What do rough and tough construction workers want after a long day at work?

How about an ice cold... Frozen Yogurt?

I can just hear them now:

Rough and tough Man #1 - "Man, I'm getting tired from all this jack hammering."
Rough and tough Man #2 - "I feel ya, I could really use a nice cold one."
Rough and tough Man #1 - "Me too, an original sweet tart with strawberries and gummy bears would sure hit the spot."

I love that thanks to my iphone I always have a camera on me to capture memorable moments such as this.

Chocolate Weapons

Since I'm promoting chocolate today, I thought I'd give another plug. One of my good childhood friends has come up with one of the most creative products that I have seen in a long time. Not only is it creative... it's delicious.



Check out his site and buy some chocolate weapons. http://www.chocolateweapons.com/

I have a tin of the chocolate bullets and I can attest that they are quite delicious. As mentioned on one of the videos on the site, “it’s not that cheap, crappy chocolate” it's the good stuff.

Chocolate

Craig and Sara like to dip things in chocolate. If you would like to dip things in chocolate, perhaps at a party, wedding, mitzfah (either bar or bat), shower, corporate event, etc then check out http://www.bluminup.com/

Snow Day in Wrightwood

We had a great day up in the mountains. I had to check on a couple of things for WrightwoodCabins.com and the kids love playing with their Grandma and Grandpa J so we piled into the truck and headed up the hill.

Tanya is always wanting to get a good family pic and the kids were in good spirits. While we were posing with the little red house behind us snow from the tree fell down on us.

I love spending time with the wife and kids. Especially when my Mom and Dad provide pizza and hot cocoa. Thanks!

Survival Guide

Disappointed

I just read this article on Michael Phelps. I am truly disappointed. We need great role models today and they are getting harder to find.

In a public apology Phelps said:

I am sorry. I promise my fans and the public it will not happen again

I wonder how his endorsements will weather this little storm.

Top 100

During church today the troubled economy came up 643 times. I'm exaggerating, it couldn't have been more than 625. I know these times are tough and that they try the character of Men but I am confident that we will overcome and appear on the other end better and stronger than before. For the past year I have been working with some friends to create a sustainable financial services company. When other companies are shrinking we have been hiring 3-4 employees per month and look to pick up the pace through '09. Our goal is to ensure that the company remains agile enough to adjust to market conditions. We believe that in any market there is an opportunity to make money and strive to be prepared for what may come.

One of the few magazines I get is FORTUNE and I enjoy the issue that comes this time of year spotlighting the top 100 places to work in the United States of America. It is my personal goal to have Ascension on this list by 2014. (I was going to say 2012 but according to some that's going to be a tough year, and I didn't want to be misunderstood for stating said year.)

We're working on an updated purpose statement and '10 commandments' for our firm. I'll share them when they're done.