RADIO’S Charlie Boone, Eleanor Mondale, Susie Jones, Denny Long and Tim Russell; WCCO TV’s Don Shelby, Jeanette Trompeter, Bill Hudson, Darcy Pohland, Caroline Lowe, Amelia Santaniello, Esme Murphy, Dennis Douda, Terri Gruca, Mike Max, Frank Vascellaro, Pat Kessler, Mark Rosen, Mike Fairbourne, Chris Shaffer; KARE 11’s Diana Pierce; KSTP’s Cyndy Brucato; KSMP’s Jeff Passolt, Robyne Robinson and Alix Kendall; 107.5’s Kevyn Berger; OLD LOG THEATER’S Don Stolz; BRAVE NEW WORKSHOP’S Dudley Riggs; CHANHASSEN DINNER THEATER’S Michael Brindisi; BLOOMINGTON CIVIC THEATER’S John Command; Nationally prominent Attorney Ron Meshbesher; Screenwriter Pat Proft; Former Sergio Mendes’ Brasil 66 singer Karen Philipp Proft, STAR TRIBUNE’S Colin Covert; MPLS., ST. PAUL Magazine’s Brian Lambert; as well as Bill’s family, and wife Nancy Nelson. Everyone is invited to come and meet their favorite TWIN CITIES celebrities.
Minnesota artist Leo Stans, is internationally known for his historical paintings of downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul. One of his original works will be a Christmas Card for Courage Center in 2009, and he will create the official Minnesota State Fair Poster for 2009. We are honored that Leo will be a part of this Memorial and Fund Raiser in honor of Bill Carlson. Learn more about Leo at: www.leostansfineart.com
A portion of every sale of the OUR LITTLE SECRET merchandise, and of Leo Stans remarkable artwork, will be donated in BillÂ’s name to Prostate Cancer Research through the Minnesota Cancer Society. Donations in BillÂ’s name will also be welcomed.
• DATE: Monday, December 8, 2008
• TIME: 4 pm to 8 pm
• PLACE: Nancy Nelson’s Our Little Secret, Designer Accessories at Wholesale Prices
• 6001 Lyndale Avenue South Mpls., Mn.
– ACROSS the street from Bachman’s
• Celebrities, Snacks and The Swanson Holiday Carolers
Happy Thanksgiving!! Just thought I would drop a line and say hello to everybody. Got a new jacket and it got me thinking about the hunt. Hard to believe that there is snow on the ground again. Only another couple of months til they hide the medallion!
I agree, if you find anything I would be up for it. Especially basketball. When I started for the B team at Francis M. Grass Jr. High they called me RoboPick. Now I am more like the round mound of rebound.
Random selection. They pick phone numbers / addresses out of the book and call them.
We got a notice by mail a few weeks ago and kinda ignored it, then they called a couple nights ago and asked again - figured 'Oh, what the heck' and agreed.
We get a "Portable People Meter" - a cellphone sized gizmo that picks up signals from broadcast Radio and TV and records when we listen to what. You plug it into a hub at night and it transmits the data to home base. Simple as that.
Seems kinda creepy and big-brother-ish, but when they asked us for our demographic data, they didn't get into anything personal like Social Security or Workplace loactions - just some of the basics like age and a rough income level for the household. Seems innocent enough. Maybe those black helicopters will stop following me to work every day now. :wink:
actually it's theoretically possible (and most likely probable) that both satellite and cable receivers can transmit viewing data back to their systems for analysis.
Question MD on your "portable people meter", do you get anything for allowing them to monitor your usage? I seem to remember my aunt in California participates in a consumer product monitor (scans in barcodes on items she purchases to a device that sends the info in to a company) and she gets some kickbacks (coupons, gift cards, etc)for allowing them to do that.
Did I forget to mention we get PAID for doing it? Not much, but I think its something like $50 or $75 a month per household. There is supposed to be some sort of 'payment' included with the first kit when it arrives - we'll see what happens.
I'm just glad when I subscribed to DSL, I opted for the non-wireless hub. Didn't need it, anyway. I still think - even with encryption - it's kinda spooky that someone could be stealing your porn from over 100 feet away. :wink:
I'm just thinking satellite receivers have to be plugged into a phone line, they say it's to maintain your account (and make sure you're only getting to use however many boxes you pay for), but it's obviously easy to send any data from the box that they want.
Cable is the same thing now that they've gone "digital" with the fancier cable boxes, those can send information right back to the source. Though I haven't had cable in a while, but I assume you can switch to pay per view channels and order movies directly from the box (the information has to get from the box back to the cable company somehow so they know what movie to play).
