Good Evening

I'm leaving

2008-07-12T21:12:00.000-04:00

Still have to stoopid password problems so I live here!

Password

2008-07-04T10:41:00.002-04:00

I'm annoyed, no not the Domino's Pizza guy from the commercials you sillys, but annoyed at Blogger.

I realize that I don't blog as much as most people, but you would think that Blogger would remember my password. Every time I have went to blog I have had to reset my password. I know some of you probably think that if I blogged more I'd remember my password, but I do remember my password each time... blogger just doesn't like it. So each time I go to blog, even though I tell it to remember me, I have to type in my password that it doesn't recognize. Well it best recognize that I type it in correctly each time and start remembering me.

Anyway on to women's fitting rooms and surveys. Just kidding... work has been kind of slow, and as a result I've started doing some drawings for our electrical division. Well I'm off to watch some of the Twilight Zone Marathon on SciFi, and get ready for yummy food later.

Type at you all later.

Certified

2008-06-25T19:23:00.004-04:00

I don't really have much to say at this point, but I just wanted to let you all know that those grueling 8 hours tests I've taken for work.... I've passed level one. Boy is it just me or does that sound like I was playing a video game, passed level one.

Anyway I have an official card and everything. I feel like Ralphie from A Christmas Story. You know the part of the story where he becomes a member of the little orphan Annie secret decoder ring club, except this isn't a crummy commercial.

By the way in case anybody was wondering Band Number 3 will be on the way soon.

Later days.

P.S. "You used up all the glue on purpose!"

A song to think about.

2008-06-19T18:49:00.007-04:00

It has taken some time to decide to do this post, and I asked my darling wife and she said it was okay.

On the day that my mother-in-law went home to be with our Lord... I felt strongly that I was to listen to a song in her honor. This song is so beautiful, and I just leave you all with the thought of this song and hope it speaks to you as much as it has spoken to me.

Undying - Demon Hunter

Ever since the day that I was made I've been deciding the end.
And I was made of wood and stone that won't diminish or bend.
So when the heavy hand of death is here to take me away,
I'll be the solid grip of time forever holding my stay.
Nobody ever made a force that took a beating like me.
I call the earth and every scum to come and try to fight me.
Cus when I made the choice to live beyond the dirt that we tread,
I felt the cure of mortal limit fall before it was said.
When this season ends...
One final heart break and blinding lights will guide our way.
Free us our blind state. they will call us by our name Undying.

Tearing through these days I find the tolerance to strive and push on.
I know what lies beyond this life for me is already won.
No one can take away the blood that covers over my fall.
Without the blood of perfect life I know I'm nothing at all.
So now I reign forever hallowed in eternity's hand.
No man can shake me from the everlasting ground that I stand.
We are the ones, who will still remain when all is laid to waste.
We are the ones, who when angels cry will see them face to face.
We are the ones.

Thanks for reading and if you dare you can listen to the song here.

You do care!

2008-06-14T09:00:00.005-04:00

Wow I can't believe I had three comments on my last post. Let's if I can do it again.

Went to Pittsburgh this week with my co-worker to do a couple of surveys. The women's fitting rooms are so much nicer in the city. Just kidding we didn't go near any fitting rooms this time. Getting into the city, finding a parking space and leaving were the most frustrating parts of the day.

I was running behind by about five minutes (thanks to our lovely puppy), and by the time my co-worker and I loaded up the car we were ten minutes behind schedule. What was to be an hour and ten minute drive turned into two hours plus due to traffic. Then tack on another hour of driving in the city to find a parking space. After that we had to walk around the city to find our first survey location, when all was said and done what was to be a 7:30 start time turned into 9:30 grr.

Speaking of Pittsburgh, remember that Demon Hunter concert I told you all about awhile back, they are going to be at Mr. Smalls July 3rd in Pittsburgh. Hopefully I'll be able to go to this one.

Oh hey, I almost for got to tell you all the funniest part of the day. When we finally had found our parking garage to leave the city, after walking for about an hour. I was so excited that I was walking along not really paying attention and next thing I know, I'm getting judo chopped by the entrance gate arm thingy. Let me tell you the arm was a tough opponent, but it will think twice about doing that to someone again.

That's all folks....for now

I just re-read this post and it's kind of random. I guess that's what I get for starting kind of early on Saturday morning.

Holy Poop!

2008-05-27T18:20:00.003-04:00

Hi everybody I'm still alive. I honestly at times have no clue what to write on this thing. I know that I still have readers (I'd like to think) so here is a tasty morsel for you all.

I've read more than 50 pages this year. I have finished one book and am four chapters away from finishing my second book of the year.

I was in three women's fitting rooms today.

The Penguins are in the Stanley Cup Finals, but are down 2 games to none.

I am becoming a Family Guy fan. It has some questionable material, but very funny.

Curb Your Enthusiasm is a great show.

I can't wait to see the new Indiana Jones movie.

I'm hungry.

This was random but I hope you enjoyed it... also the women's fitting rooms were work related and there was no one inside.

Until next time.

Hi Everyone

2008-03-27T21:16:00.003-04:00

I doubt that I have any readers left, but I thought I'd put something on this pitiful excuse for a blog. I really don't know what to say. I kind of feel like the friend that you haven't seen in awhile and are not quite sure what to say to each other. So to avoid the awkward silence that could ensue I'll move on to a little request that I have to give to you all.

I'm going to invite any of the readers of this blog to a concert in Cleveland on Friday June 20th, 2008 at The House of Blues. It is called...

Stronger Than Hell Tour

The line up is...

Demon Hunter w/
Living Sacrifice
Oh, Sleeper
The Famine
Advent

The cost is 16 dollars.
Let me know if you are interested in going by either commenting here or drop me an email at sinister-six@comcast.net

Oh... Hay!

2008-02-14T18:03:00.002-05:00

Watch teaser trailer here!

Answers

2007-11-27T19:29:00.000-05:00

I will answer you these questions three, five sir. Okay play on Holy Grail over.

Since Kimmy cleverly avoided the question, how about you; how old were you when you had your first kiss? I was about 18 or 19 years old

Top 5 bands, no order necessary? This question was harder than it seems but here it goes...

1) Demon Hunter
2) Saviour Machine
3) Megadeth
3) Tourniquet
4) Metallica
5) Rez / Resurrection Band

What was your first car? 1994 Chevy Caviler

Describe your dream car. Well my dream car is actually a truck. Chevy S10 ZR2

When was the last time you cried? A few weeks ago. I cried at an email Kimmy sent

November 25th

2007-11-25T09:05:00.000-05:00

I've enjoyed participating in the whole November blog post thing. I hope you all have enjoyed my posts over the month, and I look forward to posting the rest of the month. What shall I say today.... Well, it's Sunday and I'm waiting for Kimmy to get ready for church, so I thought I'd sneak in a post.

I know my latest band post was short so here is a bit more into the reason I think they are the best. A big reason is that they formed the band out of a desire to make a truly good Christian metal band. Also, most of their musical influences are from the secular market, which helps in the quality of music they strive to reach. Growth. I know I said this in the last post about the group, but since listening to Storm the Gates of Hell growth is no stranger to this band. On the newest album he sings and screams like never before, and the songs make me want to get in a fist fight with all of hell's inmates. Well, that's enough about them.

By the way before I go I want to participate in the whole question thing it seems like fun. So if you want to ask me something go ahead.

Oh! before I go in case you were wondering where those other posts for the month are hiding...They were typed with the invisible function on my keyboard. Good luck finding them and if you do let me know I forget how to find them.

Band Number 2

2007-11-02T23:35:00.000-04:00

It's been entirely too long since I have posted. I can blame some of it on being busy at work, but some of it is just pure laziness. All of that being said I present to you all the long anticipated band number 2.

DEMON HUNTER

The best metal band!

They hail from Seattle Washington and were formed about 6 years ago by brothers Don and Ryan Clark. The brothers have a graphic art's company which does not allow for much touring. Since they don't tour much they have always focused on making each album with the highest quality.

The band has grown so much over the span of three albums and one coming out on November 6, 2007. Each album is worth it, they don't pull punches musically or lyrically. It is safe for me to say that if any of you were to invest in Demon Hunter you would not be disappointed.

Here is a list of their projects.

Demon Hunter - 2002

Summer of Darkness - 2004 (this is the album I started on)

The Triptych - 2006 (I have the special edition which came with a concert dvd and has three acoustic tracks)

Storm the Gates of Hell - 2007 Listen in this order Carry Me Down, Fading Away, then if you dare, Storm the Gates of Hell here

Of course, I also encourage you to listen to the other tracks as well.

Thief

2007-09-20T20:39:00.000-04:00

So, I was poking around on the internet blog sphere and came across a new template to use, and with a little persuading the owner allowed me to use it. Thanks to my dear wife for allowing me to use this awesome template.

I have been very busy lately so just be a little more patient and a new band post will be coming soon.

Thurday May 22, 2008

2007-09-10T20:37:00.000-04:00

Indiana Jones and the
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Band Number 1

2007-07-16T19:29:00.000-04:00

These bands will appear in no particular order over the next eight posts. I hope I don't bore you all, but peak your interest and understanding in this style of music a little bit better. Now on with the show.

Tourniquet

Their name comes from the following.

* a surgical device for arresting hemorrhage by compression of a blood vessel...

* a lifelong spiritual process by which a personal God, through the atoning blood, death, and resurrection of His only Son -Jesus Christ- can begin to stop the flow of going through life without knowing and serving our Creator. HE IS OUR TOURNIQUET
The band, from Los Angeles, formed in 1990 and are still going strong. Their musical influence comes from the classical music masters of the past. Beethoven meets Frankenstein as their web site so eloquently puts it. Upon listening to the band one can tell that they write metal just like someone would compose classical music; very complex and rhythmic.

A few other things of note are that the drummer, Ted Kirkpatrick was named favorite drummer by HM Magazine for 10 straight years, 1990 though 2000 then again in 2003. Now here is a list of their art and a few songs of note. You can listen to a snip it on their website under discography, or do some searching to find the full songs, or CD's.

