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I found it!

This is my new designated Halloween song, and the video is from one of the funniest movies ever, Back to School.

I am now 31 physically, but have successfully maintained my mental age of 15...

Happy Halloween!

Enjoy your day! I know I will.

Great story for you, Bon and Reese had gone card shopping for me yesterday. Reese picked out a card with a puppy on the front that had those big "googily" plastic eyes. As Reese is holding it, Bon turns to look at something, turns back around and Reese had bitten one of the eyes of the card! Bon quickly retrieved it from the clinches of her jaws.

So this morning, Reese walks up with my birthday card in one hand and the bitten off puppy eye in the other. I love being her Daddy...


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Good morning ladies and gentlemen. We have some downloaded some new pics of Reese, including the one you see here. She has been rocking the pigtails a lot since her hair is growing and getting longer.

Not much new happening, just rocking through the process, this will be a big week. Candy drop, birthday, and traveling this weekend.

I will be in touch if anything exciting happens...

Halloween is near...

While I should be doing homework, I am sitting here chillin', so wanted to throw up a quick post.

Not much really new with us, Reese is growing a ton and I have some sweet new pics to download tomorrow for you all.

It was an interesting day at work, got jobbed by a co-worker, I had kind of forgot what that felt like, but it was a nice reality check that not everyone operates by the same value systems.

Have I mentioned how much we love 4 Corners? Check out the latest event news here:

Halloween Helicopter Candy Drop

On October 31st the biggest party for you and your family is at Four Corners. A huge helicopter candy drop with thousands of dollars in donated prizes, costume contests, giant bouncies, free food and more! It all happens from 4:30 - 7pm on Halloween. Bring friends, family and neighbors to this awesome event in the fields near where we have Sunday services.

Go Tribe!

I suck as fan, the Tribe have been on this great run and I have yet to give them their proper love here on the blog. Heck I have not been a good friend to Heat Stadium lately.

I get to enjoy the game tonight with the biggest BoSox fan I know, Mr. Boston native himself, Squibb. He knows about my "history" and how one day many moons ago we shared an allegiance. He also understands what brought me to this point and respects my affiliation to the Tribe, so we get along swimmingly.

Happy 21st to Reese, (months), she is just 3 months away from the Deuce and making me laugh everyday. She is definitely crafty...

Work stuff is work stuff, 4 Corners is cranking, and 4 and a half months until school is over. This is definitely a sowing period for the furniss^3.

Peace out!

I missed a flight

It did not go down exactly like this, but pretty close...



I wanted to give the awesome pub for 4 Corners its due respect on the blog, so I have delayed posting for a couple of days.

For those of you who have not heard, I was due to fly out Friday morning in C-bus, heading to Richmond to see my main player, S-Braine, or $$$.

Due to a string of events I walked up to the gate at 6:15am, the flight was supposed to leave at 6:30am. So I knew I was a little behind, but still OK. I walk up to the attendant chick and told her I was ready to get on the Richmond flight.

She says, "It has already boarded."

I say, "OK, I still have 15 minutes, can't I get on?"

(Another guy walks up behind me in the same situation)

She walkie-talkies her cohort on the plane and says "I have 2 more for the flight"

Lady B responds, "the door is closed, they cannot get on, they are too late"

Dude who walked up behind me starts blowing venom at them, it was unreal!

I could go on for pages, but the end result was no reimbursement or retribution and I have booked a flight for another weekend.

Good times...

Mad Props to 4 Corners...

Check out a news story video about our church and what we have going on this Sunday here,

And another station picked it up here,

And, this story appeared in the Pulse Journal...

Four Corners Church lead pastor Ben Hodges said a congregation member called him as the church began spreading the word about Sunday's Porn Sunday service. Hodges said the person thanked him for addressing an issue that had contributed to their divorce.

"When you hear something like that," he said, "you realize it's a very big deal. It can be a devastating factor."

The church is one of four in the state, and the only one in the Cincinnati area, to take part in National Porn Sunday this weekend, a nationwide event intended to address a topic normally taboo in the sanctuary.

