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I love Whitney Houston's ballads, but

Posted By: PAMT on 2006-07-26
In Reply to: What is your all time favorite female song?...sm - tia

I know how high she can go and often times, the Idol judges don't like when the contestants sing her stuff, because they just aren't her. 


Best of luck to your daughter!




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I live in Houston on Lake Houston - (sm)
Kingwood and Humble school districts.  We are pretty much in the country where we are, but only about 15 minutes but shopping, 30 minutes to downtown, so you can have both good schools AND country living, or closer in, more like city.  In regard to the other poster, I have heard that Cy-Fair is a good school district, one of the best, so I hear - the only problem with living out there is that it is on the west side of Houston and is highly populated, and traffic is horrendous.  Even on a Saturday morning, it can take you 15 minutes to go 2 miles. 
Whitney.......
None of the people you name here have talent - they have volume. Their voices have no range, they don't know how to phrase and they have no clue about how to deliver a song. All they do is grimace, do pelvic thrusts and move around.

I don't know how old you are, but to say Barbra Streisand had no competition back in the 1960s and 1970s is grossly ignorant. Those 2 decades were full of great singers from both sexes.
WHITNEY...If you are out there...

If you are the Whitney who e-mailed with encouragement and job info, THANK YOU!  I finally did land a job with a good company and good pay. I was starting to think it wasn't possible for a newbie until I heard from you, and you were right!  Thanks again for taking the time!


this show certainly should not feed bobby brown's ego. it makes him look foolish and whitney nut
his only claim to fame pitifully enough is he is married to whitney houston and looking at whitney in the depths of her insanity, that's really not much of a claim.
How about Whitney (pre-Bobby Brown/druggie days), Christina Aguilera, Mariah Carey?
better than Streisand too. When she was big she had no competition and the world didn't expect as much out of its entertainers. Think about it.
Houston
I currently get 8.5 cents per line as an IC. I can't tell you what the service charges the doctors, though. Most big hospitals/institutions in the Medical Center are outsourcing transcription to companies who can interface with their EMR systems. It goes without saying that most of these companies use overseas transcriptionists.
Same thing in Houston!

The same thing happened here in Houston.  They found an elderly lady dead and her car stolen.  She had opened up her home to the New Orleans evacuees and after living with her for several months, they strangled her and stole her car. 


How do you explain this to children?  My children were so disappointed that we did not open our home up to the Katrina evacuees, but this was exactly the type of thing I was afraid of.  So we did other things to help out, but open my home?  No way! 


I feel sorry for the old guy in your town and hope that he has a full recovery.  He is the one who deserves our prayers and good wishes.


Guardian Angels for Houston
Houston wants to get some of the NY Guardian Angels because of the increased crime in the city with all the Katrina evacuees.  Schools are having increased violence also because the N.O. kids want to take over the school with the attitude, "You made us come here, so now it's our school."  Letting them into my home.  I think not.  Wonder how many Oprah took in to her homes with all her preaching about us helping them.  Right.
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What is the going line rate in Houston, TX?

I have provided transcription services in Colorado for an internal medicine/nephrologist physician for the past five years.  He recently moved to Houston and started a new practice there and has asked me to provide him a proposal for doing his transcription there.  I was just curious if anyone could give me an idea what the going rate per line is in Houston. 


Thanks in advance for any input.


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Wonderful people in Houston, yourself included!
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I live 3 hours from Houston and our weathermen are
telling us to prepare for 60-80 mph winds on Sunday. It's a hassle to leave, but I wouldn't chance it, not with kids.
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Yes, bought my SUV from Ebay from a reputable Infiniti Dealer in Houston and I live outside of Atlan
Best car I've ever, ever had. They specialize in luxury cars and large SUVs. Had hundreds of positive feedback from other buyers, very reputable seller. Got my Yukon for 8,000 under blue book. It was an awesome experience and we'd do it again in a heart beat. I had to drive out there to get it and it has everything in it - OnStar, media package, leather.

The only problem with that is you have to get your own financing and have the money in hand when picking up your vehicle.