Stop The Bleeding (1990/2001)
There are three songs of note from this album.
The Test for Leprosy
Ark of Suffering (Song about animal rights)
Tears of Korah

Psychosurgey (1991/2001)
The full CD is great, but pay close attention to the following.
A Dog's Breakfast (Read the lyrics if nothing else)
Viento Borrascoso (Fantastic Instrumental)

Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance (1992/2001)
One of their greatest albums. Songs of note (too hard to choose but these two are my favorite)
Theodicy on Trial
The Skeezix Dilemma (Song about child abuse)

Tourniquet Recorded Live (1993)
Live Studio Recording. Not one of their best.

Vanishing Lessons (1994)
Yet another great album (again too hard to choose highlights)
Bearing Gruesome Cargo
Acid Head
K517 (Drum solo with classical music in the background)

Carry the Wounded (1995)
Good album, very different. Shows off their softer side. Kimmy's favorite album.
When the Love is Right (Song was used in our wedding)

The Collected Works (1996)
Best Of collection for those that just want to get their toes wet.
Two new songs
Perfect Night for a Hanging
The Hand Trembler

Crawl to China (1997)
This recording was the first and only release on Benson records. This once again is a great album. (I'm a broken record aren't I?) Pay attention to these songs.
The Tell-Tale Heart (Yes it's the Poe story)
If Pigs Could Fly
White Knucklin' The Rosary

Acoustic Archives (1998)
Their only independent release, and as the title suggests, it is a collection of their best songs done acoustically. There is also one heavy song, which is the direction the band will take on the next two recordings. Good one for those who would like to hear their sound, but are too old for the heaviness.

Microscopic View of a Telescopic Realm (2000)
Say that ten times fast. Fantastic album, lift your lighters and bang your heads. It's also hard to pick songs to highlight from this album, but here are some fun ones.
Besprinkled in Scarlett Horror
Erratic Palpitations of the Human Spirit
The Skeezix Dilemma Part II (The Improbable Testimony of the Pipisisewah)

Where Moth and Rust Destroy (2003)
Their latest release, but not their best effort. Something of note though is that most of the guitar is played by former Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman.
Restoring the Locust Years
Drawn and Quartered

Well, that about wraps this very long post up, and I do encourage you to look at their site for more insight into the band. Enjoy and rock on!!!

Haldo

2007-07-08T20:22:00.000-04:00

Greetings from the sporadic blogger. The mood to blog hasn't struck, but the eight random facts made me think that my readers needed something. Well coming soon will be a series of posts that will answer the burning question of Were do I start listening to metal/hard rock? So stay tuned and be prepared for some incite into this style of music.

"You have hibernation sickness." - Boushh to Han Solo

Eight

2007-07-06T09:14:00.001-04:00

1. I have to post these rules before I give you the facts.
2. Each participant posts eight random facts about themselves.
3. Tagees should write a blog post of eight random facts about themselves.
4. At the end of the post, eight more bloggers are tagged (named and shamed).
5. Go to their blog, leave a comment telling them they’re tagged (cut and run).

I must tag eight people, but alas I have not that number.

1. I love video games, and growing up my parents knew if I wasn't feeling well by my lack of playing.
2. I took Martial Arts from junior high through high school.
3. In Junior high and High school I took wood shop and one of my projects is the T.V. stand that we continue to use to this day.
4. I'm deathly afraid of going down escalators.
5. I've murdered two bats in my lifetime (One last night).
6. I'm a self apprentice in becoming a Master Griller.
7. I love peanut butter and pickle sandwiches.
8. Star Wars (Nuff Said)

April #2 Being the second BPC

2007-04-26T20:39:00.000-04:00

Tuesday being the second day of the week, there was a job site to survey. Myself and the co-worker that's training me, headed out to Suffield, Ohio. "What is in Suffield?" you may ask, well I'll tell you, an office that needs a sprinkler system installed. Ha ha ha, funny aren't I? The place we went to was none other than one of the GoodYear blimp hangers.

There are three different areas that the company wants to have sprinkler systems installed. An office area that is about 40 feet by 300 feet, an area that they are going to convert into a museum, and a sign lab. The sign lab is the area that they create the LED signage for the side of the blimp.

Even though we were there for work, we did take some time out to check out the blimp. So we made our way over to the actual hanger and stood beside the blimp. That, my gentle readers, is my interesting thing that has happened this week. By the way, I'm going there again tomorrow.

Fact

2007-04-21T14:50:00.000-04:00

A fire grows at the rate of time squared. An example of this would be something like the following.

A guy decides to mow his lawn for the first time this year. He starts out in the front and moves his way towards the back. There are some leaves left over from the fall, not too many, but a small patch none the less. As the act of mowing continues the guy decides he shall run over these leaves to get them out of the way.

He plows right through them not giving it a second thought. By the time he reaches the street at the end of his yard there is smoke. The guy stops the mower and grabs his water bottle to put out the smoldering leaves. The water bottle wasn't enough so he runs into the house and grabs the water pitcher from the fridge. By the time he reaches the mower again there are full flames rising up the sides of the mower.

He dowsed the fire with the pitcher's water and pushed the mower out of the way to see if all the leaves were put out. Once he realized the fire was completely out he got on the mower to start the mowing process all over again. The mower didn't start, "Oh come on!" The guy said to himself. He pulled open the hood of the mower and saw that there was water, and so he went into the house to sit and wait.

The water dried up and the guy got to complete his mowing endeavor. The moral of the story is clean up the leaves in the fall, and fires grow rapidly.

"I can't see him!" - Red Squadron pilot

Stuntman Mike son of Stuntman Bob

2007-04-13T23:22:00.000-04:00

Hello all. It's about time I give you my monthly post, isn't it? As you all know by now, we had a great time at the Harry concert. Afterwards we drove to get a bite to eat, and stopped off at Max & Erma's. A number of restaurants give 10 to 15 percent off your meal if you show off a room card. Well, Max & Erma were nice enough to give us 15 percent off, and the entertainment value was grand.

We were seated in the bar area, and let's just say some people had a few adult beverages too many. This one woman was talking to the guy she was with, about 2 inches from his face. All quotes are in the tone of drunken slur. "That's my favorite word!" and these came back to back "Holy sh*#.....Praise the Lord!!" Drunk people are funny. There was also a guy that kept running into the chairs at the bar.

In other news, today Friday April 13, we found a mall to roam around. We also decided to catch a motion picture on one of the 16 screens this mall had. This theater was the nicest we've been in so far. The seats were amazingly comfortable. (needed for the three hour movie we watched). We decided on a double feature that most people would not like. The double feature was none other than Grindhouse.

This film, as previously stated, was split up into two films. The first was about Zombies and was directed by Robert Rodriguez and the second was about girls, cars and a whole lot more, but I don't want to reveal anything. By the way, the second was directed by Quentin Tarantino.

Tomorrow we are heading home, but it was a great get away.

"If this is the consular ship, where is the ambassador?" - Vader to Leia

Thank You

2007-03-14T19:32:00.000-04:00

I just wanted to give a quick thank you to all that have been praying for Kimmy's mom. Just to let you all know she is out of the woods, and breathing on her own now. She's still in the hospital and probably will be for about the week, but she has made quite the recovory since yesterday. Thank you all again, we felt the prayer's surrounding us all.

Now on to a non serious note;

THE PITTSBURGH PENGUINS ARE STAYING IN PITTSBURGH!!!!!!

It was announced yesterday that a deal had been made and a new arena will be built across the street from Mellon arena. This deal will keep the Penguins in Pittsburgh for at least 30 years. I'm off to watch a Pens game right now so good night.

No Star Wars quote this time stay tuned.

The Replacement

2007-03-12T20:43:00.000-04:00

My dad, brother and nephew Derek are in a bowling league at Arrow Head Lanes on Monday nights. Tonight I was a relief bowler for my dad who is feeling under the weather with the flu. I was happy to ablige my dad, and fill in for him. It has been about two years at least since I last bowled, and I figured I would drag down the teams score. Well, let's just put my scores out there for all of you to see:

Game one: 104
Game two: 117
Game three: 126

Today also brought a fun filled afternoon of calling the bank about a $105.44 flower purchase and a Euro exchange of $13.52. Neither of which were made by me or Kimmy. Who knows what happened, but long story short I'm getting a new debit card, and credited for the charges that were not made by us.

That's the nut shell version of my day. Oh, and Sam I was not ignoring you, but I ended up not having to go to Stratton. Thanks for the offer of lunch though, maybe the next time I have a job in that area we will get to do lunch.

"Flying through hyperspace ain't like dusting crops." - Han Solo

Triptych (Special edition)

2007-03-07T20:51:00.000-05:00

Well I guess I should blog. I have starved my audience enough, if I still have an audience.

Work has been good, but somewhat slow. Our design manager has decided that we are going to train each other once a week on different aspects of fire protection. This way we will become the go to team for answers and information.

I will get to start a new aspect of sprinkler design this week or early next, designing for a brand new building. So far all I have done is relocation of sprinkler heads or retro fit of existing buildings. I will also be making the trip down to a plant in Stratton Ohio, which is always an interesting place to go.

On a different note, the title of this post refers to one of the hottest bands out right now. A week ago, I picked up Demon Hunter, Triptych (Special Edition) and it is quite the quality product. This CD, just like their last one, will have me banging my head each time I listen to it. Okay, maybe I won't bang my head literaly, but I will in my heart. The CD came with a dvd that has a concert and interviews on it, which made it well worth the extra dollar.

I'm cold now and need to get to bed if I'm going to do any reading. In case you all don't know, there are a few people that have made it a goal to read 50 books this year. I'm not one of them, but I have put up a goal of 4 books this year. By no means is this 50, but for the amount of time I do get to spend reading it will definitely take me the whole year to read the 4. In case anybody wants to know, my book list looks like this:

Fear Nothing - Dean Koontz
Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
Dune - Frank Herbert
The Man Who Was Thursday; A Nightmare - G.K. Chesterton

So there you have my list of books, and I will type at you all in about two months. I'm kidding I have been putting it off, but I realized tonight how much I have missed doing this. Hopefully I can get myself into a routine of once or twice a week blogging.

