Since Tracy has the week off, I'm assuming that he hasn't much time to get on the computer to post. So, I'll continue my daily rhetoric even though most of you think I need to be locked up. (By most of you, since I'm pretty much the only one around, I mean me... Kinda sad, but we will move on.)
Today, at work, we are having a potluck. The company is buying the meat to bbq but everyone else has a food assignment. My assignment, that I volunteered for is my wife's famous beans. These are REALLY good and to make matters better, she added BACON!!! mmmmmm, bacon.........
I had some last night, and mmmmmm, bacon.... Ok, now it's quarter after 8 in the morning and I'm ready to fire up the bbq. That is just rude..
Well, now that my stomach is growling, on to JOTD... This one came to my e-mail from my Aunt Susan. Pretty good...
Joke of the Day
A pirate walked into a bar and the bartender said, "Hey, I haven't seen you in a while. What happened? You look terrible".
"What do you mean?" said the pirate, "I feel fine"
"What about the wooden leg? You didn't have that before."
"Well, we were in a battle and I got hit with a cannon ball, but I'm fine now".
"Well, ok, but what about that hook? What happened to your hand?"
"We were in another battle. I boarded a ship and got into a sword fight. My hand was cut off. I got fitted with a hook. I'm fine, really".
"What about that eye patch?"
"Oh, one day we were at sea and a flock of birds flew over. I looked up and one of them shit in my eye".
"You're kidding," said the bartender, "you couldn't lose an eye just from some bird doo-doo?"
"It was my first day with the hook"
Thursday, May 26, 2005
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Revisiting the past
In the last couple of weeks, I have been in contact with some people that I haven't seen or talked to in years. I've also been contacted by people who went to the same high school I went to and was there about the same time I was. This has left me thinking and spending a lot of time wondering about what things would have been different if I would have made other choices.
The way I see it, if, at the time I was making the decisions, you would have told me possible outcomes for each of those decisions, I would probably flipped a coin for the most part with the exception being an extremely good outcome (that I would choose) or an extremely bad outcome (that I would not have chosen, obviously...) But then again, who is to determine a good vs. a bad outcome?
Looking back now, I don't think I could make any different decisions. I also figure, that no matter what decision I would have made at that time, I would also say the same thing. I'm happy with my wife and children. My career could be better but then again, another time might have a worse career for me as well. So, even though we play the "What if..." game, remember, whatever "What if" that you choose different than what you did makes it so that you lose everything that you have now.
Ok, now that the serious stuff is over, let's move onto the JOTD... I want to thank my Aunt Sue for sending this to me. I think you will like this one.
Joke of the Day:
Actual exchanges between pilots and control towers
Tower: "Delta 351, you have traffic at 10 o'clock, 6 miles!"
Delta 351: "Give us another hint! We have digital watches!"
****************************************************************************************************
Tower: "TWA 2341, for noise abatement turn right 45 Degrees."
TWA 2341: "Center, we are at 35,000 feet. How much noise can we make up here?"
Tower: "Sir, have you ever heard the noise a 747 makes when it hits a 727?"
****************************************************************************************************
From an unknown aircraft waiting in a very long takeoff queue: "I'm f...ing bored!"
Ground Traffic Control: "Last aircraft transmitting, identify yourself immediately!"
Unknown aircraft: "I said I was f...ing bored, not f...ing stupid!"
****************************************************************************************************
O'Hare Approach Control to a 747:
"United 329 heavy, your traffic is a Fokker, one o'clock, three miles, Eastbound."
United 329:
"Approach, I've always wanted to say this...I've got the little Fokker in sight."
******************************************************************************************************
A student became lost during a solo cross-country flight. While attempting to locate the aircraft on radar, ATC asked, "What was your last known position?"
Student: "When I was number one for takeoff."
*****************************************************************************************************
A DC-10 had come in a little hot and thus had an exceedingly long roll out after touching down. San Jose Tower Noted:
"American 751, make a hard right turn at the end of the runway, if you are able. If you are not able, take the Guadeloupe exit off Highway 101, make a right at the lights and return to the airport."
******************************************************************************************************
There's a story about the military pilot calling for a priority landing because his single-engine jet fighter was running "a bit peaked".
Air Traffic Control told the fighter jock that he was number two, behind a B-52 that had one engine shut down.
"Ah," the fighter pilot remarked, "The dreaded seven-engine approach."
***************************************************************************** **************************
A Pan Am 727 flight, waiting for start clearance in Munich, overheard the following:
Lufthansa (in German): "Ground, what is our start clearance time?"
Ground (in English): "If you want an answer you must speak in English."
Lufthansa (in English): "I am a German, flying a German airplane, in Germany. Why must I speak English?"
Unknown voice from another plane (in a beautiful British accent):
"Because you lost the bloody war!"
