Snowfall From January 2011

 

A Few Garden Pics

 

 

 

 

A little Spring Freshening

Some fresh paint on fence/well house and a new mailbox and post.

 

 

 

 

The NeverEnding Story - Music Video by Limahl

Last evening, I watched for the first time since it premiered back in 1984, The NeverEnding Story. Even as a adult, I loved this movie and its soundtrack.

Super Moon

2010 Census - Georgia

The results of the 2010 U.S. Census for Georgia was released this week...



Scroll over the Georgia Map to see the individual county numbers. To see the map full screen click the 'Hide Full Screen' in upper right corner. Press Esc to return to normal size.

Overall the population in Georgia grew by 18.3% since 2000 with Georgia's Hispanic population nearly doubling over the period and now represents just under 9 percent of the state's total population. That growth is largely concentrated in metro Atlanta counties, with Gwinnett's Hispanic population jumping from 64,137 to 162,035 (250%) making the county of Gwinnett the most racially diverse county in the state.

The fastest growing county in Georgia was Forsyth whose population grew by over 78%

Thank You, CNN

Hats off to the folks at CNN and CNN International for their continued excellent coverage of news coming out of Japan over the weekend. Since the tragic news of the earthquake/tsunami broke very early Friday morning, CNN has been all over this story. On Friday and Saturday nights while Fox News for the most part played their unusual 'Politics' and MSNBC went to its weekly 'Lock-up' series, CNN and CNN International teamed up together to give its World-Wide viewers continuous coverage of the events unfolding from the stricken country.

The ratings for the Network on Friday was also very impressive. CNN beat Fox News in total viewers for the day (3AM Friday to 3AM Saturday) with a average of 2.27 million viewers compared to 2.09 million for Fox News (CNN numbers do not include viewers on CNNI) while MSNBC had a average of 588,000 viewers at any given time. CNN’s Friday coverage peaked during the 11AM hour of CNN Newsroom with over 3.6 million viewers looking on. As you well know on most days Fox News beats out CNN and MSNBC combined.

Without doubt, CNN is still the 'GO TO' network for Breaking News.

Update - CNN's impressive ratings for Saturday and Sunday can be found here. During primetime on Saturday night, CNN viewers (2.1 million) - Fox News (1.3million) - MSNBC (450,000)

On Monday, Fox News regained their ratings hold on CNN and MSNBC averaging 1.4 million for the day compared to just over 1.0 million for CNN and 500, 000 for MSNBC. However, Anderson Cooper's '360' did extremely well on Monday night beating Greta's 'On The Record' by over 300,000 viewers in the key DEMO age group.

Early Spring Pics

 

 

 

 

Is Doritos Going Gay For The Super Bowl?

This Is 'Piers Morgan Tonight'

Love the show...sure beats watching the partisan rants on the other cable news channels.

'We Shall Overcome'

In honor of Martin Luther King Day...

Snow/Ice Storm 2011

 

While this North Georgia storm may not have been quite as severe as the winter storms of 1982 and 1973, it will certainly be remembered by many. Thankfully, the power outages around the metro area were minimum but the roads to include the major Interstates were nothing short of pure sheets of ice for several days. Schools in almost all areas of North Georgia were closed for 5 days due to the storm.

 

 

 

Lisa Cooper of the Douglasville Patch this week wrote a very good piece for the local 'Patch' website - 'Memories of the Storm of 1973'

"Storms similar to what we are enduring now most certainly leave an indelible mark on our psyches. Many of today’s 40- and 50-somethings were young children and teens in 1973. Ask any of them why they dash off to the store at the hint of snow or ice, and they will recount how that particular storm affected them. They remember the fun of being children and camping out for a time in their living rooms, but they also look back as adults and realize what can happen if you are caught unaware"

Top Selling Vehicles in 2010

The Ford F-Series was once again the best selling vehicle in the U.S. in 2010 with over a half million units sold beating out its closest competitor(Chevy Silverado) by over 150,000.

The Toyota Camary remained the top selling car in the country despite its sales falling 6.4% as compared to the previous year. Taking honors for the top selling domestic car for 2010 was the Ford Fusion with over 219,000 units sold. This is the second straight year the Fusion beat out both the Chevy Malibu and the Impala as the top selling domestic sedan.

The complete list of the 10 top selling vehicles sold during this past year is below;


1) Ford F-Series 528,349
2) Chevrolet Silverado 370,135
3) Toyota Camary 324,736
4) Honda Accord 311,381
5) Toyota Corolla 266,082
6) Honda Civic 260,218
7) Nissan Altima 229,263
8) Ford Fusion 219,219
9) Honda CR-V 203,714
10)Dodge Ram 199,652


Source - Thomson Reuters

Christmas is All About 'Family'

 

Christmas Day Snow