Anheuser-Busch InBev

That's the reported new name of what will be the largest brewer in the world. Reuters, the Wall Street Journal, and other news agencies reported the news this evening. Personally, I'm pissed off about this deal, and I'm a shareholder. I used to work for Anheuser-Busch and I have less than 200 shares, but I could care less about the money. I"m watching the local news and they are describing some of the differences between A-B and InBev, most notably charitable donations. In the last 10 years, A-B has donated over $370 million to worldwide non-profit organizations. After skulking around InBev's website, I finally found a short five-page press release about community involvement. I really had to dig for it, though, so it's more than obvious, at least to me, that charitable giving is not high on the companies list.

I'll write more later when more details are released about the buyout.

Dr. Horrible

I love the internet. I love Neil Patrick Harris, most notably as Barney Stinson or as himself in the Harold and Kumar movies. I love Joss Whedon and all of his TV creations. Therefore, I will love Dr. Horrible. Kristin Dos Santos from E! has a detailed article about this straight-to-web series.


Teaser from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog on Vimeo.

Rugrats

Let's start the post with this disclaimer: I love kids. I love other people's kids and knowing that I don't have to take them home. Does that sound too cruel? That's just an honest fact. Today I attended a birthday party for a very cute and sassy two year old.


The birthday girl, Amelia, is not in the picture, but trying to get seven kids in the picture represented the afternoon very well. As a couple of the adults noted, getting kids to sit down at a party for a group picture is similar to herding cats. I wish that I had stopped laughing long enough to take some video of this particular episode. The rest of the party was fun and there were no major meltdowns from the kids.

At first, I admit that I was wary about this party, but I'm glad that I attended. All of the kids were super cute, especially the birthday girl, and two years old is a pretty freaking funny age. Well, at least the rugrats are funny to people like me, who does not have a child. The party also confirmed that I am not ready to have kids of my own, at least not in the near future. I can handle my nieces and nephew very well, but I think that's because they are family. Like I stated early, I love kids, but I admit that I'm selfish enough to enjoy having this time in my life to myself.

A couple years ago, I felt a little weird about a lot, and I mean a lot, of my friends having babies. It felt like being left out of a club. But now, I am loving the life I have now. I like hanging out with my single gal friends. I enjoy being able to go to a baseball game at the last minute. I love staying at home on a Saturday night and not really caring if that's the cool thing to do. Oh, and I love my new Wii, but that's for another post. :^D

Pet Peeve #3

It's been raining a lot here in the Midwest, and every time it does, I amazed by how many people do not turn on their headlights. For example, this evening, around 6:30, we had a strong thunderstorm. The sky was fairly dark and the wind was blowing the rain all over the place. In the short seven-mile drive from my parent's house to my condo, I counted 10 cars that did not have their headlights on. I'm thinking about posting a sign on my side window that reads "Turn on your headlights, idiot!"

My Brother Barack

Find out more about Barack Obama's Asian American connection from this AP story.

Summer Movie Blockbusters

I'm really only looking forward to two summer movie blockbusters, The X-Files: I Want to Believe and The Dark Knight. A couple months ago, I was excited about Indiana Jones, but I was a little underwhelmed when I finally saw it.

Pet Peeve #2

I spend a lot of time at my desk at work. To kill the monotony, I surf the web and try to keep up with the latest news around the world. I've discovered that I'm particularly bothered by the ability to leave comments on news stories. I like to read the straight news. I don't want to know what Joe Smith thinks about about the garbage crisis in Naples, Italy. Our society lives by hair-trigger responses and news agencies are feeding our desires to give our two cents ON EVERYTHING. That's why we created blogs, right? We have a controlled venue for our family and friends to keep up with our random thoughts and not-so-random daily activities. Why would I want to leave my opinion open to potential criticism and heartburn by perfect strangers?

Camping at Wimbledon

Breakfast at Wimbledon

I woke up early at 8 AM to watch the Men's Wimbledon final. That's early for a Sunday. The match just ended around 3:30 PM. Three rain delays, 5 sets, and almost half a day later, Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer. It's been awhile since I actually sat down to watch a Grand Slam tennis match all the way through. This one was epic. Nadal won the first two sets fairly easily, but Federer fought back to make it a 5-set match. Some time in the near future, I would like to see the Wimbledon tournament in person. Going to the US Open in NYC might be more realistic, but I think traveling to London would be much cooler. =)

Do a little dance...

Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.

The original post is at Where the Hell is Matt.