The business and industry environment during the quarter was generally favorable. Our sales results reflected stable trends across our product read more

The business and industry environment during the quarter was generally favorable. Our sales results reflected stable trends across our product lines and a modest ramp in demand for fluid handling equipment through the quarter and into December.

At any age it does us no harm to look over our past shortcomings and plan to improve our characters read more

At any age it does us no harm to look over our past shortcomings and plan to improve our characters and actions in the coming year.

Did you see American Idol last night? ... You've got to see this.

Did you see American Idol last night? ... You've got to see this.

It's true; this stuff can't be made up, folks.

It's true; this stuff can't be made up, folks.

November rolled around and our checks came up smaller then normal. DC Studios was finally deducting Federal Taxes, another step read more

November rolled around and our checks came up smaller then normal. DC Studios was finally deducting Federal Taxes, another step we looked forward to during this acquisition. This happened twice in November, yet no new contracts had been drawn which justified any Dallas member as an actual employee of DC Studios. We questioned this matter, and in December, our first check came in and it was back to the old figures, where no taxes were being taken out. So where did our Federal Tax money go, not to mention the withholdings for Health Insurance, which we found out was canceled due to non-payment?

Hmm, I do want to perform in Turin a little bit, but not being able to do so doesn't upset read more

Hmm, I do want to perform in Turin a little bit, but not being able to do so doesn't upset me all that much.

The achievements of Apollo were so bold and our subsequent efforts so timid that the energy of those years seems read more

The achievements of Apollo were so bold and our subsequent efforts so timid that the energy of those years seems like a youthful dream,

This has been the first real test since FEMA (U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency ) was put under Homeland Security read more

This has been the first real test since FEMA (U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency ) was put under Homeland Security and obviously it didn't work and I think they will want to reexamine how they respond to disasters.

One of the very, very widespread complaints about reconstruction process today is where is the money going. There is a read more

One of the very, very widespread complaints about reconstruction process today is where is the money going. There is a sense out there that resources are not fairly allocated.