Bama bound...

Okay H'ville friends. Just to let everyone know, it looks like we may not be able to get to H'ville until Sunday 9 April. We're driving down from Williamsburg, and with a 1 year old, a 4 year old it may take longer than normal. I know everyone has to work M-F sorry the schedule didn't workout to us having a full weekend in H'ville. :-(

I'll try to drive fast... careful but fast!

We'll be there through Friday though. I have to be back at work on Monday the 17th... never enough time to do the things you really want you know?

It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad Lib

After reading Steve's recent venture into auto-generating Top Ten Steveishness miscilani I was reminded of what I think was one of the most fun learning tools ever... I rank them right up there with School House Rock (I'm just a bill, Conjunction Junction, VERB!, etc.)... I'm refering to Mad Libs. Those were wackiest most fun ways to learn I can recall. Do they still sell them? I checked... There are ONLINE versions! I'm so stoked! These make great drinking games too!

So, for those of you who don't know Mad Libs are short one page stories full of blanks. You're supposed to fill in the blanks with a partner who asks you for things like an adjective, adverb, or exclamation without letting you know the context of the story. Then when the blanks are all filled the friend reads back the story in all its wacky freakishness. You wind up with something like this:

Copernicus

Four hundred years ago people knew little about our studly universe. They thought that the earth was the center of the entire Whopper and that the sun and all of the minarets revolved around it. But then a Fijian named Copernicus discovered the truth. The earth revolves around the boob 3.14159265 times a year.
Copernicus, whose last name was Farquard, was born in Warsaw, and he used one of the first hoopy telescopes, which was invented by Pias. This primitive telescope was little more than two pieces of bananna stuck on each end of a brick. In 1600 an Italian Zambonier named Galileo expanded Copernicus's equitable theories, but during the Inquisition in Italy he was blessedly arrested. After F*cking for six months in jail, Galileo was forced to stop.

"Copernicus" from Mad Libs From Outer Spaceby Roger Price and Leonard Sternฉ 2001 Price Stern Sloan, a division of Penguin Putnam Inc.All rights reserved.

HUNTSVEGAS!

Okay all my bloggy friends...

We are leaving Thailand in the wee hours of Saturday (Friday night for you east-coast folks). We'll spend a week in Washington DC and Williamsburg with my mother.

We'll leave there on either 7 or 8 April and drive to Huntsvegas. Hope to be there Sunday morning (depending on how car-sick the kiddies get!)

Siren, I'd love to coordinate hotel with you (hmmm... try not to read too much into that) but we'll be staying at my father's house in the Jones Valley area. My car has been parked in his garage all this time. We can still coordinate transport, just let me know where you are staying. :-)

So, we'll be in Huntspatch from 9 to 14 April then back to Thailand. Ugh. Trip is too short, but I've got too much sh-tuff happening at work right now to be gone any longer.

I'll give my father's phone number to JY, KK, and Siren so we can all coordinate.

Lola.... please tell me Neal will be around too?!

And all... please try to break my wife in slowly! Remember she's from a different country and culture. We lived in the USA for 4 years but she's never met any group of friends quite as ... um... dynamic as you folks are. So no belly zerberts, or shower shows on the first night. unless there's a side of her I'm unaware of! ;-)

C'ya soon!

MILFstacy...

Based on commentary from a friends (or rather a group of friends) blog found here I have one thing to add...






...it does a body good!

GOT IT!

Okay! I finally got the correct URL (MySpace is such a pain in the ass!). My friend Pias's blog is at http://spaces.msn.com/pias4dd

I'd really appreciate if ya'll could take a minute, take a look, leave a comment, invite her to your blogs, etc.

Pias (pronounced Pee-ahs) is going through a rough time at the moment. Our work (we both work in the same office) is heating up and she's getting pulled in MANY directions. Plus, she's got man issues... don't we all? HA!

Anyway, her dude lives in the USA, she lives in Thailand. They get to see each other only a few times a year and it's driving her nuts because they are so head over heels for each other. Also because he has a previous commitment, and (like me) a very deeply seated sense of duty. So, they are trying to figure things out. Give her some encouragement like you do for each other, and I'd appreciate it.