"I thought they smelled bad on the outside" - Han Solo about his Taun Taun as he cut it open

So I've heard

2007-02-24T22:24:00.000-05:00

I have heard, from a few people, that it is about time I give them something new on this blog. Okay here it is

You're Welcome

Three Things

2007-01-11T21:00:00.000-05:00

Three things that scare me: Scary movies, snakes & heights.

Three people who make me laugh: Mike Birbiglia, Kevin James & Tim Bedore

Three things I love: My wife, dogs & Hot sauce.

Three things I hate: Yogurt, crowded places & country music.

Three things I don’t understand: People who talk during movies, why Pluto is no longer a planet & quizzes like these.

Three things on my desk: radio, computer & NFPA 13

Three things I’m doing right now: Watching Supernatural, reading Secret Public Journal & drinking coffee.

Three things I want to do before I die: Visit NHL Hall of Fame, visit Alaska & travel lots w/Kimmy.

Three things I can do: I can use Auto cad, barbecue & play video games .

Three things you should listen to: God, Kimmy & parents.

Three things you should never listen to: Rap music, Televangelists & the sound of a buzzing alarm clock.

Three things I’d like to learn: To play the bagpipes, to ski & to play ice hockey .

Three favorite foods: Pizza, Hot wings & salad.

Three beverages I drink regularly: Coffee, water & Iced Tea.

Three TV shows/books I watched/read as a kid: The Mouse and the Motorcycle Series, Little House on the Prairie & He-Man.

Three bloggers to tag: Kim, Melissa & Mike.

I'm Back

2006-12-10T21:42:00.000-05:00

It has taken me about two months to put the shattered pieces of my brain back together again. Boy did that just come across like Humpty Dumpty or is it just me?

This past week was one of those weeks where everything that could go wrong at work did. There were things I forgot to order for jobs, things that I did wrong, people said I should have done this on this job, well you all get the idea. I hope this week goes a lot better.

The one cool thing that I want to mention is that I finally got my prize for getting a new job. Back in April, Kimmy told me that I would get a prize for getting a new job. Don't ask me why, but I wasn't going to argue. So, about a month ago I became the proud owner of a Nintendo DS and the New Super Mario Bros. game. It really takes me back to childhood being able to play a brand new Mario games setup in the old 80's style of the original.

I don't have much else to say right now and I'm going to go to bed. I promise I will not be gone for so long this time. Until I type at you again.

"Sorry about the mess." - Han Solo to the bar tender

It's about to explode!

2006-10-18T20:04:00.000-04:00

We finally found a free place to get on-line and, I thought I would take a few moments to tell you all how much the donkey side of my body hurts. For three days now I have sat in a conference room for eight hours a day learning all about sprinklers, formulas (math) and how much of my job I don't know. We were given a standards book, which is the NFPA 13, and a thick binder of the agenda for two weeks. By now, October 18 2006, we are almost 300 pages into the binder, and have been through the standards book numerous times. There is also about 2 hours of homework each night, which has kept me up until midnight once, 11:30 twice.

All in all things are good and I'm about ready to go and get my homework done before Lost, but I think I'll have to drag someone I know away, since this is the first time she's been on-line for a few days now. She's kind of like an alcoholic that way, you know with all the withdraws, but no hangover.

There is also nothing in the town we are staying at, but I would like all of you to know we risked are lives tonight. We decided to see what was beyond the Wal-Mart that is close to our hotel, and let's just say we found the projects, tried to turn around on one way streets, Kimmy saw a guy with, after she described it to me, a machine gun.
Needless to say I thank God he watched out for us and we were able to get out quickly.

Finally, I'll be glad to get back to a town with cows, little or know traffic lights, and mostly the streets roll in at 8:00.

"Is the dark side of the force stronger?" - Luke to Yoda

Titanium

2006-10-04T19:57:00.000-04:00

My work has taken me to some interesting places like power plants, hospitals, malls, but the most interesting so far had to be today. Myself and another designer went to a titanium mill. We didn't get to see much of the action, but what little we did see was interesting none the less. This survey, unlike some of the ones I've been on lately, only took about an hour, so we were back in the office by 10:30 which sucked.

What else can I say? Apparently not much, so I'm off to watch Bones and Lost.

Oh! I almost forgot. One of my co-workers gave me a gift. She was looking through a Bible of her's from when she was young, and found a clipping of a 1979 Star Wars cartoon from the papers. Cool isn't it?

"The Jedi are all but extinct." - Ben Kenobi

By the Power of Grayskull

2006-09-24T09:29:00.000-04:00

As some of you may have guessed, or maybe I'm just assuming, I am now the proud owner of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. This is one of my most favorite cartoons that I watched growing up, the other being Transformers. There is not much else for me to delve into so, I'm off to watch Prince Adam and his alter ego He-Man.

"Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid." - Han Solo

P.S. I gave up the Star Wars Trilogy set to get He-Man, but don't fear I have the new ones that came out on the 12th of September.

I've been tagged as well.

2006-09-10T12:52:00.000-04:00

1. What are you reading now? Fear Nothing by Dean Koontz
2. What's the best book you've read this year? My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier
3. What's your favorite work of historical fiction? Have not read any lately.
4. Pick a random book from your shelves and write down its first sentence. Does it make you want to read more?

"It was morning in Gyndine's capital city, though that fact was scarcely evident to anyone on the surface." - Jedi Eclipse

Yes, it makes me want to read it!

5. Have you ever read a book and wished that you'd written it? What was it? Not really
6. What book on your shelves do you wish you'd never bought? I don't think I have any!
7. Have you ever bought someone a book for BAFAB? Nope
8. What book do you really wish someone would buy you for BAFAB? I can't think of one I really want right now.

9. Go to book-blog.com and leave a comment mentioning your post. Remember to include your permalink in the comment.

10. Tag three people.
Adrienne Mike Chris

I'm trying to remember something

2006-09-10T11:44:00.000-04:00

There is something I'm supposed to do, but I can't remember. I know it's been awhile since I've done it though. Oh well, I guess I'll just continue with this post, and if any of you can think of what I was supposed to do can you please tell me?

I'm really not sure what to post about, so I apologize for the randomness that may result. We went to the street fair Thursday evening and then again on Friday night. It is always fun to see people you haven't seen in awhile and some that you see semi-regularly. We also got to hold a beautiful, brand spanking new Colt before heading to the fair on Friday. What a sexy gun.

This week on Tuesday, September 12 marks the day of something that has never happened before. What could that be you may ask? Well, I will be kind enough to tell you all that Star Wars comes out on DVD for the first time. "Whoa, wait a minute they are already on DVD." you may all be saying. Even though that may be true, it is only true for the special edition ones. Tuesday marks the day that the theatrical version of the original trilogy (1977, 1980, 1983) appears in stores around the country, and quite possibly the world.

I think sometime I'm going to try and have an all day Star Wars fest. That's right, episodes 1 through 6, and that adds up to Fun or Twelve hours of the Star Wars universe which ever way you want to look at it.

"Yes I bet you have." - Han to Greedo just before shooting (first I might add)

Emmy Opener

2006-08-29T18:38:00.000-04:00

Incase you missed the opening.

Just for fun

2006-08-22T18:14:00.000-04:00

This was emailed to me the other day, and I thought it was amusing enough to share. I have edited some of the content to make it suitable for all readers.

The International Rules of Manhood

1: Under no circumstances may two men share an umbrella.

2: It is OK for a man to cry ONLY under the following circumstances:

(a) When a heroic dog dies to save its master.

(b) After wrecking your boss' car.

(c) One hour, 12 minutes, 37 seconds into "The Crying Game".

3: Any Man who brings a camera to a bachelor party may be legally killed and eaten by his buddies.

4: Unless he murdered someone in your family, you must bail a friend out of jail within 12 hours.

5: If you've known a guy for more than 24 hours, his sister is off limits forever unless you actually marry her.

6: Moaning about the brand of free beer in a buddy's fridge is forbidden. However complain at will if the temperature is unsuitable.

7: No man shall ever be required to buy a birthday present for another man. In fact, even remembering your buddy's birthday is strictly optional.

8: On a road trip, the strongest bladder determines pit stops, not the weakest.

9: When stumbling upon other guys watching a sporting event, you may ask the score of the game in progress, but you may never ask who is playing.

10: It is permissible to drink a fruity alcohol drink only when you're sunning on a tropical beach.

11: Only in situations of moral and/or physical peril are you allowed to kick another guy in the nuts.

12: Unless you're in prison, never fight naked.

13: Friends don't let friends wear Speedos. Ever. Issue closed.

14: If a man's fly is down, that's his problem, you didn't see anything.

16: Women who claim they "love to watch sports" must be treated as spies until they demonstrate knowledge of the game and the ability to drink as much as the other sports watchers.

17: Never hesitate to reach for the last beer or the last slice of pizza, but not both, that's just greedy.

18: If you compliment a guy on his six-pack, you'd better be talking about his choice of beer.

19: Never join your girlfriend or wife in discussing a friend of yours, except if she's withholding sex pending your response.

20: Never talk to a man in a bathroom unless you are on equal footing: i.e., both urinating, both waiting in line, etc. For all other situations, an almost imperceptible nod is all the conversation you need.

21: It is acceptable for you to drive her car. It is not acceptable for her to drive yours.

22: Thou shalt not buy a car in the colors of brown, pink, lime green, orange or sky blue.

23: The girl who replies to the question "What do you want for Christmas?" with "If you loved me, you'd know what I want!" gets an Xbox. End of story.

24: There is no reason for guys to watch Ice Skating or Men's Gymnastics. Ever.

"What's in there?" - Luke "Only what you take with you." - Yoda

Rust in Peace

2006-08-20T09:00:00.000-04:00

"Due to the graphic nature of this program viewer discretion is advised."

According to the title you may be thinking what the heck is Rust in Peace? Well, it's my new acquisition into the discography of Megadeth. I know that most of the blog ring doesn't care for my musical taste, but that's okay. We are all entitled to a wonderful thing called opinion. That being said, I thought that some of you may like to know why on earth I, the laid back one, would ever like the music known as Metal.

I feel I can sum up my love for this music in a few words; intensity, complexity and lyrical content. Megadeth and Tourniquet, my two favorite groups, is who came to mind when I thought of these words.