Don't knock buying on ebay unless you've had a bad experience buying a vehicle. I've had my SUV for over a year. NO problems and if I sold it today I would make money on it.
love, love, love the show. hate american idol. this show is for real.
the only reason i entertained watching it was because of mark burnett and as usual he has such genious casting and editing. btw, don't know who anything about "metal" music but these performers make me like it. love marty and jd as performers. HATE JESSICA. susie is so nice and so emotional. it seems they all support each other and enjoy each others skills. regarding ty and bob marley, ty was excellent but he also lucked out on the song! bob marley was genious too and his music is very easy to listen to. i don't like 3/4 of what the others are given to sing but their performances make me love the music. dave navarro shines on this show, very gracious for the most part and letting the contestants down easy when they have to leave. he was great last night with brandon (?). sweet, sweet show. i am so impressed with everyone involved.
Yep that's it, 4000. Love, love love the zoom
But I feel like a dork typing...every time I try to type But it is coming out as Nut!
I love it too - love doing my nails 5 hours a day and staying awake

Love NOT getting paid while sitting doing my nails too.  It's a real turn on.


I tell all my friends to try it -- sit in front of your computer while you have no money to pay your rent and instead do your nails, you get a real buzz down in the pit of your stomach.


 


Also LOVE LOVE ESCRIPTION and make good money but...
Can I ask how you sit there for 8 hours. Lately, I'm having a motivation problem. When I focus, I can rack up the lines, but lately, I get so easily distracted. My mind wanders and I struggle to get my lines. Any tips on how you stay productive who do you work for?? I work for Transcend.
People either love it or hate it. I personally love it
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I went back in house and love it. I love not being
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Working at home served its purpose for a long time; I was ready to go out into the world again now that I have no little ones at home.
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sure do love rather
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Love my job
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I love my MT job!
I am an IC and absolutely love working for myself!  Its not all bad
Okay, how many of you can truly say you still love being an MT?...
I am really close to leaving MT work, but so far the benefits are outweighing the negatives. I just need to hear that someone out there still loves being an MT, works for a good company, and is making enough money to not only pay their bills, but are doing okay. Is anyone out there?
I don't love being a MT, but

I work for a great company, always have work, make a good line rate ... and it's all done from home.


As the song goes, "who can ask for anything more." 


Hey, I am from HI and we love him, believe it or not! sm
He has done some real good to the people of HI. He has a ton of money and uses his money to help people, give them jobs, pay for rehab, etc. He is a "born-again Christian" although I know some may not believe it since he acts like a hellion sometimes, but we really do love him!

I no longer live in HI since I married, but my entire family still lives there. My sister was visiting me a few months back (she actually has never left the island we are from) and we were sitting in my living room here watching it one night. All of a sudden she starts yelling and screaming at the t.v. saying that her neighbor was one of the fugitives they were looking for! We didn't know whether to laugh or cry! Needless to say, she ended up moving from that neighborhood! She knew the guy personally and had no idea he was a fugitive or even did drugs like that! She is an MT too.

As far as the guns, well they don't believe in them and they only carry mace to catch the criminals. I am worried that he and his team will be shot one day. Of course, the locals who are clean and are NOT fugitives love to get the bad guys out of their neighborhoods, but the bad guys hate him! I'm sure there may be a bounty out for him because of the way he goes about things. But, I love him. I had to get used to his wife, but she's sorta grown on me and now I like her! I know behind that mean persona she has a real soft heart!

My sister ran into him at the airport when they were filming one day. I got her hooked on that show!

Can you tell I am a big DOG fan? I just have to get past that darn mullet and wife-beater t-shirt. My DH says I like DOG so much that he's thinking of dressing up like him for Halloween. I asked him not to wait that long! LOL :)
I did and Love it!!
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I love these!!

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I bought an '05 this year and I absolutely love it!
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Love you too!
I am not negative. I'm 100% positive. That's why I avoid negativity/negative people.

I'm telling you from a business owner and 20-year MT's point of view.

I'm sorry if you took offense. I didn't mean to touch on your sore spot.
Wow. My MTs love me.
I'm sorry you've had such bad experiences. Our MTs love us and we treat them with respect and give them raises regularly.

You've evidently had really bad experiences. There are a lot of good MTSOs. Find one that is a good match where you won't be so unhappy.

Have you tried testing for any of the good ones?
I don't have any as an MT...I love my...

work and never feel pressured because of it.  If you do, perhaps you should find something that suits you better.  Finding yourself a less stressful job might help your outlook.  Being happy in your work does wonders to do away with crankiness.  Life's too short to be a pisser and moaner over trivial matters. 


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