She's about the coolest person I know in Thailand, and if not for her and JJ (another friend at work) I probably would have quit a long time ago.

Thanks!

How y'all doin'?

Your Linguistic Profile:

55% General American English

30% Dixie

10% Yankee

5% Upper Midwestern

0% Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

10% Yankee??? 10%??? What the hell's up with that??! I have NEVER lived north of the Mason-Dixon line except for 3 months of US Army Basic Training and my drill instructor was Puerto Rican! So ya'll can kiss my lily-white. Yankee.... sheesh! It's bad enough outside the USA everyone calls us Yanks!

5% Upper Midwest. Yeah? Okay. No issue. Ya'll'r alright I reckon.

Now I'm no retro "Johnny Reb" wanna-be. I'm no Confederate "The South will rise again" redneck in a beaten up old red pickup, I firmly believe the USA should be one nation united and not split in two because some greedy, biggoted farmers want to keep their in-house brothels and cheap labor, but I am most decidedly NOT a Yankee.

I lived for 18 years around Washington DC. I've lived all over the USA from eastern to western coast, but no matter where I've been, I've always been proud to be Southern. The license on my car when I lived in the USA said "SUTHNUH". I may not speak the way you yanks think a southern boy should, but Southern is who I am.

(This posting idea stolen from Hipster, who stole it from Steve, who stole it from... well you get the idea)

Don't be a hater!

The gauntlet has been thrown down. I have accepted the challenge. Remember, if the glove don't fit, you must acquit!

The Hate game... just like the Want game and the Need game. Well Kelly has decided to create the "Hate" game. Go to google and type in your name followed by the word "hate" the let the search run. Post your top 10 for all to see.

I did it (thanks to taking the Kelly Challenge) and here are my results:

Chris Hates...

Chris hates software. - Is Victoria's Secret considered soft-wear? I don't hate them!

Everybody hates Chris Not fair! This was actually 50% of the first 4 pages of listings!!! What's up with that??? I think Kelly knew this when she made up this damn game!

Chris hates me. - I hate me too and you probably deserve it. ;-P

Chris hates expansion - Yep. Fighting that middle age spread.

Chris hates people who use moustache wax - Especially when she kisses me. blech!

Chris Hates Gay Kids - Now who could possibly hate happy children?

Chris hates the state of Oklahoma - well, the musical anyway.

Chris hates marketing people - except for the really cute ones with the short skirts.

Chris hates Pete Townshend - No WAY! He's my mostest favoritest member of The Who! "Face Dances", "Let my love open the door" great songs!

Chris hates the progressive blogosphere - Um... all I know is that if Pro is the opposite of Con, then Progress must be the opposite of Congress. Does that count?

I just want you to know I had to go 10 pages deep into the google search to find 10 different hates. There are SOOOOO many people that hate me it took that many pages to find other hates! (apparently Chris Rock's "Everybody Hates Chris" show was a HUMONGOUS success)

ARRGH!

Okay. I apologize. I'm sure it was my fault for the first item on my "Chris wants..." blog. Blogspot... I'm sorry. It wasn't me, it was Google said it. Blame them dammit!

For some bizarre freakishly living-in-the-Twilight Zone reason, Blogspot is giving exactly the same word verification to every single comment posting on every blog I've visited. I'm being stalked by a "sMEniTa"!

Siren... you're the lawyer in training, file an injunction, or a Fabio Corpus, or whatever it is lawyers do to stalkers!

So, because of this I am unable to comment on anyone's posts tonight, including my own. Aren't you all terribly disappointed?
(say "yes" everybody else says "no". Be different!)

PS: You can thank my friend Pias for the Evil Doreamon picture.
PPS: She's just getting into blogging for the first time. I'm going to put a link on my site to her MySpace blog as soon as I remember to write down the URL. So, once I do that I hope you'll all visit her blog and welcome her to our circle. She's cool. One of my best friends in Thailand.