Intensity: This refers to how each instrument is played
Complexity: Refers to the way each instrument is presented
Lyrical Content: Refers to how the lyrics always makes me think about the point that is being conveyed

That's just a few main examples of my love for Megadeth, Tourniquet and Metal in general. I bid you all good evening.

"What I've told you is true from a certain point of view?" - Ghost of Obi-Wan to Luke

I've created the B.D.C.

2006-08-06T08:56:00.000-04:00

So, it's been almost a month since my last post and I've missed writing every day. I need to start writing more often to give people something to read. It has been brought to my attention that there have been some complaints from the B.D.C. (See Whine. Oh, And Blog Point Challenge on The Smug Cloud) I say to the blog princess and the B.D.C. go ahead and dock me points, I dare you. By the way, B.D.C. stands for Blogland Department of Complaints.

On another note, I heard a kind of funny joke this week while listening to Bob Zany on the Bob and Tom show. "Does a pessimist coffee drinker see their cup as half and half empty?" Also, it was a great time last night going to Olive Garden with Kimmy and Cynthia. Thank You again, Cynthia! While out and about last night, I bought my first Sudoku book. I have one for the computer, but this is something I needed in my hand to write on. I didn't buy easy since I find those... well, easy. I went right for the not-so-easy also known as medium.

That's all I have to say for now, and I'm going to try and blog more than once a month. Maybe I'll start out with twice a month. Come on, what did you expect, everyday?

"He's holding a thermal detinator!" C3PO about the bounty hunter Boushh

A day in the life of me

2006-07-14T19:47:00.000-04:00

According to the blog point challenge here is what today had in store for me.

At the lovely hour of 5:45 a.m. I woke up to the sound of the alarm. After turning off the alarm and rolling out of bed I made my way downstairs. Upon finally making it down to the lower level of our home I turned on the light above the stove. Now came one of the most important decisions I made today, what shall I eat for breakfast. I came to the conclusion that I should eat the last Twinkie.

Now, with Twinkie in hand I made my way to the blue couch. During that trip I turned on the ceiling fan and then sat/layed on the blue wonder. Mmmm, that Twinkie was good I think I'll sit here for a bit before getting ready for work. Well, that was dumb, I fell asleep for a spell. I hop off the blue wonder since I slept a little too long.

Now I have to take that long walk up to the second level of our home to the bathroom. Upon entering the bathroom I do various things to make myself presentable to the outside world. After leaving the bathroom I put my clothes on and say goodbye to my very sleepy wife. So, now it's back downstairs with me to make my lunch, get my water, and go get into the car for my twenty to twenty-five minute drive to work.

Here I am at work in my office, I grab my coffee cup, head to the kitchen area and get that first cup of joe. Ahh, that's some good coffee, and now on with my day. I do some drawing work, O&M manuals (Operations & Maintenance), and share in banter with co-workers for the morning hours.

Lunch time was filled with food and fun viewing pleasure. I had Kimmy's BBQ chicken pizza which got two compliments, and we started to watch Blazing Saddles. The afternoon was filled with more drawing work combined with hydraulic calculations.

Ahh, it's now 4:30 p.m. time to go home. Sweet! I drive home and try to decide what's for dinner tonight. We decided to go to Pantera Bread, and I had a chicken caesar salad. No, I didn't mispell Panera, I meant to say Pantera. Kimmy wrote that last line cause she didn't want anyone to think she missed the mispelling. Then we left to go over to movie night. So, here I am typing my day and now I'm done.

"The circle is now complete." - Vader to Obi-Wan

Ummm

2006-07-13T21:10:00.000-04:00

I don't really have much to blog about tonight, but I need to keep my promise. So, this will probably be a mini post in preparation for the blog challenge. Someone knocked on our front door about ten times tonight. We didn't attempt to answer because we obviously didn't know them since they were at the front door. See I told you I didn't have much to blog. I'm off to finish watching Iron Chef America and sweat while partaking in this activity.

"You didn't see us in the south passage." - Han Solo

Fire up the grill

2006-07-12T20:57:00.000-04:00

Tonight I have mastered another meat on the grill. My friends, the best salmon ever made came off our grill this evening. I don't like to brag, but according to the company present I made an awesome dinner. It all started with a blend of 4 spices then came a wonderful butter sauce to coat, cook and marinade the salmon. I apologize for making any of you hungry, but I just had to say something about my grilling.

Also, something funny has happened a couple times at work this week. On a couple of occasions the guy in the office across the hall from mine has use the page function on our phones thusly.

"Clean up on aisle 5, That's clean up on aisle 5"
or today's
"Clean up at the tampon display. Clean up at the tampon display."

Which is pretty funny when the work day is suddenly interrupted with one of these phrases. There are others, but I might share those later. Off to bed now. I'm pretty sleepy.

"Do you want to buy some death sticks" - Elan Sleazebaggano to Obi-Wan

My apologies for all mistakes

2006-07-11T19:52:00.000-04:00

Kimmy is out at the movies so this will be a raw unedited post. Since she is out it is my job to tape Big Brother, and in the words of Cartman "I can do what I want." I'm not doing much except watching random TV until the baseball all-star game starts. The opening segment to the all-star game is very gay.

Work has been good and I've been learning lots. Now, I'm edumacated past the eighth grade. I don't have much else to share, but I have been keeping my promise to blog every day. I'm off to watch and ponder a quote before I sign off.

"Dantooine. They're on Dantooine." - Leia to Grand Moff Tarkin

Finding the warm pink center of a cow.

2006-07-10T21:26:00.000-04:00

Did y'all know it's easy to find the warm pink center of a cow? Let me explain these easy steps to finding the warm center.

Step 1: Drive to an Outback Restaurant
Step 2: Get seated by hostess
Step 3: Order drink (water, because I'm tired of paying $1.89 - $2.89 for a drink)
Step 4: Order Outback Special 11 oz. cooked medium
Step 5: Enjoy side salad and bread
Step 6: Cut into steak on plate presented after the salad

Now one can see, or imagine, the nice shade of pink in the center. Marvelous, is it not? Incase the hint was not obvious, Kimmy and I went to Outback for our anniversary dinner. Dinner was great, as always, and the ice cream we ate while watching King of Queens was the perfect dessert.

"Shut up Sir?" - C3PO to Uncle Owen

Sweet

2006-07-09T21:03:00.000-04:00

Congratulations to me! This marks the fiftieth post I've done and it has taken forever. This weekend was nice but busy. I was present at the Salem Library book sale on Saturday with high hopes of finding a great read. Well, I found two The Historian & a Rod Serling biography. The thing that surprised me, as well as making me sad was the lack of science fiction and fantasy.

Now we are watching The Office which is one of my top ten favorite shows. We watched two episodes and they were hilarious. Dwight got locked in the conference room in the first episode and dyed his hair in the next. It's almost bed time so I need to wrap things up, but I'll let you all in on a little secret. I'm going to perform a feat unheard of on my blog. Drum roll please..... I will blog every day this week. (insert applause) "Thank You! Thank You! I'll be here all week." Says I.

"No disintegrations." - Vader to Boba Fett

P.S. -Shame on all of you for not reprimanding me. There were a couple recent posts that I didn't end with a Star Wars quote.

ZZZ...

2006-06-18T10:11:00.000-04:00

Sorry, fell asleep for about a month in front of Mr. MACkey. Okay so that was a lame excuse for not blogging. I think I should get negative blog points. I ask forgiveness from the blog princess for referring to her ever precious points. Now on with the program at hand. I have a question for all of you. Do I look under the age of seventeen? I don't think I do, what with the wedding ring, all the facial hair, and the scruff that usually develops by the weekend. Well, the wonderful employee at Suck Town aka Circuit City (I hate that store) carded me for buying an R rated film.

I understand that they probably have some company policy to do that to everyone, but come on, use your judgment. Other stores use their judgment when someone buys an adult beverage.

Cashier - "I need to see your identification please."
Me - (Incase you forgot, I'm a man with a wedding ring and facial hair) "Um okay"

This is how the conversation should have went...

Cashier - "I need to see your identification please."
Me - (While waving my hand in a Jedi fashion.) "You don't need to see my identification."

Is using judgment also going out to pasture with manners? I'm thankful for parents who take responsibility for raising their kids proper. If this would happen more often, maybe manners and judgment wouldn't be out to pasture nearly as much.

GPM All Over The Place!

2006-05-25T17:37:00.000-04:00

Today was water flow test day for me and man was it difficult. It started with an hour long drive to a job site with one of my co-workers. Upon our arrival we had to make a decision which two hydrants do we get to open. Hmmmm, Well, the one in front of the job site won first prize, and first runner up was the up-stream hydrant. They both were wearing white tops with red bottoms and were quite the cute little things.

After determining the winner we proceeded to check the caps for tightness, and then took off one of three caps. Then we had to place a slinky little pressure gage on the now naked side of the hydrant. I'm pretty sure I saw a cricket look away. Once the gage was on securely the water was turned on full blast.

The winning hydrant was stripped of one of its caps and a gage that hangs to the side was put in its place. This gage has a small hole to allow the water to pass through, and the water on this hydrant is also turned on full blast. This hydrant was the most fun because the water was shooting out the side. I thought kids were going to come out of the woodwork to play in it, but I was disappointed.

Okay, so maybe the test wasn't that difficult, but is was fun. By the way, in case anybody was wondering... The pressure before the second hydrant was opened read 79PSI. Once the second was opened it went down to 66PSI with a water flow of 1,350 GPM (Gallons Per Minute)

"Into the garbage shute flyboy." - Leia

Cough Cough "I've got the black lung".

2006-04-27T19:35:00.000-04:00

I would have blogged yesterday, but I was exhausted upon arriving home from work. My day started at 4:30 a.m. as to be ready in time to leave for West Virginia by 5:30 a.m. I had to meet up with a co-worker at 6:30 a.m. to then drive to PA, to a town just east of Indiana. (or as my darling wife would say "Jimmy Town") We were headed to a power plant to survey the sprinkler pipe that was installed. Since the plant uses coal for the power source it is quite dirty and dusty. Most of our work was outside which was somewhat cleaner, but dust was raining down upon us the whole time. After cleaning up a bit in the men's room we headed for home. When all was said and done it was about 6:30 p.m. when I got home and took a shower right away to rid myself of the rest of the blackness.

