December 27, 2012
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News and Notes: December 2012
CHRISTMAS: I followed through on my Christmas Celebration on Xanga, either reposting or reimagining archived Christmas posts. I decorated my home, and I'm planning to go even more all out next year. I'm pretty much over my cold, the first I've had in over two years, and one which nearly knocked me off my celebratory mood. We had a great party at work. Got a full paycheck bonus! Also everyone got to take home a 32" LED TV.
Since I already have one of those, and hope to upgrade my 3D HDTV sometime this year to an LED or LCD, I'm either going to sell or return the 32 incher back to Costco. Whatever money I'll make back will go toward my new set of hubcaps for my car. I didn't win the 50" LCD TV this year. I didn't win the 7" Kindle Fire HD either. BUT I DID WIN a $100.00 gift certificate for Amazon.com, so I put it toward one of the 32GB Kindle Fire 8.9" HD tablets. It should be arriving today sometime. I'm pretty excited! I spent Christmas alone, but everybody who saw my Christmas 2012 Santa Hat, which I did up a bit differently, seemed to like it, so there was fellowship with humanity, even though they were either workmates or cashiers at the local Food 4 Less or Big Lots. As I like to do with my extra bonus cash each year, I bought some new shoes and some household goods. FISCAL CLIFF: Either I'm going to have to spend an extra two grand in taxes next year or I'm not. I've got to hand it to John Boehner and the rest of the Republicans who are willing to help me NOT have to pay that two grand, by giving in on at least raising the tax rates for those making over a million a year.
HEALTH: Hopefully sickness both physical and mental will subside a bit. I'm a lot happier now than I have been for the last few months. On the WEALTH front, Christmas time usually affords me some extra cash to help me budget for next year, and I'm completely budgeted, with no red ink as of yet. Only "doctor bill" I "expect" to pay will be my copayment in either Jan. or Feb. for my yearly physical. I'm going to be taking a shopping trip to Big Five Sporting Goods soon to check out the weight sets. Enough of free weights. I'm really going to work on my musculature this year, as I turn the "big sixty".
XANGA & INTERNET: I will always have my Xanga, as long as my "lifetime premium subscription" holds out. However, I plan on using my own website (www.allthingsmike.com) in 2013. Will probably figure out how to either encode a blogspot module on the front page, with comments of course, or else just update as I used to before Xanga. As I age, I really am looking for more readership, instead of less, and I've concentrated on Xanga for so long, even when "on hiatus" frequently during the last two or three years, that instead of "trying too hard" over here, as Liz used to say, I'll just "present" my latest projects on my own site, and RSS to FB, and here, if they'll let me. The Xanga platform has never satisfied me. Webshots, where I had over 8000 of my photos, has gone out of business. I'm slowly but surely putting new photo folders on my Flickr stream, but I don't like the platform there either. I'll check out the "apps" available on my Kindle this afternoon too. Interesting that I'm "old school internet". Perhaps I'll just take everything OFFLINE and turn my memoirs into an actual book! Who knows? I'm young, and wild, and free.
Anything is possible. Upcoming Xanga entries will include my first "Best of the Year" post in two years, and the "Cloudscaping Too" video.I'm getting new subscribers on my YouTube channel. And I haven't posted anything there in over a year either. Hopefully, I'll have my latest MikeVideo Internet movie posted there before the end of the year. I need an HD videocam (or a good DSLR with full HD capability) but these things have to be budgeted, and they aren't on the immediate budget.
GUNS: Let's stop people from being able to purchase semi automatic weapons, eh? That's a start, at least.
HAPPY NEW YEAR: To the few but excellentely loyal Xangans who still "read me like a book" when I add a page or two to my over a decade old "online universe".
Posted: December 26, 2012 7:24 AM
Comments (10)
Hope you had a wonderful Christmas Mike.
Sounds like you racked up on gifts from the company. That 100 gift card to amazon ! Nice!!!
You know, some of us miss you when you go on hiatus.
I will never forget the first post of yours I read. It was on Xangan terminology. You should repost that sometime!
I have enough friends reading my blog and I am thankful to know few of the goods people. I think I shall do another account for short poems and short stories. Will see.
Merry Christmas to you! I have kindle. I love it! But still, I like the feel of a real book in my hands and the smells of printed paper are really something - it arouses the mind though. This is why I do still keep my leather journal and bring this everywhere with me because I always write in it! I am an old school, I guess ... hehehehe ...
I hope you had a Merry December 25th, and I want to wish you a happy & healthy New Year. It sounds as though in the health and happiness area you are doing better now, so it would be good if it carries through the New Year. I have been limited in time for various reasons, and I haven't been around to read all my Xanga friends' posts in a timely manner. I do get to read them in "Daily Digest" alerts. Since Amazon sells so many different products now, not just books, an Amazon gift card is really good to get. I'm happy to read that you won it. I was able to get some gifts for my friends and family because I had enough built up in my Amazon account over time. ~~Blessings 'n Cheers.
Mike, I want a job where you work. That is the days of old when employers let the workers know they loved us.
Good that you feel better. I had some time before Christmas to develop my blog a bit more. I have a bunch of blogs in the works for future posting... and I've connected with many more Xanga-ns. My friends base isn't yet the representative of the entire population here--surely that isn't a bad thing. I do have some terrific connections though. For getting a late start, like 10 plus months after first joining, I've made progress that pleases me.
Well, the new year is almost upon us. Let us all resolve to foster peace on Earth as best we can manage while we await Jesus' return. Blessings and joy is all I wish for you brother.
i hope your nex vlog will be you dancing..i really enjoyed the last one you made..merry New Year....
Glad you had a nice Christmas! I have never worked for a company that provided a Christmas bonus. I was glad to get the small grocery gift card my husband's company provided, though.
Glad you are able to get the readership you like. That has been something I find increasingly difficult, as most of my original faithful Xangans have moved on. I miss them!
I hate to say it, but it is devices like the Kindle that look to eventually kill my job.
And sooner rather than later.
I have not used one, but for apps they say Apple is better. I do have an iPod, which I love. But if I could afford it ( hahaha) I would have an iPhone. Then I could take all of my iPod's capabilities, and more, wherever I go.
Good luck with your momentum into the new year!
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