*****************************************************************************************************
Tower: "Eastern 702, cleared for takeoff, contact Departure on frequency 124.7"
Eastern 702: "Tower, Eastern 702 switching to Departure. By the way,after we lifted off we saw some kind of dead animal on the far end of the runway."
Tower: "Continental 635, cleared for takeoff behind Eastern 702, contact Departure on frequency 124.7. Did you copy that report from Eastern
702?"
BR Continental 635: "Continental 635, cleared for takeoff, roger; and yes, we copied Eastern... we've already notified our caterers."
********************************************************************************************************
One day the pilot of a Cherokee 180 was told by the tower to hold short of the active runway while a DC-8 landed. The DC-8 landed, rolled out, turned around, and taxied back past the Cherokee.
Some quick-witted comedian in the DC-8 crew got on the radio and said,
"What a cute little plane. Did you make it all by yourself?"
The Cherokee pilot, not about to let the insult go by, came back with a real zinger:
"I made it out of DC-8 parts. Another landing like yours and I'll have enough parts for another one."
*******************************************************************************************************
The German air controllers at Frankfurt Airport are renowned as a short-tempered lot. They not only expect one to know one's gate parking location, but how to get there without any assistance from them.
So it was with some amusement that we (a Pan Am 747) listened to the following exchange between Frankfurt ground control and a British Airways 747, call sign Speedbird 206.
Speedbird 206: "Frankfurt, Speedbird 206 clear of active runway."
Ground: "Speedbird 206. Taxi to gate Alpha One-Seven."
The BA 747 pulled onto the main taxiway and slowed to a stop.
Ground: "Speedbird, do you not know where you are going?"
Speedbird 206: "Stand by, Ground, I'm looking up our gate location now."
Ground (with quite arrogant impatience): "Speedbird 206, have you not been to Frankfurt before?"
Speedbird 206 (coolly): "Yes, twice in 1944, but it was dark, -- And I didn't land."
******************************************************************************************************
While taxiing at London's Gatwick Airport, the crew of a US Air flight departing for Ft. Lauderdale made a wrong turn and came nose to nose with a United 727.
An irate female ground controller lashed out at the US Air crew, screaming:
"US Air 2771, where the hell are you going?! I told you to turn right onto Charlie taxiway! You turned right on Delta! Stop right there. I know it's difficult for you to tell the difference between C and D, but get it right!"
Continuing her rage to the embarrassed crew, she was now shouting hysterically:
"God! Now you've screwed everything up! It'll take forever to sort this out! You stay right there and don't move till I tell you to! You can expect progressive taxi instructions in about half an hour, and I want you to go exactly where I tell you, when I tell you, and how I tell you! You got that, US Air 2771?"
"Yes, ma'am," the humbled crew responded.
Naturally, the ground control communications frequency fell terribly silent after the verbal bashing of US Air 2771. Nobody wanted to chance engaging the irate ground controller in her current state of mind. Tension in every cockpit out around Gatwick was definitely running high.
Just then an unknown pilot broke the silence and keyed his microphone, asking:
"Wasn't I married to you once?"
The way I see it, if, at the time I was making the decisions, you would have told me possible outcomes for each of those decisions, I would probably flipped a coin for the most part with the exception being an extremely good outcome (that I would choose) or an extremely bad outcome (that I would not have chosen, obviously...) But then again, who is to determine a good vs. a bad outcome?
Looking back now, I don't think I could make any different decisions. I also figure, that no matter what decision I would have made at that time, I would also say the same thing. I'm happy with my wife and children. My career could be better but then again, another time might have a worse career for me as well. So, even though we play the "What if..." game, remember, whatever "What if" that you choose different than what you did makes it so that you lose everything that you have now.
Ok, now that the serious stuff is over, let's move onto the JOTD... I want to thank my Aunt Sue for sending this to me. I think you will like this one.
Joke of the Day:
Actual exchanges between pilots and control towers
Tower: "Delta 351, you have traffic at 10 o'clock, 6 miles!"
Delta 351: "Give us another hint! We have digital watches!"
****************************************************************************************************
Tower: "TWA 2341, for noise abatement turn right 45 Degrees."
TWA 2341: "Center, we are at 35,000 feet. How much noise can we make up here?"
Tower: "Sir, have you ever heard the noise a 747 makes when it hits a 727?"
****************************************************************************************************
From an unknown aircraft waiting in a very long takeoff queue: "I'm f...ing bored!"
Ground Traffic Control: "Last aircraft transmitting, identify yourself immediately!"
Unknown aircraft: "I said I was f...ing bored, not f...ing stupid!"
****************************************************************************************************
O'Hare Approach Control to a 747:
"United 329 heavy, your traffic is a Fokker, one o'clock, three miles, Eastbound."
United 329:
"Approach, I've always wanted to say this...I've got the little Fokker in sight."