So that, ladies and gentlemen, is how I got the black lung. I hope this will keep people from accusing me of not blogging. How absurd. There is not much else to say at this point so, I'm off to watch some hockey before Supernatural comes on. Since the Penguins aren't in the playoffs I'm going to root for the Ottawa Senators, Montreal Canadiens & the Philadelphia Flyers.

We didn't start the fire....

2006-04-11T19:51:00.000-04:00

We may not have started the fire, but one day I'll design how to put it out. I enjoy my work so much more than before mostly because of how the business is run. I know it's early, but I can see myself being there for quite a long time. Just one more thing to add about my employment, 10 people in the office not including installers.

Now on another note, Skyeye has to be the greatest invention to come to the mahoning valley. Seriously, I've always wanted a live view of 680, 224 and any of the other locations they have. Ever since I was a kid I dreamed of the day that a camera would be mounted high above the great city called Youngstown. I've learned so much about the weather from these cameras, like rain spots on the lens, snow spots on the lens, clouds and sun. I don't ever have to look outside to know what the weather is like. THANK YOU SKYEYE, YOU'RE A LIFE SAVER!

"This live view from Skyeye is brought to you by hard boiled eggs".

Nigh 2... Being the second part of Nigh

2006-03-29T19:29:00.000-05:00

Instead of leaving a long comment I thought I'd give some details on my second post in two days. My new job will for the most part be similar to what I do now, which I'm an AutoCAD drafter (CADman! to some) for an architectural firm. Although I will be doing the same type of thing my work world has expanded ten fold. I will now be working for a fire protection company. They will be training me to become a designer of fire alarm panels, and eventually a sprinkler designer.

So, that's a little bit about my new employment, and now I just have to get to April 10th to start working there. On another note, man, is the cd player in the Malibu annoying.

"Still need to watch OT for new quotes" - Me again

NIGH!

2006-03-28T21:00:00.000-05:00

There is a heinous rumor starting that I haven't blogged in a while. Okay, so maybe the rumor is true, but I will show you what a typical blog would look like were I to have blogged recently.

6:45 alarm goes off (crap)
Get out of bed, put slippers on
Go downstairs and go into kitchen
Turn on light above stove.
Find something for breakfast
Sit on couch and eat said breakfast
After eating, lay down on couch and fall asleep again
Get up from pre start of day nap (crap slept to long)
Now rush to get ready to leave on time

After saying good bye to my wife, leave for work.
Drive to work
Work all day
Drive home
Get home, change clothes
Eat dinner
Watch some TV, maybe take a walk, Read
Then fall asleep to start it all over again.

So there is pretty much my day or days since I blogged last. Sorry to bore you all, but this should dissipate all rumors of my lack of blogging.

By the way, I have a new job that starts on April 10th

Almost there

2006-03-26T00:31:00.000-05:00

Still draws nigh!

"Need to watch trilogies again to come up with more quotes" - Me

Hello there!

2006-03-23T19:09:00.000-05:00

A full length blog draws nigh!

"Yeah Hoo! You're all clear kid! Now let's blow this thing and go home." -Han Solo

Vitalogy, Lex Luthor & A Pocket Full Of Kryptonite

2006-02-27T18:53:00.000-05:00

The title of this post pretty much sums up my shopping experience on Saturday with Kimmy and her mom. We shopped, ate, then shopped again before returning Kimmy's mom to the West Side. After leaving the West Side, Kimmy and I went shopping in more us-friendly stores. The first stop on this second wind was CD Warehouse. Upon entering the store I had no clue what I was in the mood to buy. After looking up and down the rows numerous times the CD's started to jump out at me. The first one was Pearl Jam: Vitalogy for the very low price of $1.99. Then all of a sudden a second CD came after me and this one was Spin Doctors: Pocket Full of Kryptonite for again the low price of $1.99. What made my day was that when we got home I found out that the Spin Doctor's CD insert was signed by the band.

After CD Warehouse we made the trip over to Barnes & Noble just to browse and enjoy being around books. So, I did my usual Sci-Fi search and then made my way to the comic books, oops excuse me the "graphic novels". You know, I've never liked calling them graphic novels, because they're not. They are just a series of comic books collected into one book. Anyway, back to my search. I've had a spark rekindled with the Superman series since watching Smallville, so my search started there. The last time I had a few dollars I purchased The Death Of Superman, but this time I wanted something different. That's when I noticed Lex Luthor Man Of Steel, neat title isn't it? Upon reading what it was about I was hooked and needless to say purchased it with the quickness.

Let me end by trying to intrigue you all by telling you that this comic book reveals why Lex chooses to be a thorn in Superman's side and how Lex intends to save humanity from an untrusted alien being.

"Sorry about the mess." - Han Solo paying the bar tender after SHOOTING FIRST

December 23rd

2006-02-16T19:32:00.000-05:00

Okay, so I haven't done this in awhile again. Shame on me! Kimmy has been bothering me to do this for days now, and all I have to say for myself is I'm Lazy. The mouse at work has not led a revolt yet, which is good news for me. The biggest thing to happen took place about this time last week. I received a phone call from Dave, for those of you who don't know I've been friends with Dave for roughly 24 years. He called to ask me a question which usually is "Are you doing something on (insert date here) 'cause I thought we could do something." Well, this call was no different except he asked "Are you busy on December 23rd?." My first thought was don't you mean February 23rd? then it hit me, this guy was asking me to be in his wedding. For those that know Dave, yes you heard right, Dave and marriage in the same sentence. He met Melissa, not Osborn mind you, over the summer and well the rest they say is history.

So, Congrats to Dave & Melissa!

"The Force is strong with this one." - Vader

The Yellow and Black Attack are Back!

2006-02-01T21:23:00.000-05:00

In the craziness of the week I haven't had the chance to write what's been on my mind for the past few days. The birthday was really good and to tell you the truth 28 kinda feels the same as 27, 26, 25 you get the idea. Anyway, birthdays come with cards, gifts and birthday wishes, and I thank you all for those. There is one gift in particular that has stood out from the rest. I could be mean and have you all read the title over and over again to guess what gift that is. I could also hand out an outrageous amount of blog points, but I think someone would have me arrested.

Reborn, Stryper's new release is the favored gift this year. Yep, that's right Stryper has a new recording. It has been 15 years since they have been together to make an all new recording. They have gotten together to do a couple new songs on two of their best of albums. Reborn is as good as, and might be better than To Hell With The Devil, which is there best to this point. It has been a long time coming, but this album was worth the 15 year wait. I just want to add that they do a sweet rendition of Amazing Grace or as they call it 10,000.

Well, I'm going to wrap this up because someone seems to keep interrupting my concentration. Until next month......
Just kidding.

"Shut down all the garbage smashers on the detention level" - Luke Skywalker

Now that's a tasty burger.

2006-01-14T15:25:00.000-05:00

I would like to start by thanking Mr. Jackson for the title used this time around.

We had a lovely dinner last night at the Diner, you know the one on the corner of 224 and South Ave. needless to say I had a burger. This is the second burger I have had from this joint, and have decided that theirs is the best. Their burgers are so juicy and flavorful, especially the one I had last night. Just imagine with me the tasty morsel that was before my eyes. First was the bottom bun resting peacefully on the plate. Then place a wonderful specimen of cowful bliss. Now top the cow with the following.

1. Cheddar cheese
2. Sauted onions & green peppers
3. Jalapeno flavored bacon
4. Chipolte (sorry Kim) mayonnaise
5. The wonderful topper bun

Now that was a tasty burger! I do apologize to you all if I have made your desire for a burger increase ten fold, but hey I don't care because I've already had mine. Good luck in your search for the perfect cow.

"I don't care what you smell!" - Han Solo (Said to Chewie before entering the garbage chute)

Moving on

2006-01-10T22:57:00.000-05:00

Life has not brought much excitement my way, which could be a good thing. There are some exciting things happening for my parents though. As some of you know they are moving from the house that they have lived in for like twenty four years. This is the house I grew up in so it will be weird to see them in a new home, but I'm happy for them as their new house suits their needs perfectly.

I also would like to thank my wife for the great work that she does on my blog. Not only does she create excellent templates for me, but she is also my editor. So, thank you for making my finished product better than the first time I write it. Well, I'm off to bed to hopefully finish My Cousin Rachel

"That's a name I haven't heard for a long time... a long time." - Ben Kenobi

zzzzzzzzzzz

2005-12-30T23:37:00.000-05:00

I'm very sleepy, and need to go to bed.
Big day tomorrow of fun, games, hooch etc. plus I'm tired of looking at my Christmas post.
This is quite pathetic, so I promise to give a better post later.
Now to add to the patheticness......

"beep boop whistle" - R2D2

Enjoy Christmas

2005-12-17T23:30:00.000-05:00

I am 27 years old, almost 28, and I love Christmas. That's right you heard me, I love Christmas, and I mean all of it. Celebrating Christ's birth, family time, gifts, meals, time with friends and Christmas movies. For as many years as I can remember living I have known that Christmas is about Christ, and to this day that is something I hold with much reverence and priority. The one thing that I enjoy most about Christmas are the gifts, both giving and receiving. There I said it. The most horrible thing in the eyes of the Christian world. Why shouldn't I be able to admit that? Isn't that the whole purpose of Christmas? This very holiday is centered around the greatest gift EVER given to humanity. The creator of all things cared so much about all the wretches that live here to give CHRIST to all of us. I see no wrong in giving gifts that are given out of love. A gift does not mean you have to spend thousands of dollars like people are made to believe these days. A gift can be cheap, expensive or homemade. Any of these prices will do as long as they are given out of love.

Even Christ was given gifts as a child. Magi anyone? I'll even speculate that Mary and Joseph gave gifts to Jesus many other times. They did so because they loved their son and wanted to do something nice for him. The heart of the matter is to give because you want to and care about the person.

