Happy Friday! Let’s start off with a cool pic for this blog:
*Courtesy: Thatcher Kelley (One of the coolest pictures of Seattle I’ve seen in a while. This picture was snatched while flying into Seattle)*
“I popped up my camera with a 70mm lens attached, waited for the wing and blurry jet exhaust to clear the view. I quickly focused, jammed my face against the seat in front of me to get the best angle, and snapped the shot just before Rainier disappeared from view.”
Now let’s jump into it…now let me start off with saying I’m the umpteenth person to talk about the new Facebook changes but hey it’s what blogs are for right 
. So I will say that at first when the changes happened I wasn’t happy about it (I’m not going to say I was b****in’ about it…but I made a few comments about how I didn’t appreciate Facebook changing layouts all the time). But the more I played around with it and the more I read people’s comments, blogs and articles about the new changes the more I decided okay it’s a free service, I don’t pay anything for it, it’s my choice to use it or not. I think Facebook is a cool way to stay in touch with people you went to high school with, college, co-workers, friends and family. In a time where everything is e-mail this and IM that it’s nice to see people connecting with each. Yes, I understand it’s not face-to-face but it’s a great alternative. With Facebook you don’t need to wait 10 years for your high school reunion because with Facebook friends are always posting pics of themselves, their families and what they’re doing. With Facebook you don’t have to be homesick because your family can talk/video you anytime of day! They can share pics of what’s going on as it happens (via Facebook apps on your smartphone). So yes, Facebook changes every two to three months or so but guess what people aren’t leaving the website in masses. They’re sticking it out and learning how to adapt to the new changes; because in the end it’s not about what it looks like or how your home screen works…Facebook is and always will be all about networking, all about keeping in touch with those you haven’t seen in a wihle, and all about saying hi to your loved ones (even though you just saw them 5 minutes ago). So yes, people will b**** about the new changes and yes people won’t like it in the beginning (because let’s be honest who likes change) but guess what…there’s NOTHING out there that has 1.) the number of users on it 2.) the power that Facebook has and 3.) the “cool” factor.
I’m not saying you have to stop complaining because let’s be honest there could be worst things floating around the internet…
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On a serious note…if you’re in Seattle this weekend Obama+Seahawks+Road Construction = Hell on the Roads. Here’s the story via KING5-TV in Seattle.
Update: Friday 9/23/11 4:00pm
Not often times you hear this but weekend closure of northbound I-405 is canceled due to rain forecast. According to KING5.com
“WSDOT has canceled the planned weekend closure of northbound I-405 in Bellevue due to bad weather expected Sunday. WSDOT had planned to close the northbound lanes of I-405 from NE Eighth Street to SR 520 to work on some new ramps. Part of the work involved repainting the stripes on the roadway. With rain in the forecast for Sunday, WSDOT decided to postpone the project and the closure. More details were to be released during a news conference scheduled at 10:30 a.m.”
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*Click on picture to visit official NFL website*
NFL Week 3 picks now (I’m no expert…but who doesn’t have fun picking games for the week, so here we go):
JAC @ CAR Bank of America Stadium
HOU @ NO Superdome (I think this is a no brainer pick…but you never know)
NE @ BUF Ralph Wilson Stadium
MIA @ CLE Cleveland Browns Stadium
DEN @ TEN LP Field
NYG @ PHI Lincoln Financial Field
DET @ MIN Mall of America Field
SF @ CIN Paul Brown Stadium (WHAT?!?! I know I know…we’ll see)
NYJ @ OAK O.co Coliseum (This could actually be a good game? NAH…)
KC @ SD Qualcomm Stadium
BAL @ STL Edward Jones Dome
GB @ CHI Soldier Field (GAME OF THE WEEK)
ARI @ SEA CenturyLink Field (KAH KAH KAH!)
ATL @ TB Raymond James Stadium
PIT @ IND Lucas Oil Stadium (After their demolition of the Hawks…)
Mon, Sep 26
WAS @ DAL 8:30 PM Cowboys Stadium (against my better judgement)
…we’ll see what happens…again you never know in the NFL!
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Now the WHAT REALLY?!?!? STORY OF THE DAY!!!
Well meet this lady! She’s 35 and says she wants to be a vampire…yeah?!? Okay… Read more click here.
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The song stuck in my head all day? Goes from:
Have a great day & weekend!