Tag, you're it!

I got this in email yesterday from an evil woman. Now normally these types of "tags" get done in email chains. But I'm putting this one on my blog for all to see to prove a point. You see, this dastardly damsel, sent me the tag but didn't list me as one of the people she thought would actually reply. This mighty munchkin who shall remain nameless but who's blog is HERE wounds me to the core! Cuts me to the quick! Oh ye o'little faith! Bah Humbug!

PS: Thanks for the Dr. Pepper! :-)

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You've been tagged.... so here it goes...delete my answers, replace with your own and send it back to me and on to other friends!

Four jobs you have had in your life:
1. Projectionist - Madison Twin Theater (loved it, except for the ghosts, they freaked me out everytime I went to the bathroom)
2. US Army Reserve (that counts as a job right?)
3. Project Manager - America Online
4. IT Consultant – US Embassy Bangkok, Thailand

Four Movies you would watch over and over: (in no particular order)
1. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
2. Full Metal Jacket
3. The Princess Bride
4. Lord of the Rings (all of them)

Four Places you have lived:
1. Ft. Riley Kansas
2. Laguna, California
3. Huntsville, Alabama
4. Bangkok, Thailand

Four TV shows you love to watch:
1. American Idol (there's not much American programming in Thailand!)
2. Babylon 5 (not on anymore) :-(
3. M*A*S*H (not on anymore) :-(
4. Star Trek: TNG (not on anymore) :-(

Four places you want to visit before you die:
1. Scotland
2. Vietnam
3. Las Vegas
4. Hawaii

Four of your favorite books:
1. anything by J.R.R. Tolkien (Fantasy)
2. anything by Dan Brown (Da Vinci Code)
3. anything by David Weber (Sci Fi)
4. Collected works of Edgar Allen Poe (Macabre)

Four places you have been on vacation:
1. Disneyland
2. Disneyworld
3. Koh Samui, Thailand
4. Angkor Wat, Cambodia

Four websites I visit daily:
1. Google.com
2. MusicMatch.com
3. myspace.com
4. blogspot.com

Four of my favorite foods:
1. !!! TEX-MEX !!! HALLELUJAH! AMEN!
2. Thai
3. Lasagna
4. Fried catfish (southern style!)

Four places I would rather be right now: (not necessarily any particular order)
1. In bed
2. In a bar flirting with pretty waitresses
3. Anywhere with friends
4. Anyplace but the office

Four friends I am tagging that I think will respond.....
1. Lola (cause I've never tagged her for anything before)
2. Dr. Pineapple (cause he's always good for a laugh!)
3. Hipster (cause she hasn't updated her blog in a bit and deserves to be tagged!)
4. Pias (my thai friend who's getting into blogging)

A what?

A friend of mine said "volcano of vomitous misandry" today. I don't know what that means, but I'm pretty sure it's not a good thing.

Not much of a blogging mood at the moment, but when I read that I had to post it! "volcano of vomitous misandry". Man! That's just plain good stuff! I'm gonna remember that one. I'm going to have to look it up in some kind of dictionary, but that's one worth remembering.

Damn! "volcano of vomitous misandry"! Now I need to figure out how to use that in conversation at work! Love it!

"volcano of vomitous misandry"... Thanks Steve!

I want...

Okay, last year we all played the "Needfull things" Google game. Now lets do a new one. I'm suggesting the "X Wants". So, last year we got what we needed, this year lets go for what we really want!

[if you don't know, you google your first name followed by the word "wants" instead of your last name. Then blog-post the top ten results... or even the bottom ten... just post at least ten and leave it at that.]

Here are mine:

1. Chris wants Google to clean up Blogspot. Hmmm... I didn't realize there was a problem, maybe the occasional spam but nothing serious.

2. Chris wants to be called Charles. Um.... no. Not really.

3. Christopher wants to be a good dad. Yep!

4. Chris wants boobs. Say What? Does that mean that I want to have boobs physically growing out of my chestal area? -or- just that I want some to play with? I'm going with curtain number 2!