"I think we've always talked boldly about subjects," said Four Corners life groups and creative pastor Ryan Hartsock. "This is not the first time we've talked about sex."

Hodges and Hartsock said the service will discuss ways pornography affects perceptions of intimacy.

"I think we want to help people understand the problem," said Hodges, who added that Sunday will not include a sermon condemning all sexual activity.

"Most of what people have heard in church is , 'No, no, no,'" he said. "We're saying, 'Yes, with boundaries.'

The other part, is helping people who say, 'What do I do now?'"

The church will have resources ranging from books and software to counseling and support groups for people struggling with pornography or its effects on their families.

Hodges said the goal is not to stop pornography in one day, but rather to help people make sense of the issues surrounding it.

"You can't legislate morality," he said. "We want to help people work it out."

Four Corners Church is located at 7770 West Chester Road. Sunday services are at 10 a.m.

We Are Alive!

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(She is growing up fast ladies and gents)

I am so sorry for the extended break from the blog. Things kind of hit the fan in multiple phases and I just could not find time to write. The three of us are all doing very well, bottom line.

Here are some of the highlights:

• I was transferred at work. Basically another gentlemen and myself were traded for each other. I went to his territory, he went to mine. I believe there may have been cash considerations or a player to be named later traded with him to equal my value... (HA!) It is a very long story, but Bon and I feel good about it, and I think it will help us make some $$$ again. This year has been far less fruitful than year one.
  
• This class is kicking my hind quarters. I keep telling myself, only five more months. It is a lot more difficult to take on-line classes then I thought. I am basically teaching myself, which is not a good thing with this course.
  
• We have a new addition to the family, a Burgundy Belle Maple in the backyard. Guess I can check planting a 10 foot tree off my life list of things to do...
• We have been dealing with some issues in our extended family of life stuff, so please keep them in your prayers
• Notre Dame sucks
• The Bears suck

Now that I feel like I am starting to get some control back over my life, I will be more diligent.

Talk with you all soon,

The Heat

Great Article on ND Football

I agree 100%, you can read it here

New Movie

Monday night was a big deal at our house as the Backyardigans debuted a new flick, the Super Secret Super Spy. Bon put together a little party for Reese and she even enjoyed popcorn for the first time. She didn't miss a beat plucking the snack from the bowl between her Mom and Dad while keeping her eyes focused on the spy plot unfolding before her eyes. I would personally give the show a B-, I had pretty big expectations, and while there were some good parts, I expected to laugh more. Reese has yet to give it a grade...

You have heard the adage that you don't get second chances, well in this instance folks, you do. Another home on our street has gone up for sale, three doors down, they were good friends with the people we bought from. So for those of you who missed out on the chance to be our neighbors, you can still be on the same street. You can check out the listing here.

Peace out...

Cool Story

Kitna says concussion symptoms magically disappeared

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Associated Press

ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- Detroit quarterback Jon Kitna was one of the NFL's most thankful players Monday.

Kitna was knocked out of the game against Minnesota on Sunday with a concussion, only to return and lead the Lions to an overtime win over the Vikings.

"I've never felt anything like that, and for it to clear up and go right back to as normal as I can be, is nothing short of a miracle," Kitna said Monday. "I just definitely feel the hand of God. That's all it was. You can't explain it. "I have no headaches, no symptoms, no lingering effects. But that was the worst my head has ever felt, and the worse my memory was in the second quarter. Yet, after halftime there was nothing."

Kitna said it was the third concussion of his NFL career, and the first since 2001. After saying he knew who he was during the game, a reporter asked Kitna if he knew where he was. "Barely," he said.

He was knocked out of the game in the second quarter and appeared to be out for the rest of the day, standing on the sideline without a helmet. But the team cleared him to play in the third quarter and he came back in the fourth. Kitna passed a follow-up examination Monday morning.

"He's fine," coach Rod Marinelli said. "He didn't have any symptoms, no headaches." Kitna ran the ball twice on the final possession, leading a game-winning drive when Detroit trailed or was tied for the third straight game, including a win last season at Dallas.

"It was a courageous effort," offensive tackle George Foster said.

