Its a movie – I just went to watch it with my Wife Lisa this weekend. While it may have some cheesy moments its a good movie for newlyweds I think. It really hits home at some of the differences between Men and Women. It really spells out how to have a healthy marriage. Especially for the guys. If a Man doesn’t understand how to treat a woman after watching this then there is a problem. It had Lisa and I tearing up at least five times each. Yeah I’m a softy. Again while it may not have gotten the best reviews I seriously recommend it. Girls, think of it as undercover relationship counseling for your guy.

Oh man Do I love youtube. Countless hours have been wasted watching youtube videos. They suck me in almost as much as MSN.com’s “todays picks” A fried of mine just recommending to me this actually quite touching youtube story of Christian the Lion. Check it out.

Hello Everyone – ok I’m not going avoid the obvious. I humbly admit I’m not one of the best bloggers ever but I have heart to do better this year. The move and my new house has really swamped me this fall winter with all sorts of extra cirriculars but now that thats done I should have more time to keep up this spring/summer. I’ve had so many great clients this last year and so many great photographs. So many great photographs I wish I could share – One thing that amazes me is that I can’t even remember all the photographs that I take. Last night I started sorting through wedding pictures for an album project that I’m beginning and I was like…wow…good work Blaine. I guess its so easy to get bogged down with so many different projects and life that sometimes its hard to remember what your really doing. This last couple days I have been organizing thanks you notes from the past few years. I have so many they are all so special. I am thankful to have a job that is so valuable to people and that provides people with something that will last for so long. I take so many pictures of guests and events that I know that I don’t even know how many people I’ve blessed. I’m attaching a link to download my “official” word document of thank you’s but I also wanted to scan one that I really liked. Thank You Link

Its a papyrus thank you note. I am really impressed with that company personally and am always pulled in to look at their different textures and colors for their cards. Here is one from a client I had in October of 2007. The wine bottle on the front is actually a thin wine bottle with little notes inside.

Awwwe yeah! Its summer time! Happy memorial day! Its time for weddings, golf, the beach, and summer concerts! I definately plan on seeing Dave Matthews and hopefully Nickel Creek. The best though is that me and one of my good friends are thinking about crashing the Def Leppard concert. Yeah 80’s! Make sure you check out the summer season in Detroit – www.palacenet.com

A while back I was ripped off by a false yellow pages company from florida parading and deceptively advertising themselves as “the” yellow pages! I actualy never gave them any money but they continue to send me invoices. I don’t expect to ever pay. While doing research on this company I stumbled across a site known as the bad business bureau or rip off report.com

Basically consumers are allowed to share about false or bad dealings with any business. Not only is it interesting to read about all the scams that are taking place in every realm of business but it is a great place to do research about businesses. All reports are openly shared as well. One very interesting part about this this site is the sheer number of reports – I would guess into the 10s of thousands. The BBB or better business bureau is even reported! Apparently companies are simply paying them lots of money to stay on their good side and not on the consumers.

If I ever come across any shady businesses in the future that I will be paying any significant amount of money, I will definately be typing their name in google along with “rip of report” to see if anything comes up. I highly suggest using it as means to protect yourself.

Rip Off Report