Kimmy and I have a tradition we keep each year, one that we intend to continue with our children. While sitting under our Christmas tree on Christmas morning we read aloud the account of Christ's birth from the gospel of Luke and in this way take time to reflect on what it is we are celebrating. I think celebrate is the key word and the point of this post. Christmas is a joyful time. A time to celebrate and enjoy all the gifts of the season.

"I love you." - Princess Leia
"I know" - Han Solo

At least he doesn't whine about it.

2005-12-13T19:45:00.000-05:00

Hi, I'm Kevin and I'm an AutoCAD drafter.
(You all may respond with the appropriate "Hi Kevin")

For as long as I've been with the company, and some time before, the employees have bought a bottle of wine for the boss as a Christmas gift. This year was going to be no different, and with another addition to the office, my boss would've been the proud owner of a twenty dollar bottle of wine. While talking to the bosses wife, our new secretary made an amazing discovery. Our boss dislikes wine. So, for who knows how long he has graciously accepted a bottle of wine while never having liked the stuff.

I just thought this was humorous, and would share for once.

Thank you.

"Look at the size of that thing." - Red 2

Star Wars Episode VII

2005-12-10T15:48:00.000-05:00

THE NEW BLOG

There is a bright new look to the galaxy.
One that has been created by the blog template Jedi.
She is the most skilled template Jedi in the Leetonia system.
The face of my blog has changed and now belongs in the Galaxy Far Far Away.

This is just my way of thanking my lovely wife for creating the new look for my blog. There's not much else I have to say, so I will just thank Kimmy again for making my blog look great.

"3PO! Shut down all the garbage smashers on the detention level!" - Luke Skywalker

The Death Of The Greatest Ornament

2005-11-29T21:40:00.000-05:00

Kimmy and I partook of our yearly Saturday after Thanksgiving Christmas tree trimming. Okay, so maybe we don't have to trim it, but don't you all think that prelit trees are the greatest idea. Our now proudly displayed tree is in the sitting room, and the lights look as beautiful as ever. Our evening then progressed into ornament mode, my favorite part of the tree decorating. Each year for Christmas we have a tradition of buying an ornament for each other. The ornaments are then opened on Christmas Eve, and put immediately on the tree.

Well, about three years ago Kimmy had given me the Second Death Star that lit up, authentically I might add, and said the phrase. "As you can see, my young apprentice, your friends have failed. Now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational battle station! Fire at will, Commander." then the blast that came from the Death Star in Jedi would sound the end. Alas, I have no idea what happened between last Christmas and this year, but the ornament would no longer plug into the light string properly. I decided to cut the wire off, and now just a Death Star hangs no light, no sound. Now my favorite ornament in the whole world is now silenced as if the damn Rebel Alliance got through it's defenses some how. Maybe this means a new Star Wars ornament is in my future.

"That blast came from the Death Star." - Lando Calrissian

The randomness that is my head.

2005-11-19T11:26:00.000-05:00

Good Saturday morning too every one. I know it's been awhile since I've done this thing called... called... you know, it's been so long I forget what I'm doing. None the less I shall continue to take this journey, and type in this nameless practice. I don't really have a point to this, but I 'm feeling very random this morning.

Emporer Palpatine is the greatest villain EVER! Even though he'll probably never get recognized as such.

Installed the new AutCAD 2006 at work, and had plotting problems for days.

Figured out said AutoCAD problem. AutoCAD is still my, insert female dog reference here.

We were given a nice fleece blanket, or should I say Kimmy was given.

I like having extended cable just for the History channel, and other select channels.

I bought a Duncan Butterfly yo-yo last night.

I should probably clean up the leaves in the yard, but I'm too lazy.

Saviour Machine is one of the most unique bands.

We got some Christmas shopping done last night, and had Sheetz for dinner. Yummy

The whole office staff, even Jason, spent a few hours last Saturday cleaning up the paper monster.

Going to see Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire tonight. SWEET!

Well, that's all the random thoughts for now since I have many things to accomplish before our nephew Derek's B-day party. This party is quite the occasion, because he turns 13 today. In the words of so many people "You turn 13 only once.", but why don't they recognize that every birthday is a once?

"Hello, I am C3PO human cyborg relations, and this is counterpart R2-D2." - C3PO

Has anyone noticed a pattern yet?

2005-11-07T20:15:00.000-05:00

I have some time to post, but excitement here you will not find. (sorry Yoda just took over my keyboard) Well, last night I had my "OH CRAP!" moment while watching Veronica Mars . For those of you that don't know the story behind this wonderful moment here is your opportunity to get into the circle.

One night a few weeks back I kissed my wife before drifting off to sleep. I had been asleep for awhile, but the whole time thing is lost on a sleeping body. "OH CRAP!" was all I heard and in my startled state of mind I was like "Huh? What's going on?" my wife just looked at me and said "What?" Now with completing the show, the phrase was well placed and could be substituted with many other colorful phrases.

I need to stop now or I'm going to miss all of the Monday shows we like. By the way had a great time on Saturday ya'll.

"When 900 years you reach, look as good you will not." - Yoda

Two Dogs and Two Cats Make for Quite the Dream

2005-10-29T13:41:00.000-04:00

I don't know what was going on in my head last night as I slept. The dreams were kind of strange, and one came out of left field. I know without a doubt that the dream about kids in High School came from the Friday night we had. We watched seven episodes of Veronica Mars! The other was, as stated above, strange and I do mean strange. It all started in my In-Laws back yard, where I was talking with my Mother-in-Law and watching the small dog they have in this dream. During the conversation another dog walked over to visit the small dog. Then all of a sudden a cat showed up on the scene, which my Mother-in-Law was trying to decide whether to keep the cat tied up in the yard of just give it away.

So here we are sitting in the yard with two dogs and a cat, when all of a sudden another cat came over from the neighbor's house. This new cat walked over to the bigger dog and from my point of view it looked like that cat had asked the dog "Are you ready for me to groom you now?" The dog looked up as if to answer "Yes please, I need a good grooming." Then the cat hopped onto the dog's, back unleashed it's claws and started combing the head of the dog.

The dog enjoyed this very much, and after some time the dog stood up, looked at the small dog as if to say "Hey, let's get out of here." I think the little dog liked the idea because he got up to follow the big dog. They started to move but the big dog stopped, lifted his leg and peed on the poor little dog. The small dog stood there for a moment not realizing what was going on, but once the epiphany hit him he ran like the wind. He ran as fast as his little legs could take him, but in the middle of his Speedy Gonzales run he stopped and started to sniff the air. The dog for some ungodly reason liked the smell he discovered and started to pee on himself.

At this point I'm laughing my butt off at the dumb dog that got peed on and is now peeing on himself. The small dog noticed my laughing and thought it needed to come see me. All I can see now is this small dog running and peeing over to see me. I start to freak out and run away from this dumb dog, but alas I was to slow. The dog caught up to me and took aim at my back. By the time it was all over I was wet from my back down to my feet. Needless to say at this point I woke up, and thought where the heck did that come from?

So my advice to all of you don't watch seven episodes of Veronica Mars before bed. You'll enjoy the show, but the dreams will be strange.

"What an incredible smell you've discovered!" - Han Solo

I think I've figured out a name for my Mac.

2005-10-19T18:53:00.000-04:00

Last night as I was laying in bed talking to Kimmy something popped into my head. As you can tell from my title it is the name for my Mac. So, without further delay I present to you all, the object that all my posts are typed on, Mr. Mackey! Please make him feel welcome.

As pointed out by my brother-in-law, I've somehow become a blog wench. I figured that if he's going to start calling me a wench I'd better post before I get 40 lashes from other blog participants. I know it has been awhile, but I haven't had much to say. I am in the planning stages of a huge Star Wars post to display a fraction of my geekness.

This is my 28th post and I know that's not as good as my wife's 100th, but I think I'm doing pretty good for an overtime working man. There is not too much more that I'd like to say except that I love Gamestop. As said by Kimmy we went to said store last night and purchased Dodgeball , Transporter and Bridget Jones's Diary .

Okay, I'm off now to finish watching Wheel Of Fortune and wait in anticipation for Lost .

"Flying through hyperspace ain't like dusting crops boy." - Han Solo

Oops

2005-10-10T19:08:00.000-04:00

This post is for Sam.
I do apologies for the exclusion in my count I did forget. Also I thought I changed the comment setting on my blog, but I must have forgot to save it. Well, it's changed now and your more than welcome to comment always have been.

Later Dude.

"Much to learn you still have." - Yoda

Drum Roll Please.........

2005-10-05T14:50:00.000-04:00

We would like to announce the COOLEST thing EVER!, and no it's not that. We would be telling most of you in person or on the phone if it was. Since I don't want to start a marital dispute I'll let Kimmy tell you all what it is.

"Luke we're going to have company!" - Han Solo

Holy Snikes You Did What!

2005-10-05T10:29:00.000-04:00

Well, the title of this post should be my readers reaction to what I have to tell you all. It is now 10:07 a.m. on October the 5th 2005. What praytell am I doing posting at this hour, shouldn't I be at work? I was at work at 7:00 a.m. on October the 4th 2005, isn't it funny how every year has a 10-4 (good buddy), anyway as I was saying. I started work on the 4th at 7:00 a.m. and worked for 26 hours! Please insert reaction here.

That's all I have to say other than I'm tired and hungry. I've tried to fall asleep, but it hasn't worked yet so maybe some food in my tummy will make me sleepy.

"TK421 Why aren't you at your post?" - Imperial Officer

Wow!

2005-10-02T19:49:00.000-04:00

As most of my loyal readers know I normally don't post sports, but today was quite an event. I have always been a faithful Cincinnati Bengals fan. They have had a losing season for the past decade or so, but this season they are 4-0 a feat not achieved since 1988. I don't want to jinx them, but they look impressive. If they keep playing the way they have been they could be going to the playoffs.

Well, that's all for now because it's time for brownies and coffee.

"You're all clear kid. Now let's blow this thing and go home." - Han Solo

The Black Album

2005-10-02T10:58:00.000-04:00

This week I have concluded that Metallica's self titled album (a.k.a. the black album) is one of the best metal albums ever.

Boy, did I start out random. Okay, now onto the real reason for posting. I have a little beef with something I read, and no I'm not eating steak. In some reviews about the beloved Serenity there has been some comparison to, which I knew would happen, Star Wars. Sure there in the same genre, but COME ON! (thank you Gob for your input) there are major differences.

