William Bridges

Please take a few seconds to donate $10.00 to the American Red Cross; which will in turn aid those suffering in Haiti.

Text “Haiti” to 90999, it’s the quickest most easiest way to help.

Larger donations, please call 1-800-RED-CROSS or visit their website for more details :

American Red Cross

MVP Health Care is sponsoring a Youth Lacrosse Clinic with Gary Gait this year, held at Siena College. One of the most icon players of the game, will be taking time out of his busy schedule with the Syracuse Woman’s Lacrosse team to teach youngsters the skill of the game. I was privileged to help MVP with the online form registration again this year; feel free to check out the site KidPower!

After hitting (no joke) 10 different, New ‘09 and ‘08 models; I have found one club that supercedes the field. The Callaway FT-5 will be sitting next to the Ping G5’s this season…I’ll let you know how they get along.

Callaway FT-5 Driver = $160

Ping G5 Irons = $399

Footjoy Contours = $80

…thriving off your friends hate for your talent…priceless!

Once again, Preferred Care is reaching out to young athletes around Upstate New York. Gary Gait, considered one of the best professional lacrosse players, will be holding a youth lacrosse clinic here in Rochester, NY.

I am eager to say that the online submission forms that I created are up and running. So if your child, grades 1st thru 8th, are interested in these free clinics; visit the Preferred Care Kid Power site today!

 Also remember to keep checking the Kid Power website for Abby Wambachs youth soccer clinics this up coming fall; event listings and sign-up information can be found on the site.

It’s official, on this day November 4th 2008 @ 9:06 a.m. Barack Obama and Joe Biden earned my vote for our next Presidential and Vice Presidential leaders. I won’t bore you with all my political input behind the vote, yet I can tell you this, we are at the turning point of future and tonights outcome will be a road we all must follow as one.

Remember, we are the United States of America; to those who fought and those who still fight for this unity and freedom, we thank you.

With November 4th closing in, I encourage you all to get out and vote. Prior to stepping into that retro looking booth, take a few moments and research the other positions being voted upon in your community, city, and state. When it comes down to it, you’ll have many options to ponder over, and you shouldn’t just cast a vote soley because of the members party or just because you like the way their name sounds. Educate yourself with your surroundings; stick with credibal news sources and come to a conclusion from the information you have gathered to make your vote matter. November 4th should be considered a National Holiday. Many people miss the opportunity to exercise their right to vote, mainly because they are at work. Why not have official voting days, thus gathering all voices and votes to be heard? Sound crazy?

If you are a Monroe County citizen; here are the 2008 candidate listings from the Monroe County Board of Elections. Google your hometown for your local listings.

Vote your Presidental Pre-election vote here…and see results of others.

Due to CBS subscriptions rights, I am unable to post the video on here, so follow the link to watch. Click here…

Letterman heats up the conversation by asking McCain about his relationship with Gordon Liddy…

“George Gordon Liddy” (born November 30, 1930) was the chief operative for the White House Plumbers unit that existed during several years of Richard Nixon’s Presidency.

Along with E. Howard Hunt, Liddy masterminded the first break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate building in 1972. The subsequent cover-up of the Watergate scandal led to Nixon’s resignation in 1974; Liddy served four and a half years in prison for his role in the burglary. (Wikipedia)

Liddy’s relationship with McCain… Read more

The Corporate Royalty Board meets this Thursday to vote on a 66% sales increase for digital music; rising from $0.09 to $0.15 per track. The raises in rates have to be paid by someone, so who is it going to be? Recording Companies? Apple? Or us, the Consumers? According to Maggie Shiels, a reporter from the BBC, researched Apples financial standpoint on such an increase; and the results would be an overall financial loss. The VP of iTunes, Eddy Cue, states “Apple has repeatedly made clear that it is in this business to make money, and would most likely not continue to operate iTunes Store if it were no longer possible to do so profitably.” Now if Apple nor the Recording Companies don’t “face the music”, (pun intended), we could be looking at a Public Backlash of boycotts, protests and more…Thursdays outcome should be an interesting one.

UPDATE - Thursday 10.9.08: The Corporate Royalty Board met today and had voted against the raise digital download rates. Looks as if iTunes can once again breath a little bit easier.