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In January 1978 Wyatt Cooper, passed away during heart bypass surgery after suffering several heart attacks during the holidays in 1977. Anderson was only 10, and his older brother, Carter Vanderbilt Cooper, only 12.  Less than ten years later, on July 23, 1988, Carter a committed suicide jumping from the terrace of Gloria Vanderbilt’s Manhattan apartment, while Vanderbilt stood mere feet away begging him to stop.  The death was later believed to have been a sleepwalking incident caused by insomnia and stress from a recent breakup mixed with allergy drug, Proventil.  Both deaths had a profound effect on Cooper — personally and professionally. It has been reported that his brother’s passing was what inspired him to pursue a career in journalism.

I’ve decided that I would do a biography about my favorite newsman CNN’s Anderson Cooper. Since he’s going to be busy reporting every possible fact about soon to be President Obama it’s only fair that he get a write up to this week.

 Early life:

Anderson Hayes Cooper was born June 3, 1967, New York City the fourth son of designer and railroad heiress Gloria Vanderbilt and her second with actor and author Wyatt Emory Cooper. Though born into wealth, the teenage Cooper worked summers as a waiter. He pursued his first job, at age 11, as a Ford model because he “wanted to…be financially independent.”  He attended Dalton School in Manhattan and graduated with honors from Yale in 1989 with a BA in political science.

In an attempt to appease readers and gain readership I am trying to find out what would be interesting to blog about. I figure if I can find something really fascinating or even mildly intriguing then my traffic will go up and I can get more money.  Some people could think of this as selling out but when you think about it, I want to be a journalist and with that job someone, or a lot of someones for that matter, are going to be telling me what to write.

So I’m up for suggestions. You guys have a chance to be my editors.

Let me start really quick by thanking everyone who told me how to find my traffic stats. That was a big help and they aren’t as pathetic as I had thought they’d be-lol.

Ok now on to other things…

It is 2 degrees today! That is freezing and there is no way to bundle yourself enough to go for a walk to exercise safely. It also isn’t safe to go to the gym because you get sweaty and then go out into the cold, even if it’s just walking to the car, you can get sick and with no insurance and limited resources that’s not a good thing.  

How many people read my blog? It sounds conceited doesn’t it? But seriously I have to wonder how many people read this blog because I’ve just been informed that my pay per post has been changed to $2 per 1000 readers.

The laughable part is this announcement comes after I write about how money is getting tighter in my house and now there is even less of it. Well at least it would be laughable if I didn’t feel so desperate.

I suppose I’ll know soon enough if I have 1000 or more viewers if I make any money after this month.

It has been rather well documented on this blog that I have a B. A. in journalism but still haven’t gotten a job in the field do to the economy. I have said many times (both here and in my life) that I am luckier than most in this world, however, because I have my babysitting to sustain me and my parents to protect and provide. That is jeopardized now however.

My father as lost his job. It’s all very political and underhanded as of now I’m not getting into the details about the actual firing. What I will say is that based on my mother’s salary we can’t live, we can’t even cover rent so if he doesn’t get a job (preferably his old one back) they will be dipping into limited savings very shortly.

There really isn’t anything anyone can do here, unless you have a journalism lead for me, I just needed to vent. Thanks for listening.

Due to poor scheduling by one of the people I babysit for’s bosses, not only do I have to work at six today but I also was working until after midnight last night. Because of this I decided to stay awake the hours between jobs and just sleep when I got home at 830.

I’ve got to say, the middle of the night is really boring! It was fine until 3 am because my friend and I were watching Hannibal but once it went off; there was little else to watch.  Worse still is I don’t even feel tired (HUNGRY AS AL LHELL but not tied.)

My mother works for priests (it’s a semi- retirement home for the elderly ones mostly) and one of them sent her this game to play. Apparently he was trying to drive her crazy. I personally think it’s should be given as a penance for the really serious sins.

My mother took a week to figure it out and I took an hour.

The object of the game is to get all of the green frogs to the right and all of the brown ones to the left side. It sounds easy but it isn’t. If you are up for the challenge here is the link: http://funstufftosee.com/frogleaptest.html

So I had a thought last night while watching Saturday Night Live. The musical guest was country darling Taylor Swift and her first performance was he hit “Love Story.” I have to say that I had only ever heard her song this song and “White Horse” once on the American Music Awards but I can tell from that limited exposure that she has a really amazing voice.

That’s when it hit me; she should do a duet with David Cook. I know it sounds a bit odd because he’s Rock and she Country but both have had Pop hits and Sheryl Crowe and Kid Rock did it a few years back with the massively successful “Picture.” Career wise, having a song together could really broaden both of their fan bases and since both are relatively new artists that would be a huge thing. Not to mention I really feel that their voices could complement each other.

They could even co write it, perhaps a song about breaking up since she had a well publicized breakup with one of the Jonas Brothers and he has allegedly broken it off with Kimberly Caldwell. What better revenge than winning a Grammy over the ex for Swift and having the hit play everywhere to haunt Caldwell.

Discuss…

The main difference between http:// and https:// is It’s all about
 
keeping you secure**
 
       HTTP stands for HyperText Transport Protocol,
 
       which is just a fancy way of saying it’s a protocol (a language, in 
a manner of speaking)
 
    for information to be passed back and forth between web servers and 
clients.
       The important thing is the letter S which makes the difference 
between HTTP and HTTPS.
 
      The S (big surprise) stands for “Secure”. 
 
       If you visit a website or webpage, and look at the address in the 
web browser, it will likely begin with the following: http://.
 
 
 
       This means that the website is talking to your browser using the 
regular ‘unsecu re’ language. In other words, it is possible for someone to 
“eavesdrop” on your computer’s conversation with the website. If you fill 
out a form on the website, someone  might see the information you send to 
that site.
 
 
 
       This is why you never ever enter your credit card number in an http 
website!
 
       But if the web address begins with https://, that basically means 
your computer is talking to the website in a secure code that no one can 
eavesdrop on.
 
&n bsp;
 
       You understand why this is so important, right?
 
 

       If a website ever asks you to enter your credit card information, 
you should automatically look to see if the web address begins with 
https://. If it doesn’t, there’s no way you’re going to enter sensitive 
information like a credit card number.