I never knew that there were so many types of insurance policies offered these days. When I think of insurance, I think of home, auto and life – that’s about it. When I stopped in at my agent’s office last week, to pay my monthly bill, I had to wait a few minutes for assistance and was reduced to sitting in the waiting room longer than normal. I didn’t have a book to read, nor did they have any magazines to keep me occupied while waiting, so I picked up a few of their brochures and was surprised to see the variety of policies that you can purchase as of late.
When I got home I took a few minutes to look online at some different insurance sites and found myself looking at an insurance company located in Australia. They have even more of a variety of policies than I found at my agent’s office. They have guardian income insurance, policies that you can buy for funeral cover costs, interesting, to say the least. I also read that accident cover policies seem to be popular in the “Land Down Under” as well, it seems that 14 males and 7 females every day in Australia due to accidental deaths, so having a good insurance agent with good insurance policies seems the way to go for those folks.
I guess insurance is a necessity all over the world these days.
Tonight I got to see a bit of “America’s Got Talent” it is one of my favorite TV shows that always entertains me each season. I believe that they were looking for talent in Portland Oregon for this episode, it was a sad day for folks in that part of the country. Most of the people were buzzed off of the stage within seconds of their starting time and one guy even fell off of the stage, you can bet that he isn’t going to Los Vegas this time around!
The first day of summer is also the day of the year that has the most daylight hours. I’ve always felt that the most daylight hours should be right smack dab in the middle of summer, not the first day! I find it interesting, though, that even though the first day of summer has the most daylight hours, and the daylight hours get shorter after that day, that the daylight stays later in the day. So I guess that the shortening of the daylight hours people are usually sleeping through in the morning! I can remember as a child being very angry with my parents for making us go to bed at night while it was still daylight out! Just wasn’t fair!
Tutor Vista has come to the aid of my kid cousin who is hopefully going to graduate from high school next year. He has had problems with math since day one in first grade and now that he is in high school he has been struggling with Algebra 1 and Algebra 2 issues. I remember the days when I was able to help him once in a while with his home work assignments, but those days have come and went when it comes to numbers. I do come in handy once in a while with a project for Science or History but that is a rarity this past year or so. Hard to believe that he will be graduating and moving on in just over a year!
Anyway, it seems that Tutor Vista offers world class online tutoring, twenty four hours a day, seven days a week for less than $100 a month. He started out with their free demo that they offer their first timers and was impressed right off with their services. He gets the same tutor every time, homework help any time he needs it, he receives detailed assessment tests that follow his state curriculum. He is even utilizing their ‘Get Ahead, Summer Program” in an effort to keep his mind sharp and ready for the start of the next year that is only two months away.
I’m glad that he is receiving good quality assistance with his Algebra 1 and Algebra 2 problems. It would be awesome to see this kid make something out of his life. There is still a possibility that he will even go on with his education and take some college courses after surviving and graduating high school in June of 2011.
I have a few buddies that are serving our country and have found themselves doing there time in Iraq. I’m so grateful for the Internet, it has made such a big difference to our military to be able to communicate with friends and family during their time in Hell. It’s too bad that they didn’t have email back in the day of our involvement in Vietnam. It could be that more time could have been spent on the computer instead of doing all the drugs that they so many are so well known to have done.
Anyway, I try and keep up with sending them letters and emails, it is the least that I can do for them while they are doing their part in protecting us from the bad guys. One pal, who is a US Marine sent me this YouTube video along with his latest email. It is too funny and I wanted to post it here for you to enjoy as well.