******************************************************************************************************
A student became lost during a solo cross-country flight. While attempting to locate the aircraft on radar, ATC asked, "What was your last known position?"
Student: "When I was number one for takeoff."
*****************************************************************************************************
A DC-10 had come in a little hot and thus had an exceedingly long roll out after touching down. San Jose Tower Noted:
"American 751, make a hard right turn at the end of the runway, if you are able. If you are not able, take the Guadeloupe exit off Highway 101, make a right at the lights and return to the airport."
******************************************************************************************************
There's a story about the military pilot calling for a priority landing because his single-engine jet fighter was running "a bit peaked".
Air Traffic Control told the fighter jock that he was number two, behind a B-52 that had one engine shut down.
"Ah," the fighter pilot remarked, "The dreaded seven-engine approach."
***************************************************************************** **************************
A Pan Am 727 flight, waiting for start clearance in Munich, overheard the following:
Lufthansa (in German): "Ground, what is our start clearance time?"
Ground (in English): "If you want an answer you must speak in English."
Lufthansa (in English): "I am a German, flying a German airplane, in Germany. Why must I speak English?"
Unknown voice from another plane (in a beautiful British accent):
"Because you lost the bloody war!"
*****************************************************************************************************
Tower: "Eastern 702, cleared for takeoff, contact Departure on frequency 124.7"
Eastern 702: "Tower, Eastern 702 switching to Departure. By the way,after we lifted off we saw some kind of dead animal on the far end of the runway."
Tower: "Continental 635, cleared for takeoff behind Eastern 702, contact Departure on frequency 124.7. Did you copy that report from Eastern
702?"
BR Continental 635: "Continental 635, cleared for takeoff, roger; and yes, we copied Eastern... we've already notified our caterers."
********************************************************************************************************
One day the pilot of a Cherokee 180 was told by the tower to hold short of the active runway while a DC-8 landed. The DC-8 landed, rolled out, turned around, and taxied back past the Cherokee.
Some quick-witted comedian in the DC-8 crew got on the radio and said,
"What a cute little plane. Did you make it all by yourself?"
The Cherokee pilot, not about to let the insult go by, came back with a real zinger:
"I made it out of DC-8 parts. Another landing like yours and I'll have enough parts for another one."
*******************************************************************************************************
The German air controllers at Frankfurt Airport are renowned as a short-tempered lot. They not only expect one to know one's gate parking location, but how to get there without any assistance from them.
So it was with some amusement that we (a Pan Am 747) listened to the following exchange between Frankfurt ground control and a British Airways 747, call sign Speedbird 206.
Speedbird 206: "Frankfurt, Speedbird 206 clear of active runway."
Ground: "Speedbird 206. Taxi to gate Alpha One-Seven."
The BA 747 pulled onto the main taxiway and slowed to a stop.
Ground: "Speedbird, do you not know where you are going?"
Speedbird 206: "Stand by, Ground, I'm looking up our gate location now."
Ground (with quite arrogant impatience): "Speedbird 206, have you not been to Frankfurt before?"
Speedbird 206 (coolly): "Yes, twice in 1944, but it was dark, -- And I didn't land."
******************************************************************************************************
While taxiing at London's Gatwick Airport, the crew of a US Air flight departing for Ft. Lauderdale made a wrong turn and came nose to nose with a United 727.
An irate female ground controller lashed out at the US Air crew, screaming:
"US Air 2771, where the hell are you going?! I told you to turn right onto Charlie taxiway! You turned right on Delta! Stop right there. I know it's difficult for you to tell the difference between C and D, but get it right!"
Continuing her rage to the embarrassed crew, she was now shouting hysterically:
"God! Now you've screwed everything up! It'll take forever to sort this out! You stay right there and don't move till I tell you to! You can expect progressive taxi instructions in about half an hour, and I want you to go exactly where I tell you, when I tell you, and how I tell you! You got that, US Air 2771?"
"Yes, ma'am," the humbled crew responded.
Naturally, the ground control communications frequency fell terribly silent after the verbal bashing of US Air 2771. Nobody wanted to chance engaging the irate ground controller in her current state of mind. Tension in every cockpit out around Gatwick was definitely running high.
Just then an unknown pilot broke the silence and keyed his microphone, asking:
"Wasn't I married to you once?"
Monday, May 23, 2005
Weekend planning...
Life has become interesting because our weekend plans seem to have been preempted by others that need help with things. Last Saturday, we helped my brother work on ditches for his sprinkler system. This weekend, being Memorial Weekend, we were nominated to help clean the church building because we will be one of the few families that will be in town that weekend. We are also helping my mother-in-law move this weekend as well.
The following weekend, my mom is coming in town and we are going to help her get her house in SL ready to be sold. So, life will be busy for the next couple of weeks. Hopefully it will slow down a little soon so we can get some other things done.
