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"A coward dies a thousand deaths, a soldier dies but once"

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Pilobolus - WOW

I got an email from my father-in-law that blew my mind. It was a group of people, on Conan O'Brien, that created a story from shadows. I'm sure everybody knows about this group, and I'm the last person to hear of them, but I thought it was pretty friggin' cool.


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Thursday, July 10, 2008

Born to be wild

[Title]...something my son is not, which made the adventure of learning how to ride a bike, challenging and intense.

If you know T-man he's shy at first, then he'll talk your ear off...he's scared of heights, then when he gets up there he loves them...he's leery of trying anything out of his comfort zone, then usually loves it when he is pushed to do things he is leery about. I can't point fingers here and even though he's not my 'blood-son', the apple doesn't fall far from the tree...

Learning how to ride a bike:
*Option 1 - Call my mom and find out what she did to teach me
*Option 2 - Just get out there and try it
*Option 3 - Google it (it's amazing what you can find on the web)
**Results from option 1 - "You just got on and rode back and forth across the street for hours" - mom
**Results from option 2 - Little to no progress, both parties started getting very frustrated and discouraged.
**Results from option 3 - THE ARTICLE OF ALL ARTICLES, MY SAVING GRACE.

For those expecting parents or parents getting ready to cross this bridge, listen closely, I'm about to give you the #1, secret, magic ingredient...Take the pedals off the bike and find a grassy hill. BINGO!!! We're riding a bike in less than 15 minutes, and my back is feeling a hell of a lot better than in did the 4 previous days of bending and pushing.

Here's the finished product, I didn't have my camera with me filming grassy knoll portion, but you'll get the idea.

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Thursday, June 12, 2008

Video of trip to Houston last month

Went down and saw my sister and her family last month, and was FINALLY able to put together a video. Enjoy.



Cool beans.

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Tuesday, June 10, 2008

3 years ago...yesterday

...I woke up a single 25 year-old guy, living with one of my best friends, nervous as hell, thinking of how I was going to ask this new girl at work out on a date.

3 years ago...yesterday...so much has changed. I woke up then trying to figure out how to get rid of the previous night's hangover...

yesterday I woke up trying to figure out how to make my step-son's day more enjoyable, and how to be a better dad...

...things change

Her name is Laura and today we're celebrating our 3 year-1 day anniversary of our first date. I remember that day like it was yesterday, hell it seemed like it was yesterday, where did the time go???

There's a perfect song I hear yesterday on the radio and I'll warn you now (if the thought of Country music makes your stomach turn, view no further). I just love music that tells a story, you won't hear much of that these days. It doesn't matter if the artist is wearing a hat backwards, forwards, sideways, or if it's a cowboy hat, good music is good music. Enjoy!



Laura I love you babe, I can't wait for the next 3 years...10 years...25 years...50 years...

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Monday, May 12, 2008

Uhhhh Ohhhh....

Not something I like to see when I open the morning paper, Tornadoes & Severe Weather Kill At Least 20.

Luckily this was over 2 hours away from home, but during May and June at least 4-5 tornadoes are spotted everyday. Why did I move to Oklahoma??? :) J/K I love it out here!

Oooooooooooooklahoma where the wind comes sweeping down the plains....Fitting eh?

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Wednesday, May 07, 2008

40 days and 40 nights

Think happy thoughts... It's over, my striving quest to become a true mountain man has ended 40 days after it began. The one and only reason I shaved was in my pursuit of a new career. I'm currently exploring options outside of my comfortable living quarters, in an effort to improve the happiness level in my life. You can't go into a job interview looking like this...

Maybe I'll be able to accomplish the year long beard growing marathon in the future. Laura liked it and it was really growing on me :-)

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Tuesday, April 29, 2008

A picture's worth a thousand words

Whoever said a picture is worth 1,000 words, must have known about this fishing shop in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

To make this even more ironic, HE WAS ON HIS HONEYMOON. That's good for a laugh or two...

Chris & Julie Watson, 4-18-2008. I love you guys!

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