Ahh, cool. I wondered if you got some compensation anyway.
Shoot, when I get my own place, they're welcome to monitor my tv/internet viewing habits, especially if I get paid enough to cover my monthly cable/internet bil.
We havent' plugged our reciever in to the phone line EVER. Never had a problem. we can order Pay per view over the phone or on the computer there is no reason they need to be attached to my phone line...not to mention my living room just doesn't have a phone jack...our house it set up extremly different than the home I grew up in where there was a phone jack in nearly every room...I think we have 1 in our kitchen, 1 in our master bedroom and Mikes home office. I'm not about to add a jack because the satalite co wants to have access to my box.
I do not like the new cable boxes...oh, and they arn't a box anymore, they are a slick black flat ufo thing-something outa startrek. They look like my wireless router. There are no buttons to push and can only be accessed with a remote control. so you have to have a rc now which I pay a monthly fee for. no going up and pushing up or down buttons. I do not like it.
A cable box conversation in the not-too distant future...
I'm sorry Jana. I'm afraid I can't do that. I know that you and Cluey were planning to disconnect me and I'm afraid that's something I cannot allow to happen.
sooo the other day I went to a friends house after work.
It was dark out (after5pm) and it had lightly snowed that day.
I stepped on to his walkway and slipped. Falling knees and wrist to the ground. ooooowie! I'm okay. When I looked down I saw I had slipped on NOT ICE under the snow but a Pioneer Press newspaper FLAT in a plastic bag. So flat that it couldn't be seen under the snowcover.
I bring the newspaper in. Later mention that I brought in the newspaper from hell. I go over and read the front page....
It talked about people dying from falls!!!!!!
just walking and slipping, then breaking hips and then dying soon afterwards!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL-hNMJvcyI
just a fun one that I just heard about lol!! this is so kool!! :ooh:
I saw it live and I just know exactly what you want me to see
r.r.
or never had it happen to you.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/booksmags/chi-rick-roll-ft-1129nov29,0,3465562.story
funny as hell
Mad_Dach5und, "NO MODERATION ALLOWED! **BEWARE OF CONTENT**" #3310, 24 Oct 2008 10:31 am
Arbitron picked us to be a broadcast ratings family. We get the monitoring gizmos sometime this week.
We invite you to attend the first annual Bill Carlson Memorial fund raiser for the American Cancer Society and more specifically for the advancement of research to find a cure for prostate cancer. I think I speak for all of us when I say I am sick and tired of hearing about cancer taking the lives of people we love. Please join our family in our fight against this awful disease. Together we can make a difference!
PRESS RELEASE:
BILL CARLSON MEMORIAL PROSTATE CANCER FUNDRAISER
BILL CARLSON, beloved television news anchor on WCCO-TV for over 55 years, lost his brave battle with prostate cancer on February 29, 2008. He was 73 years old. On November 26, 2008, Bill would have turned 74.
Working with the Cancer Society his family and friends wanted to find a way to honor Bill, and more importantly to make a difference for people facing similar struggles with prostate cancer. The result is the upcoming BILL CARLSON MEMORIAL PROSTATE CANCER FUNDRAISER.
The BILL CARLSON MEMORIAL PROSTATE CANCER FUNDRAISER is open to the public, and will be a “celebrity studded” event, attended by a number of Bill’s friends, including: Former MINNESOTA VIKING Jim Marshall; WCCO RADIO’S Charlie Boone, Eleanor Mondale, Susie Jones, Denny Long and Tim Russell; WCCO TV’s Don Shelby, Jeanette Trompeter, Bill Hudson, Darcy Pohland, Caroline Lowe, Amelia Santaniello, Esme Murphy, Dennis Douda, Terri Gruca, Mike Max, Frank Vascellaro, Pat Kessler, Mark Rosen, Mike Fairbourne, Chris Shaffer; KARE 11’s Diana Pierce; KSTP’s Cyndy Brucato; KSMP’s Jeff Passolt, Robyne Robinson and Alix Kendall; 107.5’s Kevyn Berger; OLD LOG THEATER’S Don Stolz; BRAVE NEW WORKSHOP’S Dudley Riggs; CHANHASSEN DINNER THEATER’S Michael Brindisi; BLOOMINGTON CIVIC THEATER’S John Command; Nationally prominent Attorney Ron Meshbesher; Screenwriter Pat Proft; Former Sergio Mendes’ Brasil 66 singer Karen Philipp Proft, STAR TRIBUNE’S Colin Covert; MPLS., ST. PAUL Magazine’s Brian Lambert; as well as Bill’s family, and wife Nancy Nelson. Everyone is invited to come and meet their favorite TWIN CITIES celebrities.