Well, to JOTD.... ajokeaday.com again. Will start looking for additional sources as this well seems to be pretty shallow on jokes.
Joke of the Day:
A grasshopper hops into a bar and the bartender looks at him and says, "HEY! We have a drink named after you!"
The grasshopper looks at the bartender and says, "You have a drink named Harry?"
The following weekend, my mom is coming in town and we are going to help her get her house in SL ready to be sold. So, life will be busy for the next couple of weeks. Hopefully it will slow down a little soon so we can get some other things done.
Well, to JOTD.... ajokeaday.com again. Will start looking for additional sources as this well seems to be pretty shallow on jokes.
Joke of the Day:
A grasshopper hops into a bar and the bartender looks at him and says, "HEY! We have a drink named after you!"
The grasshopper looks at the bartender and says, "You have a drink named Harry?"
Friday, May 20, 2005
First Film Ideas
So, as I was walking home from work yesterday, I had some valuable time to think about anything that popped into my head. As I was contemplating the idea from yesterday of creating short films, I had 2 ideas. Both, as visuals could be quite good but a lot is lost in the translation so bear with me and try to "visualize".
Idea #1 - Right of Way - I don't have the whole idea worked out yet as far as how this is going to be scripted but try and get an idea. I'm thinking of a male, either teen on his way to school or young adult leaving the house for work, or the like. He reaches a somewhat busy intersection with a light and a cross walk. As the signal turns to the "walk", he begins to cross the street only to have the cross walk sign turn to "don't walk" and cars begin to flood the intersection causing him to hurry back to the other side of the street. He presses the button again to the walk signal and the light again changes. As he again attempts to cross the street, each time he is thwarted by the signal. As he starts to give up, a lady with a stroller/kids, or something of the like comes, pushes the button and crosses the street unhindered.
The kid watches in unbelief and then attempts it again. After many attempts, he finally makes it across the street. As he does, his mother/wife calls from the other side saying, "Honey, you forgot your backpack."
I'll post idea number 2 later.
Anyway, now that we are past the boring stuff and the reason you visit this blog, JOTD.... Today, once again, is from ajokeaday.com. Tough pickin' today. Wasn't a good day for jokes I guess.
Joke of the Day:
A man goes into a bar and orders double bourbon. He takes a sip of the drink and says to the bartender: "I shouldn’t be drinking this with what I’ve got." The bartender says: "What have you got".
The man replies: "30 cents".
Idea #1 - Right of Way - I don't have the whole idea worked out yet as far as how this is going to be scripted but try and get an idea. I'm thinking of a male, either teen on his way to school or young adult leaving the house for work, or the like. He reaches a somewhat busy intersection with a light and a cross walk. As the signal turns to the "walk", he begins to cross the street only to have the cross walk sign turn to "don't walk" and cars begin to flood the intersection causing him to hurry back to the other side of the street. He presses the button again to the walk signal and the light again changes. As he again attempts to cross the street, each time he is thwarted by the signal. As he starts to give up, a lady with a stroller/kids, or something of the like comes, pushes the button and crosses the street unhindered.
The kid watches in unbelief and then attempts it again. After many attempts, he finally makes it across the street. As he does, his mother/wife calls from the other side saying, "Honey, you forgot your backpack."
I'll post idea number 2 later.
Anyway, now that we are past the boring stuff and the reason you visit this blog, JOTD.... Today, once again, is from ajokeaday.com. Tough pickin' today. Wasn't a good day for jokes I guess.
Joke of the Day:
A man goes into a bar and orders double bourbon. He takes a sip of the drink and says to the bartender: "I shouldn’t be drinking this with what I’ve got." The bartender says: "What have you got".
The man replies: "30 cents".
*sigh* I'm a slacker
Ok, so I'm not the best at posting everday... I'm tired, busy, and I could probably come up with about a dozen more excuses, the only one that makes sense is that I'm a slacker! Well nothing real exciting has been going on, nothing worthy of blogging anyway. I also decided that my lame "Word of the Day" idea sucked rocks, so I'm back on the search for a good thing to do. I've been enjoying B's JOTD. They have been pretty funny. Thoughts are above my head and I can't steal Neal's idea because I don't have a pet. So it's back to square one. I have an idea of what to do, but I have to get it a lttle more prepared before I can really make it a daily thing. Anyway, I have all next week off of work, to...work. HA! I'm taking time off to go work in my yard. It needs a lot of tender loving care since it's just a big mud pile when it rains. Hopefully, knock on wood, I will have the sod in the back by Memorial Day. We are doing seed in the front later in the fall, but other than that, we should have a mostly fenced in back yard with grass by the end of the month. That is if all goes well. Wish me luck, and if you want to help, come on over.