5. Chris wants to eat crazy frog. Um... yuck! I don't even like sane frogs! Although, I know there are some that if you lick them give you wild trips and hallucinations, does that qualify as a crazy frog?

6. Chris wants world domination. YEAH! It's all part of my insidious plot to... TAKE OVER THE WORLD!!!!

7. Chris wants to try out your cubing skills. Hmmmm.... is that like spooning?

8. Chris wants to do 12 things. But I'm not telling you what they are, but I assure you, they are all naughty!

9. Chris wants your members to stay put! Yes please... keep your members to yourselves guys, I really don't want to see members flopping around unrestrained! (ladies you can let yours go if you want.) B-)

10. Chris wants more success, more acclaim, more money; and eventually more... um... sex? Actually, can I move that one to the top of the list?

Now I don't usually tag people... but just to be cool about it I tag... everyone that reads this blog! HA! That way you can claim ignorance, and that you didn't see it if you don't want to do it. Hey, hang on a tic, why am I helping you?

In the immortal words of Bo Jackson... JUST DO IT!

Letting Sleeping Dragons Lie...

Lets go back to previous emails about relationships and hypothetical situations... um... really hypothetical... seriously... no really!

(Actually, it is. It's based on conversations I've had with friends [male and female] over the last few years that I've pulled together here since I've recently been reminded of them.)

So what do you do when you know someone, a friend, acqaintance, or coworker, and are interested in them and they don't know? Do you approach it? Do you risk it? or - Do you let sleeping dragons lie?

There's no easy way is there? You either have to ask the question or simply forget about it. There's no way to get that person to answer the question without giving yourself away right? What do you do when you seem to have such a dynamic and fun rapore with someone, and so many common interests, but there's that thin wall in the way of full realization?

How do you get that person to know without actually having to say IT?

How do you get beyond the friendly jokes and shoulder-to-cry-on "buddy" relationship?

How do you make that person "figure it out"?

You know, women think men are dumb when it comes to this stuff, but you ladies are often many times worse. Why? Because you rely on your male "buddies" for the tearful times, the shoulder-to-cry-on times, the shitty times when some other guy has just ripped out your heart... again... and we just wanna go beat the snot out of him, and provide you with a firm hug, comfort and understanding while you're either soaking our shirt with tears, or drowning your sorrows in a beer with us at the bar. Do you have any idea how hard that is?

We're your safety net. We're the ones you talk to when you need real advice. We're the ones you go to when you need to understand what "HE" means by some comment "HE" made, or when you need to understand what it is "HE" is doing that's making you so miserable. We're the ones who'll still be there for all those things 5, 10, 20 years later when "HE" is nothing but a scar and a faded memory. We're the nice guys.

So anyway... this isn't meant as a bitch session. Just an eye opener. Guys screw up and get hurt all the time, we just don't dump on other people about it. Not that that's a bad thing, it's just hard sometimes ALWAYS being the dumpee and seeing people you care about get hurt over and over again.

Hmmmm..? So how did I go from unrequited love to the perils of Mr. Niceguy? Well, they're both related in a way. Nice guys are usually thinking something like: You know, if you'd just give me half of what you gave him... - or - I won't rip your heart out every-other-week like the guys you keep pursuing. - or - ...you get the idea. But you know, we like that you rely on us for those times when you need someone to tell you it'll be okay. We want to be your shoulder when you need it. It's just the way we're made.

So, it's that thing about watching someone pursue something that is almost completely unattainable, either because of distance, or involvement, or some other reason, vs. just looking over your should to see the one standing there. Taking the next step beyond friendship and risk screwing up the whole thing, or just let sleeping dragons lie.

But this is all just hypothetical... right?

Shameless Plug!

I love the Internet! I love Broadband! I love MP3's!

A few years ago I had discovered the joys of MusicMatch.com. Recently, now that I've finally got Broadband at my home in Thailand (had to wait two years for it), I'm spending way too much time and money on MusicMatch. But you know what? Who cares. It's one of the joys of being an adult. I can blow my money on whatever I want now.

