Volunteer Your Vote

Your vote really does count, and will truly make a differnce in lives of many Tennesseans! AWESOME!!

I received this earlier today....
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Hawkins County Memorial Hospital is participating in an online contest, sponsored by Siemens, to win a state-of-the-art MRI system.

Hospitals from around the country have submitted two-minute videos, and the hospital whose video receives the most votes wins the MRI.

Hawkins County Memorial’s video,” Wish We Had a Brand New MRI,” is set to the tune of “Rocky Top” and features hospital employees, patients, the Rogersville Middle School band – and even Smokey.

Area residents can view the video and a cast a vote for Hawkins County Memorial at http://www.winanmri.com .

Voting ends Dec. 31, and one vote may be cast per computer per day. What's even more. the Rogersville hospital is the only Tennessee hospital participating in the contest.

Here are the Lyrics to “Wish We Had a Brand-New MRI” (Remembe, to the tune of Rocky Top:)

Wish we had a brand-new MRI / Down in the Tennessee hills.
Ain’t no foggy film on our MRIs / A new one better still.
Once I had a brand-new MRI / along with some pouring-down rain.
Indoor scans, better for our patients / to scan those bodies and brains.
MRI, you’ll always be / Saving lives in Tennessee.
Good ol’ MRI / MRI Tennessee / MRI Hawkins County!!!

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Volunteer a Vote! Thanks!
CH

Ideas Are Popping

You might have seen the pizza commercial where the guy is hanging out all day with a sheet of Bubble Wrap...and just popping it!

To be honest, I could probably see myself doing that if I had a really big sheet of it, and all day to waste. :) After all isn't that what bubble wrap is for? Well, apparently not!

Some kids have great imaginations and were challenged to create new uses for Bubble Wrap! Thus began a contest, the Bubble Wrap Competition for Young Inventors.

So far there are 15 semifinalists, and the grand prize winner will receive a $10,000 savings bond. Sweet!

Here are some of the ideas: Some saw Bubble Wrap as a building material for shock-absorbing flooring for dancers. Others thought that it should be wrist cushions for people with carpal tunnel syndrome.

The winner will be named January.

Here's the official Site for the competition:

http://www.nmoe.org/bubblewrap/

Happy Popping or Inventing :)
CH

Give Thanks!

We like to sing the song, "Give Thanks" at church every so often. I think the words are very appropriate for today.

Give Thanks with a grateful heart
Give Thanks to the Holy One
Give Thanks, because He's given
Jesus Christ, His Son

And now, let the weak say I am strong
Let the poor say I am rich
Because of what the Lord has done for us
Give Thanks...

I pray that you may be blessed today as you gather around the table with friends and family. Today should be fun for us, we are headed to the home of some good friends, and Jay will get to celebrate his first Turkey Day!!!

Grace and Peace,
CH

LOL!

Want to bring up office morale??? Want to come into work, and know that you are going to have a great day?

Well, contrary to popular belief, whistling while you work isn't the key anymore. Actually, it's laughing!

Researchers from the University of Missouri-Columbia say that on-the-job humor helps to increase efficiency and creativity...not to mention, happier employees tend to have better communications skills and are also less likely to leave their company.

So, Laugh it up in your cubicle and make the boss smile :D
CH

Ol' Skool Rules!

Before your kids wanted an X-Box, before I wanted a Nintendo Entertainment System, and when Sony was only know for its stereos, not its Playstation, there was the Atari!

Now, the toy that brought you Pac-Man, Frogger, Pole Position, and Spaced Invaders, has received the official respect it deserves. The Atari 2600 game system is among the latest toys to be inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame!!

Atari is among this year's three great inductees to the Hall. The other two are the low-tech kite and the Raggedy Andy doll. Other toys in the Hall of Fame include Barbie, Legos, and the Slinky! Slinky! (For fun it's a wonderful toy! It's fun for a girl and boy...sorry, I like the Slinky.)

If you are wondering where the Toy Hall of Fame is located. You can find it as a part of the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York.

Long Live Pong!
CH