Thursday, May 19, 2005
Ideas Abound
So, I haven't had a whole lot of time to work on stuff at home. I wish there were more time but between kids homework, honey-do's and running errands, life is busy at Casa de McGee.
Anyway, life is getting more and more interesting. We got the camcorder fixed (needed new batteries as the other ones were worn out) and now it is ready to record. So, after watching some fun things, I've decided we are going to try our hand at film-making. Nothing really extensive but watching some of the stuff that people have done, I feel it could be a lot of fun.
To see some examples, go to Atom Films and check out some of the fun stuff people have done. If you have any ideas, I'm open to some suggestions given that:
(1) The ideas are relatively easy to do.
(2) The ideas are clean (ratings of G and PG preferred)
(3) The ideas don't involve a LOT of people.
I'm thinking of approaching some others that are local to help with ideas and also parts. Most of the people that read this may be involved. If you want, get your thinking caps on and let's get some things going. I think it'll be a lot of fun and it will be a chance for us to work together to do something fun. I"m sure the kids will enjoy it also.
Well, time to go to the grab bag for the JOTD.... This one is thanks to ajokeaday.com. A lot of research went into finding the right joke (meaning, I wasted time reading through the website laughing at jokes and copied the one I was on when I realized I had to get back to work.)
Joke of the Day:
About 3:30 in the morning, a wife wakes up to find she is alone in the bed and she can hear her husband crying uncontrollably. She gets up and starts to look for him. He's not in the bathroom, living room, or in the kitchen. As she passes the laundry room, she hears his faint sniffels coming from the basement. She turns on the light and goes downstairs to find him. Finally, she finds him huddled in the corner, rolled up into a ball, and crying hysterically. She runs over to him and asks why he is crying. He says, "Do you remember when we got married twenty (20) years ago?" She looks at him and says, "yes". He says, "well, a couple of months before, your dad said that I could marry you or go to jail." She says, "I already know that. I don't see what the problem is." He says, " don't you see!!! I would have gotten out today!"
Anyway, life is getting more and more interesting. We got the camcorder fixed (needed new batteries as the other ones were worn out) and now it is ready to record. So, after watching some fun things, I've decided we are going to try our hand at film-making. Nothing really extensive but watching some of the stuff that people have done, I feel it could be a lot of fun.
To see some examples, go to Atom Films and check out some of the fun stuff people have done. If you have any ideas, I'm open to some suggestions given that:
(1) The ideas are relatively easy to do.
(2) The ideas are clean (ratings of G and PG preferred)
(3) The ideas don't involve a LOT of people.
I'm thinking of approaching some others that are local to help with ideas and also parts. Most of the people that read this may be involved. If you want, get your thinking caps on and let's get some things going. I think it'll be a lot of fun and it will be a chance for us to work together to do something fun. I"m sure the kids will enjoy it also.
Well, time to go to the grab bag for the JOTD.... This one is thanks to ajokeaday.com. A lot of research went into finding the right joke (meaning, I wasted time reading through the website laughing at jokes and copied the one I was on when I realized I had to get back to work.)
Joke of the Day:
About 3:30 in the morning, a wife wakes up to find she is alone in the bed and she can hear her husband crying uncontrollably. She gets up and starts to look for him. He's not in the bathroom, living room, or in the kitchen. As she passes the laundry room, she hears his faint sniffels coming from the basement. She turns on the light and goes downstairs to find him. Finally, she finds him huddled in the corner, rolled up into a ball, and crying hysterically. She runs over to him and asks why he is crying. He says, "Do you remember when we got married twenty (20) years ago?" She looks at him and says, "yes". He says, "well, a couple of months before, your dad said that I could marry you or go to jail." She says, "I already know that. I don't see what the problem is." He says, " don't you see!!! I would have gotten out today!"
Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Awesome...
Here are a few "awesome" things or people this week...
The list could go on, but that's a pretty good idea of what I find to be awesome. Life is treating me well, knock on wood, and I can't complain too much.
Here goes the new "Feature" of my blog... Don't ask me why, but it is inspired by PeeWee's Playhouse, it's the word of the day. Now most words of the day you find on websites are giving you a definition, not mine, if you hear mine throughout the day, scream, yell, make lots of noise and see how many looks you get. If you don't want to cause a comotion, then let the voices in your head loose, but be careful that they don't give you a headache. Today's Word: Nice
- Neal and Heather gave us a suprise visit, visits from friends rock!!!
- My Wife, she's just...awesome!!!
- My trenches are getting dug, slowly but surely
- Sunday Roast and mashed potatos
- Fun family BBQ
- Falling asleep with my Bree
- Chatting with my kids for a few minutes before they go to bed
- ...
The list could go on, but that's a pretty good idea of what I find to be awesome. Life is treating me well, knock on wood, and I can't complain too much.