I'm sort of in the process of replacing all those lost and forgotten records, and cassettes from all those years ago. And the greatest thing about sites like MusicMatch? You can download individual songs rather than having to buy whole albums to get the ONE SONG YOU WANT! Then you can burn them onto your own CD's in any mix you want, and they're only $0.99 per song. Hard to beat that.

So, I've just spent the whole morning downloading odds-n-ends like:
Fantasy - Aldo Nova
Turn Me Loose - Loverboy
Dream Weaver - Gary Wright
Some Like It Hot - Power Station
Infatuation - Rod Stewart
Any Way You Want It - Journey
Black Water - Doobie Brothers
White Room - Cream
Round and Round - RATT
Refugee - Tom Petty
Bad Medicine - Bon Jovi
Give a Little Bit - SuperTramp
Speak to Me - Pink Floyd

...and a bunch of others. Did I mention I love the internet?

They even have stuff I enjoy from waaaaaaayyyy back like:

Sunny Side of the Street - Dean Martin
Accentuate the Positive - Andrews Sisters
Crazy - Patsy Cline
String Of Pearls - Glenn Miller
Fly Me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra
Rhapsody in Blue - George Gershwin

Did I mention I love the internet??

Who Am I?

Ok. I took the test I stole from Hipster and Steve. Very weird. So weird in fact I had to do it twice. First time I tried it I got the following results:

Jan Peter Balkenende - Huh? Who the hell? I gotta google this guy... oh. Hey, he's the Prime Minister of the Netherlands! The big boss of Amsterdam. Those dutch know how to party so I guess I'm cool with this.

Danny Kaye - HOLEY MOLEY! Danny Kaye? I would rank this guy up there with Gene Wilder as one of my all time favorite do-everything actors. He sang, he danced, he acted goofy. Love it. He's cool! In my opinion, one of Hollywood's greatest unsung heroes! (see pic)------>
(but bearing no resemblance what-so-ever to yours truly)

Adrien Brody - ACK! What the...? No. Sorry. Maybe the eye's but definitely not the nose!

Hector Berlioz - The composer? Born 1803, died 1869. Beautiful music. No real photographs so how accurate can this comparison be?

Dalai Lama - WAUGH! Not just some weird hermit in the woods. Nope. THE Dalai Lama! The (supposed) incarnation of Buddha on Earth. I don't see the resemblance, but hey buddhists are peace lovers so I'm not gonna fight about it.

So, not being all that satisfied with the first results because other then the big boss of the perpetual party (aka PM Balkenende) I didn't see any resemblance, I took a new photo and submitted it without making any goofy faces. Here's the result:

Peter Ustinov - Oh good Lord. Sadly there are some similar features in there but with out all the extra self-inflicted insulating material (aka Fat).

Warren G. Harding - Hmmph. Well at least he's rich.

Lauren Bacall - WHOA! Lauren Bacall???!! Friends if I looked that good I'd never get any work done cause I'd be too busy admiring myself naked in as many full-length mirrors as I could afford... and if I was Lauren Bacall that would be alot of mirrors.

Frank Oz - Ummm... yeah ok. Whatever. He's rich too. :-P

To inflict this test on yourself and get that instaneous simultaneous ego-inflation/ego-deflation sorta warm and frigid feeling deep inside go to: My Heritage

Hanging by a thread...

Are any of you out there watching or reading the international news? I know Thailand is not exactly a major player in U.S. policy making, and the results of an election here don't mean squat in North America, or the E.U.... or do they?

Thailand's fledgling democracy is dangling precariously at the moment. It's a parliametary system as I've noted in previous blogs, and a Constitutional Monarchy. The current royal dynasty - the Chakri - came into power the same year the USA was recognized officially as a nation by England in 1782 if I recall correctly. The current king, HRM King Bhumipol Adulyadej, is the 9th king in the line, and the great-great-great-grandson of King Rama IV who is the main character in the story The King and I, and Anna and the King. He's been on the throne since WWII is a model of benevolence and care - the way a monarch should be.... but I digress.