1. Star Wars is like a fairy tale of sorts.

2. Serenity is a more realistic story.

There are many other points I could make for quite a long post, but I don't want to bore you all. The two films are on different roads of the sci-fi genre. Serenity is futuristic, where Star Wars takes place A long time ago in a galaxy far far away. Also both have great story lines, which I know all will not agree with me but I'm okay with that.

I guess all I'm trying to say is people need to quit comparing things that are the same on the outside but differ on the inside. I can't look at the house across the street and say "Well, our houses are the same." At first glance they are the same, walls, roof, doors etc. but the content is what makes all the difference.

Star Wars & Serenity are both excellent films of the same genre, but the content is completely different. If anybody tells you different don't be fooled it's just the sith trying to mislead you.

"The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural." - Supreme Chancellor Palpatine

Prepare the fatted calf

2005-09-27T20:00:00.000-04:00

The prodigal son has returned!

Although I've been away for awhile my time nor money was squandered. For the past week or so my time with God has been filled with reassurance. There are requests that I have brought before him numerous times.

Just recently I've felt that he has finally answered my prayers. He has not answered yes or no, but with a be patient. Past experience has taught me that when you follow his answer to any request the results are better than originally wanted.

"This will be a day long remembered. It has seen the end of Kenobi and will soon see the end of the Rebellion." - Darth Vader

I'm Proud

2005-09-17T20:37:00.000-04:00

If you have read Kimmy's post then you know what we were involved with today. I was grieving for my in-law's, since I haven't had the chance to get to know that side of the family.

I have always had respect for the armed forces especially the Marine Corps, since my grandpa served in the Marines during WWII in Okinawa. I broke down a little while watching the ceremony of taps & the folding and presentation of the flag. I have so much more respect for my grandpa and the Marines, not just because of today, but because of what I have read in my researching of the Corps.

I know this is were a Star Wars quote is usually inserted, but I think this is more appropriate.

THE MARINE CORPS MOTTO

?Semper Fidelis? (?Always Faithful?) is the motto of the Corps. That Marines have lived up to this motto is proved by the fact that there has never been a mutiny, or even the thought of one, among U.S. Marines.

Darn It!

2005-09-15T21:13:00.000-04:00

Why do we check out new shows? Okay, new to us but not the world. Tonight we officially have become hooked on Smallville. In the past I have had mixed feelings on the whole Superman thing, but I think I need to reevaluate my opinion. So, I'll probably start picking up comic books as well as catching up on the show.

Also the new Superman movie, unless things have changed, will star Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor. Which is pretty cool.

I'm certainly making up for missing five days haven't I.

"That's what I'm afraid of." - Owen Lars (In response to Beru, see last post)

O' Brother Where Art I

2005-09-15T19:30:00.000-04:00

Seems like days since I sat down to do this, and to be honest I almost forget how. I'm starting to think that maybe getting my wife a Mac was the wrong idea. Lately if the Mac is open and I try to say something, Shhhhhhh is all I get. Well, not really but I like to tease her about all the hours of posting and reading posts she puts in.

On to what has been on my mind since driving home today. I decided today to give a borrowed CD a chance in the player, I still stand by my first thought of this group. Which is and will probably always be negative. As I tried to listen intently to them I found myself growing with disgust. They are no different than any other run of the mill CCM artist. There is nothing that this group has to offer that already hasn't been put on the table. In my opinion a new group should have something different to offer the world, and present their lyrics (even if the subject is something we need to hear over and over again) in a different way. Like Tourniquet saying "Glowing hand reaches down from Heaven" instead of "He touched me" same thing said, but in a more thought provoking way. Now I know this group is right for certain people, but as for me I need something a little more different.

"Luke's just not a farmer Owen. He has too much of his father in him." - Beru Lars

Foreign Objects

2005-09-10T12:50:00.000-04:00

Before the stroll down to the Columbiana Street Fair, we had our usual nice visit with my parents. What made this visit a little different were the objects my dad brought back from Korea. For starters my father spent 44,000 dollars at a Korean shop on pens, mugs and chopsticks. Okay, he actually didn't spend dollars he spent wons, and one dollar is equal 1,000 won.

The pen set we received writes beautifully, even though I know it will not help the appearance of my writing. It's funny that one pen looks like it has Firefly cursing written on it, and the other has the famous people from Mahjong sets.

Well, I'm off to do what ever this day may bring.

"Evacuate? In our moment of triumph? I think you overestimate their chances!" - Tarkin

The Face Cake of Laverne

2005-09-08T22:33:00.000-04:00

Tonight we enjoyed back to back episodes of Scrubs with a nice big bowl of popcorn. Now I'm just sitting here just trying to think of something to say without much success. Bing, The light bulb just came on, so here I go with what's on my mind.

I pulled out the latest Petra album Jekyll & Hyde again for my listening pleasure, and this is one of their best projects. The album combines their past sound with sounds of the future, even though the future of Petra will not be lasting long. My mom told me a few days ago that Petra is retiring and that one of their final shows will be in Youngstown.

I just want to say so long to Petra and thank you for all the years of that music called rock n' roll.

"Don't try to frighten us with your sorcerer's ways, Lord Vader." -Admiral Motti

Back to it all

2005-09-06T21:54:00.000-04:00

The staying up late and sleeping in has ended. At least I only have three days to finish out the week. I don't have much on my mind, in a way I'm doing this so peps will not have to remind me to post. Maybe something will come to me tomorrow.

"Now, I am the master." - Darth Vader

The Amazing Happened

2005-09-04T09:20:00.000-04:00

Well, maybe not the amazing but it was certainly rare. I, Kevin sadly fell asleep during a movie last night. (insert gasps here) I think we were only a half hour into it when it hit me like a shower of liquid heaven. Then all of a sudden I hear a heavenly voice calling my name "Kevin wake up." My immediate response was "I'm awake I'm doing just fine." Then I watched about two more minutes of the movie, and Wham! I'm asleep again. Next thing I know the heavenly voice starts again "Are you awake." and "Lets just go to bed." I quickly replied "No I'm awake. I can watch the movie." in hopes of actually accomplishing it.

Needless to say I finally conceded to my wife's heavenly voice, and went to bed. We'll most likely start over and finish the movie today. Well, time to quit writing and maybe play Zelda or watch Transformers before church.

"Into the garbage shut flyboy." - Princess Leia

Oh Happy Day

2005-09-03T11:10:00.000-04:00

Today starts the college football season. GO BUCKEYES!

The day started with a call from my mom this morning. She called to let us know that my dad would be home this afternoon instead of Monday. For those of you that don't know, my dad was in South Korea for the week on a business trip. Going to South Korea must have been exciting, and I look forward to hearing about it when the jet lag lets go of him. I think it would be hard to get back to a northeast Ohio sleep schedule, since he will be repeating a day. Yep, that's right he crossed the international dateline on this trip, which would have to screw up the bodily system.

Another thing that I thought was really neat was the restaurants my dad got to eat at. The first one my mom told me about was a traditional sit on the floor with a midget legged table and coal cook center. The Korean's must have felt bad for my dad so the next restaurant he got to eat at had chairs, Hooray dad!, but the tables were still vertically challenged. Once seated in a chair my dad noticed holes in the floor for his legs to go into. I bet he's glad to come back to normal sized tables and non spicy food.

WELCOME HOME DAD!

"You've never heard of the Millennium Falcon? It's the ship that made the Kessel run in less than twelve parsecs." Han Solo

Holy Cow

2005-09-03T02:25:00.000-04:00

Now I know that cows are only holy in India, but at this hour I felt like saying it. Also, the holy cow is for my lack of posting. I have been a very bad person. My love was probably going to flip out on me like a ninja if I didn't post soon. I really have nothing of value to say or type since this is an online thing. It's getting very late, and I can tell because I'm just rambling like I do when I get tired. So, I'll hopefully post something more interesting later.

"I have a bad feeling about this." - Pick almost any main character and they said it.

The Legend of Zelda

2005-08-30T21:48:00.000-04:00

I had to do something to occupy myself this evening since Kimmy went off with Amy to see Star Wars Revenge of the Sith. So, I pulled out the Super Nintendo to play some games. I started with The Legend of Zelda, A Link to the Past, and that's all the further I got. I really haven't played this game much since I purchased it, but I'm already addicted.

Now, I've always been a fan of the Zelda series since it's days on Nintendo. Link to the Past has to be my favorite though. This is one I'll be craving to play for a few months. Zelda is one of the best adventure games ever created. By Zelda I mean all the ones I've played, The Legend of Zelda, Zelda 2 The Adventures of Link and The Legend of Zelda - A Link to the Past. There a two other Zelda games I own, and I look forward to digging into those someday. There is also a brand new adventure due out for Gamecube sometime late this year or early next. I hope I can talk Kimmy into letting me get it soon after it comes out.

That's all my ramblings about Zelda I have for tonight. Kimmy just called and is In North Lima so I'll as I always do.

"Luke's just not a farmer, Owen. He has too much of his father in him." - Beru Lars

Could I be an addict?

2005-08-27T14:15:00.000-04:00

Here is a list of things that could mean I'm a Star Wars addict. Some of them pertain to me, which I will italicize, some are just amusing, and some I changed to sound better, so enjoy.

You can recite *all* the dialogue from the trilogy.

You watch the entire trilogy at least once a month.

Any time you pick up a walkie-talkie or two-way radio, the first thing you say is "TK-421, why aren't you at your post?"

You've written several letters to the President recommending that he dissolve the council, put power in the hands of the regional governors, and let fear keep the local systems in line.

After several hours of poker, you got thrown out of the game for suggesting, "How about some sabacc?"

When trying unsuccessfully to snare that last Cheerio floating in your cereal bowl, you remarked, "the Force is strong with this one."

On Halloween, you would never dress as: Luke, Han Solo, Leia, Vader, Chewie, Threepio, Artoo

However, you would dress as: Wedge, Porkins, Crix Madine, that spider droid from Jabba's palace that fat dancer from Jabba's palace, Sy Snootles, the Cantina bartender. The monster in the trash compactor, Boba Fett, An Imperial probe droid

You've been pulled over by a policeman, and when asked to see your driver's license you replied, "You don't need to see my identification."

