Buying Tickets Online Is Easy

I love music and going to concerts. Any kind of concerts--outdoor amphitheaters,  large indoor venues, outside street festivals, and small intimate music houses. I was perusing concert tickets today to see if anything looked good. Now that money is tighter, I don't go to as many concerts, and I pick them more carefully. It is a realy treat now to go to a concert.

While online, I realized you can also buy sports tickets online. I don't think I have ever done that, but it too is so easy. I love basketball. I like college basketball the most, but also enjoy professional games as well. I watch a variety of teams on TV including Memphis Grizzlies, Utah Jazz, Orlando Magic, and the Chicago Bulls. I would love to see them in person too!

Speaking of New Orleans.....

Rotary International is having its annual convention in New Orleans this coming May, and I am hoping to go. I have been looking for an opportunity to go back there, and this may be it. I haven't been there since Katrina, so I am sure it will be a moving experience for me. I have always loved NOLA. I am glad to go and  help out their economy. As part of the convention happenings, I think we will get to participate in a service project, helping out those who lost their homes a little bit. I would like that a lot. I have wanted to be down there doing that for some time but had no opportunity. Maybe I can help out, at least a little.

Nawlins!

Guest post written by Kat Solomon

My favorite things to do on trips is go on ghost tours. Part of me wants to see a ghost, another part of me is terrified of seeing one and then I also just love the history aspect of hearing about all of these people that lived in places before us, rather than if they're haunting the places they lived in before us or not. So, I had been waiting to go to New Orleans to hear the great ghost stories there for a long time.

One tour was a vampire-themed tour and the tour guide was talking in a low, creepy voice that so many tour guides like to talk in on those things, except i was having a tough time understanding her. It really bothered me that I didn't understand a lot of the storytelling that was going on, but I didn't want to ask my family what was being said so I wouldn't ruin it for other people.

When I was talking about it later that night at the hotel, so I looked up Miracle Ear on my smart phone. I ended up buying some free hearing aids in Cincinnati when we got home from our trip. So I'm not worried about getting spooked on future ghost tours!

I Miss Con Law

One of the law classes I miss the most is constitutional law. While it sounds dry, it was anything but. I had no idea had fascinating it would be. How everyday things can be constitutional problems. And how the courts scrutinize the cases and make their decisions.

Like I remember one case--can't remember the name--that involved snow chains. At one time, one state was not allowing tire chains, while the neighboring states were. That meant that trucks that were going from state to state would have to stop and to take off their chains in order to travel through the state that would not allow them. And it was too expensive for the trucks to go way out of their way to avoid that one state. So can't remember exactly how things came out, but basically it was deemed to be unconstituional for that one state to not allow snow chains.  Because it was impeding interstate commerce. (Can't remember the exact wording, but it was something like that.) Who would have thought?

Want To Take My Websites To The Next Level

I have had several websites for a while, and am wanting to spend more time on them and take them to the next level. I need to do a number of things including build links. I need to continue adding good content, geared to my audience/s. I love blogging, so that will not be hard.

Some people have said you can get free links through a free link exchange. Or you can just get links naturally by building your content and attracting readers, who then may leave links to their sites. That is probably the better way.

But at any rate, I am looking forward to working on the websites/blogs and making them soar!

Hoarder Blows Through Retirement Fund

A woman on Hoarding: Buried Alive tonight is in his situation because she is a compulsive shopper. She has spent all of her retirement fund. That is so frightening. It is scary that people get in these situations. I know that after they become hoarders, they also tend to become recluses. But I wonder if they have somewht tendency towards that to begin with. Because if they had a steady stream of visitors, it would be harder for people to become hoarders, I would think. There would be pressure to pick up and keep things clean.

Learning Poker

I am going on a cruise again in January and love to spend some time in the casino. I mainly play the slots and love it, but want to expand my horizon. I am thinking about learning how to play poker.  I watch the people play the game, especially late at night, and they seem to have so much fun! And they can win some real money.

My brother-in-law, when they lived in my town, used to belong to a poker club. They would get together every Friday night, rotating the homes, gets some wings and beer, and play poker. It was a great way for him to get to know some guys in town.

I may buy some books on poker or look online for some instruction. I would like to be at least a little knowledgeable before January.