The current government in power in Thailand right now (Thai Raak Thai) was founded and is led by Thailand's richest man, Thaksin Shinawatra, who also happens to be the incumbent Prime Minister. (his wife is now the 2nd richest, his son is the 3rd richest, his daughter... etc.)

This story is so long I don't even know where to begin. Here's a guy who believes that just because he was elected 1 year ago by a majority (who cares what size the majority was) he no longer has to listen to the people.

This whole government (TRT) is so full of it's own self-importance, they actually cancelled a public greivance meeting scheduled with various community leaders and made a broadcast statement that they didn't need to listen to the people anymore because the people already elected them and thus trusted them to govern without interference.

This government actually made public statements that people should be happy with what they have and not seek to attain more than their current station in life. This made by the PM who is not only rich, he's a SELF-MADE MILLIONAIRE. So what does he care if someone else is dirt poor, or uneducated? Good heavens, lets not educate the general masses, then they might actually start paying attention to what's happening!

When the first anti-government groups started protesting on TV, the station's broadcasting began experiencing technical difficulties.
When newspapers began reporting on the protests and being critical of government performance and policy, they were threatened by those in power with the removal of advertising revenue from the companies owned or influenced by those in power.
When people first began protesting in public locations like parks they Thaksin called them rabble-rousers full of lies .
When students from the major universities joined the protests, Thaksin called them "stupid".
When the numbers of protesters swarmed to between 100k and 200k people this month, Thaksin said he would not bow down since he was elected by a majority.
When the 200k people marched to Government House (the capitol office), Thaksin dissolved parliament, declared a snap election set for 2 April 2006, and left town to go somewhere he still has supporters.

So far, 300 candidates have been disqualified from running in the 2 April election, many of them will be prosecuted for a number of illegal activities such as forged party membership documents, falsified dating of party membership documents, etc. Some of them are even being charged for being payed by the incumbent party (TRT) to run against them in the local district so TRT could show they won against a properly registered opponent, thus strengthening their contention that the majority elected them.

See, the problem is, all the other major political parties have united in opposition against TRT, and have declared they will boycott the 2 April election date. TRT must win a minimum of 20% of the registered vote in any district where they do not have a registered opponent. And it's doubtfull they can get that. Also, without a minimum of 500 ministers elected, the winning party can not form a government, and with the rejection of the 300 I mention previously, TRT is far short of the target.

So there we are: A despot in democrats clothes, A government that doesn't listed to the people they are supposed to work for, and an election that may not be able to occur because there aren't enough candidates with the opposition boycotting.

It's uncharted territory. How do you maintain a democracy without democratic process? Is it democratic for the people who elected an official require that same official to step down? Is it not an elected official's job to represent the people? Well, yes and no.

You see, the prime minister doesn't represent the people in a parliamentary system. He represents his party. He was not elected by the people, he was elected by his party. There's no ballot selection for Prime Minister. In parliamentary sytems the people elect the ministers/senators, the ministers then elect the PM as a "First among equals". But Thaksin has such a stranglehold on the party he founded there is no way any of them would ever go against his wishes, and Thaksin is hanging on, tooth-and-nail, to the power he so craves.

I believe he started with the best of intentions, but he used his position and influence to enrich himself and his family at the expense of his nation and people, was and is unrepentant, and THAT is most decidedly not the democratic ideal we all seek.

NEWS FLASH

Middle East: Bush's Road To Pieces
The Washington Past
BY: I.P. Freely

The Pentagon announced today the formation of a new 500-man elite fighting unit called the United States Redneck Special Forces. These Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Lousiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas boys will be dropped off into Iraq and have been given only
the following facts about the terrorists:

1. The season opened today.
2. There is no limit.
3. They taste just like chicken.
4. They don't like beer, pickups, country music, or Jesus.
5. They are DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE for the death of Dale Earnhardt.

A Pentagon spokesperson said, "We expect the problem in Iraq to be over by Monday."

Kids, Friends, and High Hopes...

Well, the kiddies are back home and doing well.