And when he asks about your two friends in the back "They're for sale, if you want them."

You have held up an onion ring and said, "Look sir...droids!"

While sitting on the couch with your girlfriend, she comments about being cold. So, naturally, you slice open the side of the cushion and stuff her in.

You answer the phone "Die wanna wanga?"

Whenever you buy a new appliance, you make sure to get one that speaks Bacchi.

Whenever you catch sight of cars behind yours, you say "Fighters, coming in, point three five."

When a cop catches you speeding, you floor it, saying "I've outrun Imperial starships, and not the local bulk cruisers..."

You ride your motorbike through the forest at top speed, and survive after throwing yourself off just before it hits a tree.

You've 'wielded' a flashlight and made humming sounds.

You wave your hand purposefully and 'use the force' to open and close automatic doors or elevator doors.

When accelerating your car to enter the freeway, you tell your passengers to strap in and prepare for light speed.

Your significant other dumps you because everytime she/he says, "I love you" you always respond, "I know."

When leaving a restaurant, you can't resist signing Boba Fett or Darth Vader in the guestbook.

You went through a state of depression when Chewie died.

You look at "big hairy carpets" with more respect than before.

With a blue-tinted plastic tube, a flashlight, two hours of a Saturday night, and 4 rolls of blue electrical tape, you finally complete your own working "Light-saber"

You listen for Obi-Wan while attempting to parallel park.

You could have sworn you saw bantha tracks during your trip to the grand canyon.

The cinnamon buns in your hair start to grow mold.

You call your friend who is a midget Wicket.

You refer to money as credits without trying to.

You respond to any mention of the legality of something with "I will make it legal."

You start reliving the speeder bike chase on your motorbike.

Someone tells you your car is old and beat-up, you reply "She'll do .5 past light speed..."

You refer to getting off the freeway as coming out of hyperspace.

You are POSITIVE you are force-sensitive and only lack the proper training.

Someone says they will try to do something you automatically respond "Do or do not. There is no try."

Your house robe is brown and extra large.

You type in the terms for a search engine as if entering coordinates, then shout "Punch it, Chewie!" as you click on search.

You nickname your car the Millennium Falcon.

You call your boss "Master"

When asked if you want to be buried or cremated you say "I'll just vanish like the rest of the Jedi"

You have a bad feeling about everything.

You call your girlfriend, "your Highness."

While listening to the soundtrack without knowing the name of the song you are listening to, you know exactly what's happening while it's playing.

You have ever thought the world would be a better place if it were like the Rebel Alliance/New Republic.

Obiwan Kenobi and Yoda come to you in your dreams and give you advice about tough situations you're dealing with.

Instead of saving for college, you save up for Star Wars stuff you plan to buy.

Anyone who doesn't like Star Wars you proclaim is an Imperial.

When you are ticked off at somebody, you send bounty hunters all over the place to find them and then you encase him in carbonite for a new wall decoration.

When your alarm clock goes off in the morning, your reply is, "Unexpected this is... and unfortunate!"

You've kept the "good" action figures stored separately from the "bad" ones.

As a child, whenever you had broken something, your response was always, "It must've had a self-destruct mechanism. I didn't hit it that hard."

You've refused to enter a cave/cavern/tunnel without a handgun and a large stick.

When you waited for a friend to catch up with you, you told him to hurry up or he'd be a permanent resident.

You've ever found yourself in a chat room, training Jedi.

You've ever told your younger brother at the dinner table, "Use the fork, Luke."

You've ever roped off your Star Wars Action Figure collection, claiming it to be an independent nation.

I almost forgot...

"We'll be destroyed for sure. This is madness!" - C-3PO

Color Me An Imbecile

2005-08-26T22:30:00.000-04:00

I could just comment on Kim's blog, but I thought this was worthy of a full blown post. The only people that know about my momentary imbecileism are the passengers of the car, my wife and a select few.

Many moons ago, about nine of them if you want to get technical. I was enjoying my usual after school activity, giving rides home for my friends. Well, on the way to my first stop a huge and I mean huge yellow and black vehicle that transports many children and teens stopped at a railroad track. Little did I know that it had a brother in front of it. The first one crossed the track, and when I saw the yellow and black move I moved as well.

I didn't hit the gas at all, but I did look down for a split second and well, CRUNCH was the next thing I heard. That's right I hit said vehicle at a whopping five miles per hour (max.) at the railroad track. The driver of the yellow and black Cavalier hating machine didn't know what had happened, but all the passengers sure let him know though.

Well, then came the police, ticket, court date, $500 dollar deductible and of course the humiliation at school. So ends my story and if you have question of the truth of said story just ask Beth she was one of the passengers. Kim, this was as close to a parked bus as I could get.

"Will somebody get this big walking carpet out of my way!?" - Leia

Beast in X-Men 3

2005-08-24T22:02:00.000-04:00

If the casting stays the same Kelsey Grammer will be playing one of my favorite characters. As stated in the title he will play Beast. Off to do my Hitchcock lesson reading.

"The ability to speak does not make one intelligent." Qui-Gon Jinn

Where do I belong?

2005-08-24T20:11:00.000-04:00

I've felt out of place at work for sometime now. It wasn't my choice to leave a job I had held for four years, it was the lack of work that decided that for me. Due to those darn unemployment laws I had to take what was offered to me.

Don't get me wrong I like what I do just not in this particular field. Without bragging to much I'd like to tell ya'll that I'm quite a skilled AutoCAD drafter. I can function at my present job due to my AutoCAD knowledge, but that's what I've done for four years...function.

I'm done whining now, I just felt really out of place at work today, and I hope God lets me know what part of the drafting field I should be in.

"If there's a bright center to the universe, you're on the planet that it's farthest from." - Luke

"Actors are cattle." - Alfred Hitchcock

2005-08-22T21:53:00.000-04:00

The above quote is a favorite of mine. It was always followed by stunned silence to which he (Alfred) would reply "What I mean is that they should be treated as cattle." It doesn't sound much better, but he knew what he was talking about. I'd like to share a section of our Hitchcock course with all of you.

Herding Cattle:
Hitchcock's ideal actor was someone who could hit the marks, deliver the lines, and do the job without much feedback from him. Actors were hired because he believed they could play the role. Sometimes this reticence worried actors used to receiving positive as well as negative reinforcement from their directors, but almost all of his actors came to realize that this lack of feedback was actually a supreme expression of confidence.

Since taking this course my appreciation for the man and the art he has created has been enriched ten fold. I'm looking forward to what the next four lessons have in store for us.

"Why you stuck up...half witted...scruffy looking nerf-herder!" - Leia

FriSaturday

2005-08-20T10:28:00.000-04:00

Just wanted to post something just for the sake of doing it. Today went well at least in my opinion anyway. Now its shower day! Either this is a really long and thought out post, or I just got too tired to finish last night. I hope the shower is a success. Also, my wife needs to quit worrying that everything doesn't look good. I'll tell her now like I've told her before every thing looks great.

I'm proud of her for all the love and care she has put into this event. I think Elizabeth will be quite pleased with her, and the minion's, shower. There is not to much more running through my head at this point, but I'm sure there will be later. Well I guess I should get ready to do some more shower work. :o)

Look over there in that chair, Is it just an average guy, NO! Is it Kevin, NO!! It's CADman!!! (music starts) Who's that in the chair CADman CADman. He'll draft the evil out of town. CADman CADman. Hand drafters beware, CADman will break your pencils! Here I come to draft all day. CADMAN!!!!!!!!!

"Size matters not, judge me by my size do you?" - Yoda

I'm Kind of Nervous

2005-08-17T21:57:00.000-04:00

I'm so nervous about my lack of posts. Why haven't I posted in a few days. I'm such a bad man, it would be better to be Batman, but I think I'll just settle for CADman!

Seriously though I'm kind of nervous about what could be changing in my life very shortly. I just pray that this is a God thing, and his will be done not mine. It is funny how one phone call can change the direction one's life is going. I have a good feeling about making this call, but I will most certainly make sure I keep my own feelings in check. If all works out it will be one of the best moves for my family. (Kimmy and hopefully children) I just ask that whoever reads this to be praying that I'll make the proper decision.

Well, tomorrow is another day. I go to sleep as Kevin, wake up as Kevin, but when I'm at work I'm CADman!!!!

Later All

"Search your feelings you know it to be true." - Vader

Nervous Yet?

2005-08-14T15:47:00.000-04:00

So, anybody nervous out there because of my lack of updates? I'm just doing this to calm the nerves of my faithful readers. I don't have much on my mind at the moment. I'm just watching Match Game 78 and Macin' with my wife. We'll be leaving soon to help my parents move some furniture. Until next post.

"That's no moon, it's a space station" - Obi-Wan

Automated Telemarketers

2005-08-10T21:24:00.000-04:00

While working today I had to answer the phone for my boss, and I never would have guessed who was on the other end. Well if you have read the title you know who talked to me. I think Tina was her name and she informed me that the product for sale was designed specifically for my field of work. Tina offered the architectural firm I work for something dealing with the funeral home business. I'm so thankful that whoever designs these automated sales calls pays particular attention to who gets called.

I thought it was rather amusing, and I'd share it with the few that read my humble blog. That was about all the excitement at work today, of course nothing earth shattering could happen in my field. I'll let you all know if I ever fall out of my chair, or if my mouse leads a revolt with the keyboard.

Well, I'm off to watch King of Queens and then to bed for some more reading. Man, is The Taking getting really intriguing and intense.

"That boy was our last hope." - Obi-Wan
"No there is another." - Yoda

Taking My First Step Into A Larger World

2005-08-08T22:06:00.000-04:00

Feels kind of strange sitting down to type a blog that doesn't involve TWC site. (WTC to some) I really don't have much to say other than I'm getting sleepy, and should probably go to bed. I'll more than likley read a few chapters in The Taking before drifting off to sleep. Here is one more statement to leave you all with.

"The Force Will Be With You...Always" -Ben Kenobi

P.S. My geek flag will fly in many more blogs.