Da Zoo

We had a solid time at the zoo on Saturday, the Slim Posse made it down for the festivities. Unfortunately, Reese woke up with a cold, but did pretty well for the day. She failed to get a nap before hand, so the wheels fell off about 3pm and she finally gave up in the stroller.

This Notre Dame thing is killing me, they may be the worst team in Division I. What I do not understand is how you can run off Ty Willingham after three years, and in year three of Charlie things are worse than they have ever been. I was not pleased when they fired Ty in the first place, and the two years of success Charlie has had were with Ty's players. It is going to be a LONG season...

I have another beef, why is Faith Hill doing the Sunday Night Football intro? Pink was perfect, and now she is gone, I mean Faith's voice is meant for sappy ballads, not getting people fired up. Pink has that edge we need. So in protest, I will load and play this video while Faith is muted on our television...

Tags?

(Not actual license plate)


So I walk out of the office yesterday morning, and just happened to glance at my license plate. The numbers "3-07" were staring back at me. That's right folks, I have been driving on expired tags for 6 months...

I am not proud of it, but fortunately I was not the one who had to go and face the firing squad at the DMV, it was my lovely bride. You see, March is her birthday month. So the clerk asked Bon to try and explain to her why we were just getting around to this, and Bon replies, "honestly, we forgot." Great stuff, that's one of the reasons why I love her folks, blunt truth. So I am legal on the roads again, and approaching 160K miles on the Corolla, til death do us part...

For your Friday musical selection, how about The Cure...

Have a good weekend

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Not much to report here, one friend lost his mother on Monday, and another friend got some bad news yesterday, so we are just really thankful for what we have and ask that you enjoy the good stuff, I know we will on Saturday, with the Slim posse at the zoo.

Peace out

Has Football Started?

Sorry for the delay, been busy.

Now that ND is 0-2, the Bears lost their opener, and two starters on defense, I find myself asking the question, has football season really started for me?

What an action-packed weekend, Saturday we hosted our Life Group from church for a luau. I have seriously not mowed the lawn in 5 weeks, and just as everyone arrived on Saturday, we got absolutely dumped on! We were sent scrambling pulling the tables inside that Bon had decorated so well. We made some game plan adjustments, and fired up the grill in the garage before moving it just outside the door once the rain trickled back a little. The only bad part, was that it seemed too short, we would have loved for everyone to stay longer and hang out, we really enjoyed it.

Earlier in the day, Reese and I had a "whirlwind adventure", as Shrek would say to Donkey. After running a quick errand to Target, we walked out and found a giant nail stuck in one of the back tires, and it was losing air quickly. We bopped over to Big O and they patched it up for us free of charge. The bad thing was, it took about an hour for them to get to it and Bon's cell phone had gone dead, so we were stranded. We walked the parking lots and ran over to Home Depot to kill time, she was great the entire time.

Sunday was filled with football, we barely left the family room all day once we got home from church, Reese threw around a ton of high-fives.

Peace out...

My Foe & Serious Dough

Alright, there is a big bee's nest in the ground down by our fence line. They had dug a nice size hole as an entry point into their secret lair and I had strategically blocked it with a huge rock.

As I was out watering our desert last night, I noticed that had found another entry point, so I went to block that one too. Needless to say, one of the fifty boogers got to my leg and latched it's little fangs into my steel wheel. Now, it has been a while since I was stung by a bee, so I may have grown allergic to 'em, cause that bite still hurts, and I feel a little light-headed today. It is almost like the venom has taken over my body! I am hoping this subsides and I am able to focus on the football game this evening...

Also, we had stopped in to Petland on Friday night, looking around, cause as you know there are spring puppy plans in discussion. They had an English Bulldog, and out of curiosity I stopped back by there to talk with them about some ads and inquire as to the price of the dog, for craps and giggles, and I seriously started laughing when he said with a straight face, $3,400! I said, "No, seriously, how much?" his response was the same. That is close to what it costs to get Reese from the hospital in Nashville! I think I will keep shopping...

I love tracking this company...

