Frat gig tonight as another class spools up and gets going... this kids keep getting younger and younger looking....

i would say something about the election stuff but my mother just reminded me about not sayng anything if you aint got anything good to say about somebody... or something like that... so i will hold off for the moment. Lets see if things are better in year two. Afterall, it takes time right?

In the mean time, the 60 degree days in January are more like it... but then again, its just Gobal Warming rearing its head again... However, are we so sure about this?

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter". - Martin Luther King, Jr.

i just saw where they are building a new highschool that I-Man and Ryles will attend for 37 million dollars... then I realized that they will be there in 6 years... kinda sobering....

We were fortunate to have Brandy and AJ over to the house on Saturday. I am reminded of how much I miss actual "adult" conversation. Sigh... I love my kids but there are times when I really dont feel like arguing about why I always watch just sports on TV "ALL THE TIME!!!" when i look at my DVR full of Wizards, iCarley, Martha Speaks and Hanna Montana...

a year later...

so a year later, what have we gotten so far? Buyers remorse?

go figure

SO... it is about time for Spring. Seriously...

Went to the Monster Jam with I-Man on Saturday in Atlanta at the Georgia Dome. Before getting there, we hit the Mall of Georgia and found out Restoration Hardware seems to have disappeared... we then cruised into town and stopped by Ikea. I like that store. We ate some fries, chicken fingers and macaroni and cheese at the food place in there. The food was tasty to my surprise... we then headed to the Dome and found out, to my dismay, that along with the 70 thousand expected for Monster Jam, there was an Atlanta Thrasher's hockey match that night as well at Phillips Arena. That means A LOT OF PEOPLE TRYING TO PARK IN THE SAME PLACE AT THE SAME TIME. But we did get in with 5 minutes to spare. And I also learned that it pays to always go into EVERY bathroom you see, even if you just went 20 minutes ago... No, there were no accidents and that was because i have figured out that the moment you go sailing past a rest area, your kids will suddenly have to go to the bathroom... NOW! So I eliminate that possibility. Bathroom = Stop. Problem (and nervous waiting) solved. Build in extra travel time and its all good.

I also noticed that suddenly, out of nowhere, is a new penny. No one mentioned this... why wasnt i clued in to this?

Jessica and I also stood as Godparents for Harwood's son's baptism on Sunday. I felt honored to be considered. As i sat in the church pondering if the "wine" was actually Jack Daniels or not, I started formulating future plans for Obi Wan. But seriously, they had communion and they had actual wine and I-Man and Rylee had amusing reactions to it. It was stiff port, according to Jessica. Seemed a little like Jack Daniels and I certainly noticed one of those Deacon types knock back a half a Grail of that "wine" after everyone had their carefully restricted sip... I bet First Sundays are a happy time for those guys, watching football, sipping whiskey, err.. "wine", eating saltines and rooting for the Cowboys...

Suddenly a trip to New Orleans has popped up on my calender. I have never been there so this should be interesting.... March will be very full of stuff...

and I hope taking those guns into "the office" was worth it. What... with your salary you can figure out how to purchase a gun safe, Gilbert?... DUMBASS....

dude... this mouse is "OFF DA CHAIN!!!"

So... who is actually President now?

Interesting..... Click on this and tell me if Obama is the Leader here, or someone else....

ok... new year... lets go...

Resolutions....

currently need to drop some pounds... put a target of 200 pounds by December 31st. Set an alarm in Outlook to remind me to weight myself on Dec31st...

More photography... more pix.... hope my friends wont go into fits every time I pull out a camera...

Get better at Forza 3 and at some point purchase COD MW2.... and continue to clean Harwoods clock as I currently do in Forza

less texting and hopefully more talking, especially to those on Verizon

Shoot some serious baskets with the basketball goal Jessica got me for Christmas. Start off with some serious Jordanesque dunks (it goes up and down from 71/2 feet to 10 feet)...

Game night/Family night one Saturday a month....

lets keep it at that for now....