Marisa (4 years) is on summer break from school... yes it is summer in Thailand now. April is their hottest month - which goes a long way to explaining why we are getting the hell out of Thailand in April. She has a new best friend who lives next door. Her name is Nun (sounds like Nün not Nuhn). Nün is 6 years old but they have a great time. She's more a sporty girl than Marisa but then Marisa is only 4.

Nicholas (11 months) is out of the hospital (thank GOD!) and doing well. Thanks to all for the well wishes and good vibes!!! Amazing how quickly kids bounce back after being sick. Wish I could do that!

Weirdest thing happened this morning. I got to the office, plugged in my laptop which had been locked in my desk overnight, turned it on and WHOA! A horde of ants were all over it. Thailand has an ant problem because almost all construction is concrete. Concrete being porous (sp?) they live inside it... but inside my PC??? That's a first. It's kinda freakin me out when I'm typing and this little thing comes running across the screen or keys. And every time I fell a little tingle somewhere I gotta check if there's an ant crawling up my arm or something... AAARRRGH! Very annoying!

I think I've killed all of them now... rarrrgh, rrrrahhh, eeeeyaaaahhhh!

And for all of you "Preserve all life" types out there... these things bite so it's all self defence! And just so you don't think I'm some kind of anti-ant sadist here's one for them...

HIGH HOPES
By: Frank Sinatra
Next time your found, with your chin on the ground
There a lot to be learned, so look around

Just what makes that little old ant
Think he’ll move that rubber tree plant
Anyone knows an ant, can’t
Move a rubber tree plant

But he’s got high hopes, he’s got high hopes
He’s got high apple pie, in the sky hopes

So any time your gettin’ low’stead of lettin’ go
Just remember that ant
Oops there goes another rubber tree plant

When troubles call, and your back’s to the wall
There a lot to be learned, that wall could fall

Once there was a silly old ram
Thought he’d punch a hole in a dam
No one could make that ram, scram
He kept buttin’ that dam

’cause he had high hopes, he had high hopes
He had high apple pie, in the sky hopes

So any time your feelin’ bad’stead of feelin’ sad
Just remember that ram
Oops there goes a billion kilowatt dam

All problems just a toy balloon
They’ll be bursted soon
They’re just bound to go pop
Oops there goes another problem kerplop

Outside Looking Inside II

Well, sh*t! There it is. I published that little piece to say I couldn't see what I had previously published and Voila! Thar she blows!

So... um... g'night.

Outside Looking Inside

Okay. That was weird... I just posted a piece to explain why I've been away from my bloggy friends for so long. I published it. I reloaded and... nada. nothing. zip. zilch. zero. It doesn't show up even after reloading. Weird.

Okay. I'm gonna spend some time looking for it. If I don't find it, I'll repost tomorrow morning. I'm pooped.

Rotten couple weeks

Yes Kelly has it right... I am a sporadic blogger. I get in moods where I think of lots of things I want to say, and other times I'll go for days without.

Recently though - since you didn't ask - I've been dealing with parenthood. Daughter got food poisoning - in hospital 3 days. Then I had a ton of visitors in town from Detroit (work stuff) so that was a week and a half gone. Then my son got sick, nothing major and he was over it in a couple days. Now though he's got something called Rosealla? Roseola? Rosie Greer? Something like that. Comes with fever, sore throat, red blotchy bumps all over the body. He's been in the hospital for 2 days and may be there for at least 1 more. Luckily, hospital care in Thailand is very cheap and very good. A night in the hospital here will cost you less than a night at Holiday in back in the USA. ...and that's with a private room!

On the other hand though, last night my daughter had a school event. She was SOOOOOO cute up on stage dancing with all the other kids from her kindergarten class!!!!!!!
I've got to transfer the vid to my computer so I can share the pictures! Will do that this next week!

So, I haven't been avoiding you all, I've just been a little busy with life.

Still set to be in H'ville, AL second week of April!!! Yeehaw! Hope you all can make it! I'll make sure Kelly and JY have my contact info so we can coordinate sumthin'.

C'ya.