watching Law and Order, Los Angeles... lets see if this is worth it... same premie but a bit more glitzier, it seems...

so... Fall is off to a great start... I-Man is doing great in soccer on a team that is 6 girls and 3 boys. In a league full of boys, you can guess what their record is, but it isnt all about that..yet. And the girls are playing hard and I-Man is having fun, so its all good... Homecoming is this weekend and people will be in town. I always have mixed feelings about homecoming...

more later....

Top Ten Moments of my Life (so far)

#9 Top Moment of My Life

...in no particular order

Way back in the seventh grade i decided to play the saxophone... I cannot remember the exact time or day, but a lot of things in my life from that point on stem from that decision. Perhaps a larger decision would be to play in band INSTEAD of playing football (or sports, in general) going into highschool.

I was a pretty good football player for junior high. A lot of people thought I would be a great player in highschool and move on to college. Looking back. I probably would have been good, but a major college type player? Probably not. My size would have had me playing at Furman or Newberry or some place like that. Those schools and programs are great and it would have been a great opportunity. But I didnt go that direction... Instead...

Friendships with Billy, Julie, Jobert and John in highschool developed mainly because of band. Looking at it now, my entire family is a direct result of that decision to do band. Wife, kids... closest friends... lifelong friends.... because of band. Family vacations revolve around seeing friends that resulted from long bus rides, hot practices, hundreds of rehearsals and countless hours at Huddle House. And a long the way, we played a few songs....

Band. Music, Fraternity.... friends and family. All because I decided to play a silver saxophone...

the internet, and 24/7 media is really great. But at times, I wonder... this so called pastor in Gainesville and the Quran burning gig this Saturday would be on page 17 of the Gainesville Newspaper (if that) 20 years ago and most people would not even know about it. But now it is world news... sigh...

technology...

My Jetta has developed a shudder-shake during slowdowns over the past few months. As the engine rpms dropped to idle while braking, it would start to shake violently until it got to 900 rpms (idle)... well, after much reading, I found out I could use my VAG COM tool and connect a computer to my car and access the settings in the engine that control that shudder. Seems that over time, it had adjusted itself too low on air-fuel mix at certain ranges... So, hooked uo the PC to the port on the car under the steering wheel, ran this program and started tinkering with control modules. and Voila!!... changed a number from 32768 to 32668 and heard the engine hiccup for a second and start running smoother. i am thinking to myself "Are you Frakkin' serious?" and get in the car and drive around the block a couple of times. Its like the car feels brand new. Go figure... This program allows me to see all sorts of stuff in real time on the car.

Now I gotta go check in on a cat before work....

WHile everyones situation and circumstance is different, this could be solved relatively easy. I wonder if that same McDonalds is hiring?

I am still wondering why it is that when I lay down in my bed @ 830am that it feels so much better than if I lay down @ 830pm...

go figure...

Well, who would have thunk it?