Apple Launches New iPods, Slashes iPhone Price

By Peter Kang

CNBC.com

| 05 Sep 2007 | 03:47 PM ET

Apple announced a major overhaul of its entire line of popular iPod portable media players and, in a surprise move, cut the price of its recently introduced iPhone.

Shares fell on news that Apple would be slashing the price on the lower-end iPhone by 33%, to $399 from $599.

"We want to make the iPhone even more affordable," said CEO Steve Jobs, at the launch event in San Francisco.

Jobs said Apple remains on track to sell 1 million phones before the end of September.

In addition, the company said it will no longer be selling the 4 gigabyte version, according to Jobs.

Apple's bold move comes just hours after Microsoft reduced the price of its Zune digital music player by 20% to $199 as the software maker steps up its efforts to take market share away from industry leader Apple, which has sold over 100 million units since its launch in October 2001.

Earlier, the co-founder of Apple introduced the new lineup of iPods will now be equipped with the same touch screen technology utilized by the recently launched iPhone mobile handheld. The revamped product, dubbed the iPod Touch, will feature wireless connectivity and will allow customers to download music with the bundled Safari Web browser.

"We're approaching holiday 2007 and today we're going to refresh or replace every single product on this lineup," said Jobs.

Apple said it will launch a Wi-Fi music store to complement the new wireless technology and signed a partnership with Starbucks.

"Starbucks really has become this 'third place' between home and work," said Jobs. "We are in a unique position to leverage the innovation and global footprint ... to literally transform the marketplace."

The 8-gigabyte version of the iPod Touch will retail for $299 while the 16-gigabyte version has a price tag of $399.

Apple has sold more than 110 million iPods to date, Jobs told the audience.

The new iPod Nano, a smaller version iPod, will be redesigned with a 2.5-inch LCD screen and will be able to play video content and video games. The 4-gigabyte version will cost $149 while the larger 8-gigabyte version for $199.

The hard drives for the new "classic" versions of the iPod will be upgraded to 80 and 160 gigabytes, with respective prices of $249 and $349.

Apple's chief executive also said a new version of its iTunes store will support customizable ringtones for use on the iPhone. The ringtones will cost an additional 99 cents on top of the price of the song.

In usual Apple fashion, the company was vague on details of the product launch ahead of the event. Analysts widely expected the product to be a touch-screen iPod similar to the iPhone.

Ahead of the event, Apple fans and Wall Street analysts alike speculated on several other potential products such as an iPod equipped with Wi-Fi, an iPhone Nano or a content announcement that would bring the Beatles catalogue to iTunes.

The stock gained 11% in the last five sessions in anticipation of the product launch.

Peter Kang is a markets reporter for CNBC.com and can be reached at peter.kang@nbcuni.com.

© 2007 CNBC.com

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Fantasy Sports Graveyard

My fantasy baseball team is officially out of it and my WhatIf Sports squad failed to make the playoffs in my organization's history. (Yes, these are not real, and I am big dork)

On the bright side, the NFL kicks off tomorrow, and hope will spring eternal for my fantasy football teams.

I think everyone is close to 100% healthy in our house again, so that is a big plus.

Check out this catchy tune...

Shell-Shocked

I gotta tell you, I did not see that coming!

I think this is God's way of giving me the fall Saturdays to focus on schoolwork, instead of being concerned with a national title race.

I can take the heat when necessary, so for all you Bald Nut fans, you can talk your schmack to me and I will take it.

I will say Jimmy Claussen actually looked decent during his time, so at least we have something to look forward to!

The one good thing is that I am not a Michigan fan, YIKES! At home, to Appy State!

Mad props to OU, the Bobcats start out 1-0.

Quick, funny story for you all from Saturday...

We had run some errands, and arrived home. I pulled some stuff out of the back of the Trotter and left the tailgate up since my hands were full. Due to habit, I hit the button to shut the garage door and thought nothing of it.

Later on, I came out to dump some rash in our big bin and noticed the tailgate was still open a little, but the garage door was down. On its way down it had grabbed the tailgate and pulled it down putting some serious scratches in the body in the process. By far, the biggest DOH! moment I have had in a while, so we will be getting that fixed.

Two days until the NFL season kicks-off!