My daughter is in the "Twilight Movie"

OK, this may not totally be on topic with trading and money management and all of that, but hey, blogs can deviate right? Sure. And what dad wouldn't want to brag on his daughter when exciting stuff is happening in their lives. Well, first off, my daughter Bri is getting ready to graduate from college soon. She has applied to graduate study for a Master's degree at Portland State University and hopefully she will be accepted to get a Master's degree in Sociology. But as big as that is, the news of the month for her for sure has to be the fact that she got a part in the movie "Twilight" that they are filming near here. She has been working as an extra in the school scenes and doing lots of walk ons and stuff. This is being hyped as a pretty big movie like Harry Potter and there is already a ton of buzz about it. Anyway, she's had the time to hang with a couple of the main stars and see what it's like to sit around for hours upon hours waiting for a scene to get set. She has been filming it for the last couple of weeks and yesterday she had to show up on the set at 9:45 a.m., and didn't get a break until 1:30 a.m. the next morning. She got a few hours of sleep and then was back on the set again today and I probably won't see her until late late in the morning yet again. It's pretty fun and exciting stuff for her and she is jazzed beyond belief to have gotten the chance to be in it. Hopefully all of her scenes won't end up on the cutting room floor ;)

Is this REALLY front page news?

Everyday I peruse my morning news for issues and stories that impact my daily life. So I turn to trusted news sources such as CNN and MarketWatch. This morning I noticed that CNN had a story so important, that it HAD to be on the front page of their news site...no, I'm not talking about the war in Iraq or the recession (or possible recession), but the vitally important story about the actress Mary-Louise Parker breaking her engagement with actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Yes I know, I had to take a deep breath, take a shot of whiskey and sit back and ponder how my life will change with this bit of news. I know! They just got engaged earlier this year! Maybe I'm being too much of a stick in the mud, but it seems to me that front page news means something with some substance to it. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for celebrity gossip occasionally, but that's why I go to TMZ.com, not CNN front page news....sheesh.