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I can’t take it anymore!! I wasn’t going to write a blog with my thoughts on the recent Britney Spears, but with all the stupid jokes like “Hey did you hear Britney went skiing this weekend? Yeah, she was spotted from a mile away on Mount Baldy”, I just couldn’t resist any longer.

I’ve never been a fan of Britney. From her innocent days of the Mickey Mouseketeers, to her “innocent” look when she entered the pop world, to her slut battle with Christina Aguilera, to now a lame impression of Demi Moore playing G.I. Jane.

It’s gotta be hard being a star with the paparazzi following you everywhere you go, but she’s caused all her drama. Now she’s going through this “sick of men” stage and wondering why the Ex’s Justin Timberlake and Kevin Federline want to share their intimate details. She does things for attention and she gets that attention, but now that things are down for her she wants it all to be hush hush, except let’s go out and shave our head and get a tattoo and exploit ourself all over again.

She needs help, but dropping out of rehab that she supposedly didn’t go to doesn’t help the situation. She needs to stick with it. Personally, coming from someone who again hasn’t been a fan of Brit, I would give her much more credit if she grew up and handled her responsibilities like the rest of us are expected to. Just because you have money doesn’t mean you should make a mockery of yourself and your motherhood. You need to look at life and what you have and make the most of it in the most dignified way possible. Read more here.
She’s a mom now. Not a single teeny bopper. Weather or not she’ll get her groove back, she’d have a better image respecting herself and being a good mom to the two children she’s had. She needs to realize that things are different now and that she won’t be that “Toxic” Brittany everyone’s used to and that there’s nothing wrong with creating a new more mature image for the future. With her former friend/employee saying that she’s embarrassed of what Britney become, it’s obvious to an average person that Britney needs change.

After all, when her kids grow up will they be more proud of a new Britney? Or a head shaving, tattooed, girl who’s longing for a pastime she cannot retrieve. Come on Brit R-E-S-P-E-C-T!

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Need music for your event? We did! We searched local listings in the phone book and asked around for music for our wedding. The few that we found were out of our budget and the word of mouth groups weren’t anything worth writing about. We turned to old reliable, “THE INTERNET”. Sure enough we found a great selection for a variety of genre tastes at on online booking site for local artists Gigmasters.com. Sign up is free for the planning party and you browse through artists to your specified taste and budget and the artists bid for your event. For us we wanted a harpist for our beach ceremony and a jazz band for our reception.

After a few days of getting bids and interviewing artists we decided on our perfect musicians. Ted Nichelson, a harpist who knows his stuff! He’s attained a Doctorate, Masters, and Bachelors in his field. Seeming well qualified he was hired. For the reception we decided on a newcomer to Gigmasters. The Richman Jazz Ensemble had very little for us to go off of, just one picture but great prices. We asked him to send us a sample of some sort and they did. The demo CD was great and we hired them.

For our first time booking live entertainment we couldn’t have picked better. The harpist was wonderful we didn’t get to enjoy him as much as I wanted to during the service because apparently when you get married you tune a lot of things out when you’re that nervous giving away your life to the person you love. However, the music was just as beautiful on our wedding video of the ceremony. The Jazz band was great too! Everyone raved about the music for hire and it was a great opportunity to expose the artists for future gigs.

For us, being on a budget we found picking a newbie to the professional industry of playing events proved useful. It was a win win for both. We got an awesome deal for our $, plus we gave the artists an exposure for prospective clientele. Finding Gigmasters not only helped us save money, but gave us a great outlet of personal preferences for our Wedding entertainment.

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Yes, that’s right.  A former employee of IBM is suing IBM for firing him for his addiction for “Adult” chat rooms.  Instead of being held accountable for his own actions he says that IBM was wrong for firing him because he’s a sex addict and needs help.  James Pacenza a 58 year old man of Montgomery, New York says that he developed traumatic stress in Vietnam while watching his Army buddy die in 1969.   Since then the availability of the internet has prompted his entries into chat rooms which created his pathway into the “sex addiction”.   Read full article here.

He also accuses IBM of age discrimination.  He says that he had been there for 19 years and would have been able to retire in just one more year.  However, IBM states that James was warned about his chat room behavior 4 months earlier and said he could be fired for that, but James denies the warning.

It has also been determined that IBM did not offer counseling for James’ medical condition.  Whereas, other employees with drug and alcohol problems were offered counseling.  IBM is trying to get a summary judgment, so we’ll have to wait and see if it ever goes to trial.

Whatever the case may be, this shows how litigious our society is.  Some people are scared of what others may have the power to do so they threaten with a lawsuit.  For others it’s a game of getting even for something, so again threaten with a lawsuit.  In this case an employee was allegedly warned about his internet habits and the consequences that may be rendered.  Weather or not he had been warned, for most of us in Greater America we are expected to work when we go to work.  So being reprimanded for going to pornographic sites or chat rooms should be expected.  If this guy felt that his chat habits at work were in fact directly related to his psychological illness incurred during the Vietnam war, and knew it was becoming and increasingly bigger problem why didn’t he try to get help on his own even if not offered by IBM?  Why didn’t we hear of problems at home with his internet fetishes?  Or is this just the beginning?  If you are an employer you are paying your employee to perform their duties at work and not to surf sex sites during working hours.  Maybe that’s just too logical.  I do agree with one thing, without a written warning firing this guy may have been a little harsh, especially after 19 years of service.  What will come next?

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