ah yes.....

the morning routine of 6:20am wakeup isnt sitting too well with Ryles and I-Man. this pretty much sums it up for the two of them right now...

dude...you gotta go see this place...

...well, went to Bristol. Only took 3 hours to get there. Straight up I-26, past asheville and thru the mountains. I-26 has been extended past Johnson City and runs past bristol. It was actually everything people have always said. very loud, but you can see the entire track because it is so small ( the track). Maybe some other might can go up on a Friday next year. i definitely plan to take jessica with me next time.

jessica told me abt this...

Jessica showed me this on the Lego website yesterday. go to the screening room and watch the Revenge of the Brick.

Ok now...

Scanner...Check. Headphones...check. Extra scanner for somebody who can afford a 60,000 Dodge SRT, but cant drop 50.00 for a scanner...check. Extra batteries...check. Tix...check. HEADIN TO BRISTOL, BABY!!!!!!!

Maynard Ferguson passed away. tsk, tsk...all the great are slowly leaving us. and who do we have left? Ludacris? Pdiddy?... sigh...

Went to Target during lunch the other day...they have band instruments there. a trumpet can be had for 199.99. same for a clarinet. and they look to be of decent quality for beginner instruments... also a flute and a violin

Watchin USA basketball

Been watching the USA mens team at the World Championships (basketball)... still amazes me how some random Euro's can stay in the game with Lebron, Carmelo and Wade.

Spooling up to head to Bristol on Friday. weather is supposed to be hot.

Have you seen that video of Britney Spears? click here

Its kinda strange...

...to be driving along, with XM on and the kids in the back and this song comes on, and suddenly, I-Man starts singing along to the song...and its not the silent sorta whisper he does at times...he's like...singing. And all into it. I'm like..."what they hey?" this is what he started singing and thats why i was caught a little off guard. You dont normally think you will hear your 4 1/2 year old singing this....

We’re soarin’, flyin’
There’s not a star in heaven
That we can’t reach

Anyone know what this is from?

twice now Ryles has mentioned that she wants to play the drums...this is akin to Tommy Bowden's son suddenly saying that he wants to play Tuba in the band.... kinda goes against the grain a tad..but if she ultimately wants to do that I'll suck in my pride and...point her toward the pit. I could bear seeing her in the pit for the Cadets or Blue Devils one day. Oh well..gotta get her on those piano lessons first....

more on the docket

...looks like I will only do 2 football games @Clemson this fall. Possibly another one. def are the Homecoming and USC games. might slip over to another game at Clemson in November, depending on if people are in town or not. Also am considering the Tempe game that is a Thursday night in Charlotte. Need to know what my work sched will be like then before deciding on that...
...wish I could figure out why i am getting double, sometimes triple, emails to my treo. I am determined to figure that out today.

also seems like the frakkin hotwater heater pilot light keeps going out. thats twice in the past 3 days. However,i think i solved the problem by following the procedure correctly...I hope.

FINALLY!!!!!!!

Today is the first day of the next section of....EVERYTHING!. while its not officially the first "real" day of school, to the twins its the first day of "big boy/girl school". They are off to a little catholic school in Greenville for 4k, at least. And this marks the end of preschool daycare. They are excited and I am curious to see how they are going to find dealing with the sure to be stricter rules, etc. than they have enjoyed from the lolitas at daycare. Especially Ian, who I suspect has had his run of daycare over the past year or so... Lets see if he starts coming home with a shell shocked look. Although I suspect both of them wil do fine. It will be good for both of them. Here is an informal pic with their typical catholic "uni". They are fixin to hop in the car and head off to school for the first day.

Been Quiet

...nothin much goin on except work and sleep over the past few days...

The twins start going to the little catholic school in Greenville tomorrow. Its 4k, but to the twins, its big school, so I think they are excited. I'm excited too, because while we are still paying for school, its FAR less than the 185.00 a week for daycare we have been shelling out for over 3 years...

Wonder Bread

Is Will Ferrell Ricky Bobby or George Bush in his nascar movie?

And who sang this?

I found out long ago
It's a long way down the Holiday Road

And as a bonus, what movie is this famous in?

Gotta plan early

Started lookin tonight at....DISNEY WORLD, 2007!!!! prices are not even close to being as bad as I thought they would be. Should be quite doable given expected budgeting and planning. Of course, National Convention is in Orlando that same week, so that would be convenient too... But I really only forsee Nat Conv being time consuming for a couple of days, and perhaps even then, a couple of times on those days.

...so it is penciled in. Disney World Resorts will be the first of the Grand Summer Vacations to be taken. On the tentative list are.... Grand Canyon (2008), New York, Boston, Vermont, Maine (2009), Yellowstone/Devils Tower (2010), Disneyworld (2011), Ireland/England/Olympics(2012) Plan is to RV the stuff out west and north, and swim across to England.... that should take us out to the kids @10 and a half years. Of course, i hope to still do other stuff, but this is what i have plans for. lets hope we can do it.

all this time i didnt think i had a macro lens. Come to figure out that..well..I do.... what kind of plant is this?

Why name your child this?

Talked to a woman today at work. her first name was Detail. ???????

My car is starting to annoy me. The door lock/alarm mechanism is acting strange and the key isnt unlocking the door remotely (well, the battery is dead, so that is part of the problem). But I can get in the car and drive down the road and the driver door will randomly lock. probably a fuse issue

Ok, I am not sure about the brokeback guy as the Joker in "The Dark Knight" He isnt what I would picture to be in that role. i guess Jack Nicholson kinda ruined that for me...

Shaq..Kobe...Christmas day...AGAIN

and why do I keep getting football gear catalogs with the Patriots on the front. I suspect that someone familiar with my hatred of the New England patriots is making sure I get catalogs with pictures of a tom brady jersey on it, knowing full well that ever since he stole that Super Bowl ( and they would have won) from the Raiders, it just hasnt been the same. Although I did see a interesting Brady throwback somewhere else the other day....