April 2008 - Posts

• Miley Cyrus: A photographer's responsibility

  Fifteen year old teen star Miley Cyrus, also known as "Hannah Montana", has taken a lot of heat over a photo shoot that was done recently for Vanity Fair Magazine. There has been some turmoil over whether the photo in question is “art” Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2008 7:26 PM by NHLife | 0 Comments Filed under: Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana, Annie Leibowitz, Vanity Fair Magazine

• American Idol - the Final Five

  Neil Diamond was the guest of the evening on American Idol tonight. Diamond may have been some sort of idol many years ago but I doubt many young people today know his music at all. I found it rather bizarre that they would choose Diamond for a show with Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 29, 2008 9:03 PM by NHLife | 0 Comments Filed under: American Idol, David Archuletta, David Cook, Syesha Mercado, Jason Castro, Brooke White, Neil Diamond

• Economic Surplus checks are coming.....early?

  Wondering whether you qualify for an economic stimulus payment, how much you are getting and when it's coming? Hint: They are coming earlier than expected. The IRS has put up a calculator that you can use to determine how much you can expect to receive. Read More... Posted Monday, April 28, 2008 4:44 PM by NHLife | 0 Comments Filed under: Economic Surplus Checks, calculator, Surplus calculator, surplus checks, IRS, dates of economic surplus checks

• American Idol - the Final Six

  American Idol – The Final Six Since I've already made my opinion known in previous posts, I figure why stop now? So here goes........ The theme of the evening was the music of Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber (who was watching from the audience). Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 22, 2008 9:36 PM by NHLife | 0 Comments Filed under: American Idol, David Archuletta, Carly Smithson, David Cook, Syesha Mercado, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jason Castro, Brooke White

• Making a Federal case out of jury duty

  I'm going to write for a few minutes because it's quiet here. That doesn't happen very often so I might as well take advantage of it. I got a call the other day from a lifelong friend. She called to inform me that she had been serving several Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 22, 2008 1:26 PM by NHLife | 0 Comments Filed under: due process, jury duty, federal case

• American Idol's fascination with the diva

  It was “Mariah Carey” night on American Idol tonight. Yes, the girl that can break glass with her voice. Could they suck up to her any more, though? Mariah, diva of all divas, is clearly trying to promote her new record, E=MC2 , which came Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 15, 2008 9:22 PM by NHLife | 0 Comments Filed under: American Idol, David Archuletta, Mariah Carey, David Cook

• American Idol attempts to inspire and beg

  I can’t really say I came away inspired last night, but “Inspiration” was the theme of the evening on American Idol . It started out with an inspirational song: Aerosmith’s “Dream On”. The problem is that no one can Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 09, 2008 9:52 AM by NHLife | 1 Comments Filed under: American Idol, David Archuletta, Michael Johns, Simon Cowell, American Idol Gives Back, Carly Smithson

• The 'Boys of Summer' are here

  I’ll admit it. I have a small, tiny, little crush on Jacoby Ellsbury. His tremendous performance in the 2007 World Series sealed the deal. But today he hit one out of the park against the Toronto Blue Jays and I’m afraid I fell in love all Read More... Posted Sunday, April 06, 2008 10:54 PM by NHLife | 0 Comments Filed under: Red Sox, Baseball, Jacoby Ellsbury, Manny Ramirez, Toronto Blue Jays, NH Fisher Cats, Mike Verge, Steven Tyler, Aerosmith, Bill Buckner