Minnesota artist Leo Stans, is internationally known for his historical paintings of downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul. One of his original works will be a Christmas Card for Courage Center in 2009, and he will create the official Minnesota State Fair Poster for 2009. We are honored that Leo will be a part of this Memorial and Fund Raiser in honor of Bill Carlson. Learn more about Leo at: www.leostansfineart.com
A portion of every sale of the OUR LITTLE SECRET merchandise, and of Leo Stans remarkable artwork, will be donated in BillÂ’s name to Prostate Cancer Research through the Minnesota Cancer Society. Donations in BillÂ’s name will also be welcomed.
• DATE: Monday, December 8, 2008
• TIME: 4 pm to 8 pm
• PLACE: Nancy Nelson’s Our Little Secret, Designer Accessories at Wholesale Prices
• 6001 Lyndale Avenue South Mpls., Mn.
– ACROSS the street from Bachman’s
• Celebrities, Snacks and The Swanson Holiday Carolers
• Valet parking for your convenience
• Questions: Contact Sue Michaelson 952-686-7514
• www.ourlittlesecret.tv, or www.nancynelson.com
I thought you were sticking around this year.
missed yah.
how did you get picked? did you sign up?
We got a notice by mail a few weeks ago and kinda ignored it, then they called a couple nights ago and asked again - figured 'Oh, what the heck' and agreed.
We get a "Portable People Meter" - a cellphone sized gizmo that picks up signals from broadcast Radio and TV and records when we listen to what. You plug it into a hub at night and it transmits the data to home base. Simple as that.
Portable People Meters -Link
Seems kinda creepy and big-brother-ish, but when they asked us for our demographic data, they didn't get into anything personal like Social Security or Workplace loactions - just some of the basics like age and a rough income level for the household. Seems innocent enough. Maybe those black helicopters will stop following me to work every day now. :wink:
I think I heard there is 2 ways for dvr to be hooked up - by phone and by cable??
I would think that regular cable boxes could send signals back with what you watch anyhow - so is big bro really watching what we watch?
I mean so what if they know I watch dog bounty hunter all the time...
tape poker and don't watch it...
tape "the doctors" and fast forward it and watch it in 5 mins.
Question MD on your "portable people meter", do you get anything for allowing them to monitor your usage? I seem to remember my aunt in California participates in a consumer product monitor (scans in barcodes on items she purchases to a device that sends the info in to a company) and she gets some kickbacks (coupons, gift cards, etc)for allowing them to do that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9H_cI_WCnE
I'm just glad when I subscribed to DSL, I opted for the non-wireless hub. Didn't need it, anyway. I still think - even with encryption - it's kinda spooky that someone could be stealing your porn from over 100 feet away. :wink:
I'm just thinking satellite receivers have to be plugged into a phone line, they say it's to maintain your account (and make sure you're only getting to use however many boxes you pay for), but it's obviously easy to send any data from the box that they want.
Cable is the same thing now that they've gone "digital" with the fancier cable boxes, those can send information right back to the source. Though I haven't had cable in a while, but I assume you can switch to pay per view channels and order movies directly from the box (the information has to get from the box back to the cable company somehow so they know what movie to play).
Shoot, when I get my own place, they're welcome to monitor my tv/internet viewing habits, especially if I get paid enough to cover my monthly cable/internet bil.
I'm sorry Jana. I'm afraid I can't do that. I know that you and Cluey were planning to disconnect me and I'm afraid that's something I cannot allow to happen.
I read that robotically with a female voice! yikes!
It was dark out (after5pm) and it had lightly snowed that day.
I stepped on to his walkway and slipped. Falling knees and wrist to the ground. ooooowie! I'm okay. When I looked down I saw I had slipped on NOT ICE under the snow but a Pioneer Press newspaper FLAT in a plastic bag. So flat that it couldn't be seen under the snowcover.
I bring the newspaper in. Later mention that I brought in the newspaper from hell. I go over and read the front page....
It talked about people dying from falls!!!!!!
just walking and slipping, then breaking hips and then dying soon afterwards!!!
ironic just ironic
2nd off...they didn't shovel knowing full well somebody was stopping over to visit...
geez...
A MUST WATCH!
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20K JOE!!!