Here goes the new "Feature" of my blog... Don't ask me why, but it is inspired by PeeWee's Playhouse, it's the word of the day. Now most words of the day you find on websites are giving you a definition, not mine, if you hear mine throughout the day, scream, yell, make lots of noise and see how many looks you get. If you don't want to cause a comotion, then let the voices in your head loose, but be careful that they don't give you a headache. Today's Word: Nice
Family Home Evening
Last night, being Monday, we were to hold family home evening. (For those of you that don't know, its a time to learn together as a family, play games, sing songs, have treats, etc.)
So, the oldest daughter was taking too long on her homework so we got to FHE a lttle later than normal. It wasn't really a complete FHE but we did get to a lesson and a couple of activities. Some of us had treats, if you could call them treats.
We had a lesson entitled "When the lights go out" and involves the different things that you could do to prepare for a time when the electricity fails. The activity involved giving my son and I a buzz cut.
The wife and kids played games on the 'puter and I, having not had dinner yet, had a late dinner. The treat involved having Cool Ranch Doritos that I had with dinner. The kids came and raided the bag. (BTW, I just checked out the website and it is pretty funny. Check it out.)
Any, JOTD is next... This one is brought to you by the friendly folks at ajokeaday.com.
Joke of the Day:
His father sends a small boy to bed. Five
minutes later....
"Da-ad...."
"What?" "I'm thirsty. Can you bring drink of water?" "No. You had your
chance. Lights out."
Five minutes later: "Da-aaaad....."
"WHAT?"
"I'm THIRSTY. Can I have a drink of water??"
"I told you NO!" If you ask again, I'll have to spank you!!"
Five minutes later......"Daaaa-aaaad....."
"WHAT!"
"When you come in to spank me, can you bring a drink of water?"
So, the oldest daughter was taking too long on her homework so we got to FHE a lttle later than normal. It wasn't really a complete FHE but we did get to a lesson and a couple of activities. Some of us had treats, if you could call them treats.
We had a lesson entitled "When the lights go out" and involves the different things that you could do to prepare for a time when the electricity fails. The activity involved giving my son and I a buzz cut.
The wife and kids played games on the 'puter and I, having not had dinner yet, had a late dinner. The treat involved having Cool Ranch Doritos that I had with dinner. The kids came and raided the bag. (BTW, I just checked out the website and it is pretty funny. Check it out.)
Any, JOTD is next... This one is brought to you by the friendly folks at ajokeaday.com.
Joke of the Day:
His father sends a small boy to bed. Five
minutes later....
"Da-ad...."
"What?" "I'm thirsty. Can you bring drink of water?" "No. You had your
chance. Lights out."
Five minutes later: "Da-aaaad....."
"WHAT?"
"I'm THIRSTY. Can I have a drink of water??"
"I told you NO!" If you ask again, I'll have to spank you!!"
Five minutes later......"Daaaa-aaaad....."
"WHAT!"
"When you come in to spank me, can you bring a drink of water?"
Monday, May 16, 2005
Back to work...
This weekend was a little too busy for my taste. I didn't get as much time to relax as I would have liked, but I also didn't get much done that I wanted to either. Did get the lawn mowed (well, most of it at my house anyway) and got my mom's lawn mowed.
Did some stuff with the boy, ran some errands, had a family bbq party at the park, and then a bunch of church things.
Did find a new burger that I liked thanks to my brother-in-law. I think it's going to be the only real way to make a burger from now on.
Take a hamburger patty, put a pinapple ring on top, fill the center with bbq sauce and then cover it with cheese.... MMMMMMM.... Ok, now I'm drooling again.
Well, JOTD is next.... Netscape again. I'm going to look for some other sources, but as long as they put out good jokes... (As long as I give them credit, it's not plagerism....)
Joke of the Day:
A couple of guys in a pickup truck drove into a lumberyard. One of the men walked in the office and said, "We need some four-by-twos."
The clerk said, "You mean two-by-fours, don't you?"
The man said, "I'll go check," and went back to the truck. He returned a minute later and said, "Yeah, I meant two-by-fours."
"All right. How long do you need them?"
The customer paused for a minute and said, "I'd better go check." After a while, the customer returned to the office and said, "A long time. We're gonna build a house."
Did some stuff with the boy, ran some errands, had a family bbq party at the park, and then a bunch of church things.
Did find a new burger that I liked thanks to my brother-in-law. I think it's going to be the only real way to make a burger from now on.
Take a hamburger patty, put a pinapple ring on top, fill the center with bbq sauce and then cover it with cheese.... MMMMMMM.... Ok, now I'm drooling again.
Well, JOTD is next.... Netscape again. I'm going to look for some other sources, but as long as they put out good jokes... (As long as I give them credit, it's not plagerism....)
Joke of the Day:
A couple of guys in a pickup truck drove into a lumberyard. One of the men walked in the office and said, "We need some four-by-twos."
