More Paul Potts news! I really like this guy! I must have missed the news that his appearance in front of the queen at the Royal Variety Performance had already taken place.
What a success story he is. His debut album, One Chance
Here is the video of his spectacular appearance at the 2007 Royal Variety Performance. If you haven’t purchased his album already, buy it
Are you a cosigner for any student loans, specifically the Hinson-Hazlewood College Access Loan (CAL) funded by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB)? Did you cosign on that loan before 11/28/2005? If so, continue reading – you might find this information very interesting. In certain circumstances, I believe you should legally pursue your obligation as a cosigner to be lifted!
The debut album by Paul Potts has finally been released in the United States! I announced the pending release of his album in a previous post, and I can honestly say that this is the one CD that I am glad Michelle and I own.
Now I’m definitely not what you would call an opera connoisseur, however I have loved classical music almost all of my life.
One of my favorite opera songs (and probably one of the first I ever heard) is Con Te Partiro (Time to Say Goodbye) as performed by Andrea Bocelli. Paul serves up an excellent rendition of the piece on track 2 of his album, and brings his own personal style to his performance of the song.
While reading various articles about Paul on the web, I came across one comment from a fan posted on the website Paul Potts UK that says this of Paul:
His voice has a tone somewhere between Pavarotti and Carreras, his technique is only good, his phrasing is bit less than flawless, but all the pieces together don’t make an explanation for the sweetness and charm he conveys. He is the quintessential anyone you cross by in any street, until he starts singing.
My absolute favorite song on the entire album is an operatic interpretation of Everybody Hurts by REM. It is different, haunting, and quite moving. Paul described in his numerous television interviews about being bullied when he was young, and I believe this song is probably the one that he and most other people will be the most moved by. Listen for yourself to just how beautiful this song is!
Click to play button below to hear a short sample clip of Everybody Hurts from the album Paul Potts – One Chance:
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Do yourself a favor if you haven’t already – buy this album! If you’re not an opera fan, I promise that after reading Paul’s story and listening to this CD you will be!
I’m sorry for the lack of blog posts during the past few weeks. I’ve been very occupied with things going on in my personal life. For once my work hasn’t been what is keeping me from posting on here, although I would rather it be work than what actually has been going on.
Well, I am happy to pass the word along to everyone that his first album, titled Paul Potts: One Chance
Yes, this really is a picture of my wife and me at one of her birthday parties when we were children. We have known each other that long!
It is hard to believe that 10 years ago today, on July 7, 1997 I married the love of my life, Michelle. When I think back, I realize just how much we have been through together during the last 10 years. Now 10 years is a long time, but to me the day of our wedding seems just like yesterday. The years we have been together as husband and wife have gone by so fast. I think that’s the true sign of happiness together. To those couples eager to have their wedding date on 07/07/07 I say this: we have a 10-year head start on you!
We didn’t have a big wedding ceremony. The truth is, we couldn’t afford it at the time. After discussing our future plans together and because of our desire to start our marriage without the burden of being in debt, we decided to elope to San Antonio, TX. To this day, we have never regretted that decision. Some people have a very expensive wedding, and there’s nothing wrong with that… because I know in my heart that I have the marriage!
Happy Anniversary, sweetie! I love you more and more each and every day!
VMWare has announced special pricing for pre-orders of their VMWare Fusion product for the Mac. Users can pre-order the software before it becomes generally available for $39.99, a 50% discount off of the full retail price. When you pre-order, your final license key is emailed to you immediately. It will also allow you to run the current and any future beta versions up to the final release.
I found an interesting article supposedly written by a former employee claiming there are shady sales tactics that go on at Circuit City. I have plenty of personal horror stories to tell about that “other” retail store, but this one is hard to believe. I have never had a bad experience when dealing with Circuit City. As most of my friends and family know, I usually encourage them to shop there!
One useful tip from the posting:
If you do get an extended warranty (Circuit City Advantage Protection Plan), push for a lower rate. Nearly half of the cost is profit, so if you’re buying a 2 year plan for you laptop that’s running you say 200 bones, you could easily talk them down to 170, possibly 150.
Now this one…. I’m not quite so sure about:
Every salesman is ranked by the number of protection plans (or extended warranties) that they sell. At my store all the time we would throw on scratch protection plans to CD’s, since they’re only a buck, most people don’t notice. During the $9.99 CD special days, customers who weren’t aware of the sale were easy prey.
Hmmm…. that last one sounds more like some other store to me.
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Although this is my personal website, my favorite hobby is intertwined with my career in the storage management profession so you’ll be seeing plenty of posts and content along those topics. Sure I’ll be posting items that other storage management professionals might not find interesting, but I’ll be adding plenty of posts and information about IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) that should keep you techies interested in coming back from time to time.
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