The clerk said, "You mean two-by-fours, don't you?"
The man said, "I'll go check," and went back to the truck. He returned a minute later and said, "Yeah, I meant two-by-fours."
"All right. How long do you need them?"
The customer paused for a minute and said, "I'd better go check." After a while, the customer returned to the office and said, "A long time. We're gonna build a house."
Friday, May 13, 2005
It's Friday, once again...
I know we all love Friday's. Most of the time they are usually kick-back, relax. No body wants to work because they are anticipating their weekend plans. Since it has been extremely wet around here (not that I'm complaining too loudly... several years of drought and a wet spring looks REALLY good), we have been pretty couped up around the house. It'll be nice to get out, spend some time in the yard, etc.
Anyway, new idea for the blog. JOTD...
Joke of the day: (Two big thumbs up to Netscape for this one.) After dying in a car crash, three friends go to Heaven for orientation. They are all asked the same question: "When you are in your casket and friends and family are mourning upon you, what would you like to hear them say about you?"
The first guy immediately responds, "I would like to hear them say that I was one of the great doctors of my time, and a great family man."
The second guy says, "I would like to hear that I was a wonderful husband and school teacher who made a huge difference in our children of tomorrow."
The last guy thinks a minute and replies, "I would like to hear them say, 'LOOK, HE'S MOVING!'"
Anyway, new idea for the blog. JOTD...
Joke of the day: (Two big thumbs up to Netscape for this one.) After dying in a car crash, three friends go to Heaven for orientation. They are all asked the same question: "When you are in your casket and friends and family are mourning upon you, what would you like to hear them say about you?"
The first guy immediately responds, "I would like to hear them say that I was one of the great doctors of my time, and a great family man."
The second guy says, "I would like to hear that I was a wonderful husband and school teacher who made a huge difference in our children of tomorrow."
The last guy thinks a minute and replies, "I would like to hear them say, 'LOOK, HE'S MOVING!'"
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
One of My Fears
Ok, I'll admit it, I'm not that tough when it comes down to it. I know hard to beleive. One of my stupid little fears is driving under an overpass that is there for trains. I don't mind it when there is not train and going under the freeway never bothers me, jutst when there is a train involved. I don't know how this phobia came about, but it's there and it's just stupid. Well yesterday, May 10, 2005, there was a little accident with a train in Heber. News Story. If you look at the news story, one of the pictures shows the train stopped on that little bridge going over the freeway. To me that's just scary. I don't get scared enough to stop my car until the train passes, I can drive under it, but I always get the chills when I have to do it. Anyway, lame thing to blog on, but it needed to be said. If you didn't know before that I was a wuss, now you do. At least my kids think I'm as strong as Hercules. I figure that can drive my self-esteem for at least a couple more years.
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Stupid Questionaires...
So I get this email from my sister today with a list of questions that you are supposed to answer and send around to people you know. I think these are fun, sometimes... In particular I like to read my brother's answers because he just makes me laugh, I laughed so hard, Peanut butter and jelly sandwhich almost went shooting out my nose. Here are a few of his answers:
3. Do you wish on stars? I've never been on a star in my life but if I
could stand on a star and not burn up, I'd probably make wishes there too.
14. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? I found that if you
don't tie them when you put them on, you don't have to untie them when you
take them off. Saves a couple of minutes everyday. I generally use those
precious few minutes picking myself up off the floor occasionally through
the day.
15. Do you think that you are strong? Why? You lookin' for a fight?
22. What color pants and shoes are you wearing? Why? Are you trying to fill
out the restraining order?
26. What is the weather like right now? Ok, this could take a while... In
LA, its sunny and 65. In San Antonio, its cloudy and 77. In Billings
(Montana), light rain and 47. In NY, partly cloudy and 62.....
Those are a few of my favorites, it just made me laugh. I'm curious as to who comes up with these questions anyway, some of them are just plain retarded. Like I said it's fun to fill them out and get them back.
3. Do you wish on stars? I've never been on a star in my life but if I
could stand on a star and not burn up, I'd probably make wishes there too.
14. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? I found that if you
don't tie them when you put them on, you don't have to untie them when you
take them off. Saves a couple of minutes everyday. I generally use those
precious few minutes picking myself up off the floor occasionally through
the day.
15. Do you think that you are strong? Why? You lookin' for a fight?
22. What color pants and shoes are you wearing? Why? Are you trying to fill
out the restraining order?
26. What is the weather like right now? Ok, this could take a while... In
LA, its sunny and 65. In San Antonio, its cloudy and 77. In Billings
(Montana), light rain and 47. In NY, partly cloudy and 62.....
Those are a few of my favorites, it just made me laugh. I'm curious as to who comes up with these questions anyway, some of them are just plain retarded. Like I said it's fun to fill them out and get them back.
Home repairs
So, I've officially decided that there are things that I don't mind doing around the house and other things I really don't like. Even within the same category. For example, I enjoy plumbing when it involves an upgrade to existing equipment. (i.e. when I put in the dishwasher.)
Then there are other tasks that I don't like, such as cleaning out pipes that are clogged. Such was the case last night and will also be part of the case tonight. There are / were two problem areas within the house, the bathroom sink drain and the washing machine drain. The clog for the bathroom sink drain was fairly easy to repair and was just a matter of cleaning out the pipe a little.
The washing machine drain has proved to be more of a problem then originally thought. I have discussed the problem with a couple of people and have a pretty good idea on what to do. Tonight will tell the tale of whether I can actually follow through and make the repairs.
Updates coming soon.....
Then there are other tasks that I don't like, such as cleaning out pipes that are clogged. Such was the case last night and will also be part of the case tonight. There are / were two problem areas within the house, the bathroom sink drain and the washing machine drain. The clog for the bathroom sink drain was fairly easy to repair and was just a matter of cleaning out the pipe a little.
The washing machine drain has proved to be more of a problem then originally thought. I have discussed the problem with a couple of people and have a pretty good idea on what to do. Tonight will tell the tale of whether I can actually follow through and make the repairs.
Updates coming soon.....
Monday, May 09, 2005
Another movie review....
So, this posts review is about a movie talked about by Tracy and is entitled, Finding Neverland.
This is a very good movie and, like Tracy said, it was very magical. One part that I thought hillarious is the pirate part. The reason I find this funny, was at that point, J.M. Barrie turns into Captain Jack Sparrow. (For those of you that don't remember the name, follow the link.)
All-in-all, I would recommend this film to anyone and everyone that has even the slightest glimpse of an imagination. If you don't have an imagination, it is highly recommended that you do not watch this movie without supervision by someone with an imagination.
This is a very good movie and, like Tracy said, it was very magical. One part that I thought hillarious is the pirate part. The reason I find this funny, was at that point, J.M. Barrie turns into Captain Jack Sparrow. (For those of you that don't remember the name, follow the link.)
All-in-all, I would recommend this film to anyone and everyone that has even the slightest glimpse of an imagination. If you don't have an imagination, it is highly recommended that you do not watch this movie without supervision by someone with an imagination.
Missed a Few
It's funny how when life get busy and hectic, how you drop things. Last week was a pretty busy week and I didn't write much. This week shouldn't be too bad, until Thursday and Friday when I'll be the only one from my team here. And even then it won't be too bad. This past weekend was a pretty good one. It was Mother's Day, and I got to see my mom. Her and Bob, drove up from St. George to spend some time with us and get see what it would take to get the house ready to be sold. It was nice. I did buy my wife a Kitchen Aide mixer, which made her weekend. Tiaree and I bought it on Saturday and gave it to her then, because it was too big to hide. Not much is happening otherwise. I got my yard all marked up for my sprinkler system and now I need to go buy all the goods.
I'm changing my In Sports section, I'm revamping the format and will let you know in a couple of days when I know what will take it's place. Any suggestions or comments would be good.
I'm changing my In Sports section, I'm revamping the format and will let you know in a couple of days when I know what will take it's place. Any suggestions or comments would be good.
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
Busy, Busy, Busy
I started to go over the schedule for the next little while and have realized how busy we have become. Between all of the things we have to do to clean up and organize the house, help the kids with school work, work stuff, and the extra curricular activities that we currently have (not to mention the other things we want to do) there just doesn't seem to be a whole lot of time.
So, this will be short, needless to say. Sometimes I hope that we never slow down and other times, I just need a break.
So, this will be short, needless to say. Sometimes I hope that we never slow down and other times, I just need a break.
Monday, May 02, 2005
Another Weekend Gone
Today is Monday, and I'm already tired. I have a feeling it's going to be a long week. Oh well, such is life. I'm not going to complain anymore, it doesn't get me anywhere and doesn't make me feel any better. I'm going to put it in a little bottle and when I play racquetball or something, I'll open the bottle and let it all go. It will help me feel better. Anyway, today has been a pretty good day already, I am ready for a nap though. It will happen, I have a long bus ride home today so that will be a good time for a nap.
In SportsIt's pretty boring at the beginning of the week. In baseball over the weekend the Mets dropped 2 of 3 to Washington and are playing Philadelphia today. In golf, someone beside Vijay won, which is always good. Tim Petrovic won in a playoff at the Zurich. This weekend is the Wachovia Championship.
In SportsIt's pretty boring at the beginning of the week. In baseball over the weekend the Mets dropped 2 of 3 to Washington and are playing Philadelphia today. In golf, someone beside Vijay won, which is always good. Tim Petrovic won in a playoff at the Zurich. This weekend is the Wachovia Championship.
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