Overheard today:

“The only real difference between a dungeon and a basement is which side of the shackles you’re on.”

Open House.

We went to the open-house at KG3’s high school last night and I was surprised to see a few familiar faces that are teaching there. One of the teachers was a student who graduated a year ahead of me, and another was actually teaching when Wendy and I went to high-school. But some of the teachers look awfully young to me. I don’t know if it’s just that I am getting older or what, but I don’t remember having any twenty one year old teachers when I was in school. Maybe I’m wrong, as time has a way of making you see things differently, but I’m fairly certain that all of my teachers were at least in their thirties.

So far, KG3 has been liking school this year and she seems to be focusing on her lessons. I just hope that she can keep up this passion for learning that she seemed to develop over the last year. She wants to be a journalist, so hopefully she can keep progressing in her writing skills and flourish. She’s always writing, and appears to love it, and it’s somewhat eerie how similar her interests are to mine at that age. I wrote my first book during my freshman year. Well, maybe book is a strong word – perhaps I should call it a story. Regardless of the term used, it was a few hundred pages of handwritten garbage that I still have somewhere on my office shelves today. I never claimed that it was written well, but I guess it asserts that I always have a story to tell.

Hmmmmmm........ Maybe I’ll dig it up and read some of it tonight.

Shoppping Spree!

The Kid went to Indiana with her Grandmother today so Wendy and I took it upon ourselves to go on a shopping spree. Okay, so it wasn’t really a “spree”, we just needed an excuse to go out and spend some time alone. I had a great time of course since this is the beginning of the haunting season, but I’m afraid Wendy didn’t have as much fun since she’s not really into Halloween like I am. I got a lot of things over the weekend though! 5 rubber rats, a “almost life-size” blow molded skeleton, some small skeletons that we be used as elements of the party invitations, and some other stuff that’ll help construct the “Goat-man” costume that I’m building.

Full of hot-air!

I suck at Flash!

I’ve been trying to teach myself Flash today and it’s not going well. It’s not that I have doubt that I can learn the software, it’s just that I have no idea where to begin. I suck! I guess I’m going to have to find some time to spend after work or during lunches learning the program! AAARRRGH!!

I’m wanting to update the commercial side of my website. The business pages were designed back in 1995 and have essentially stayed the same since. They need a refresher and I’ve known it for a long time, so maybe it’s time to add new work samples and a cleaner, more simplified design.

I’ve told Wendy for years that I was going to drop the commercial pages from my site all together because they never really drum up business for me. But now I have a prospective client wanting a webpage designed for their factory and my pages just aren’t up to snuff. They need rebuilt, especially the pages involving web design. Most of my samples are dead links now and need updated. Who’d hire a web designer who’s webpage sucks? Well, apparently a lot of people really, since there are some god-awful webpages out there. But mine needs updated regardless.

Where did all of the time go?

My daughter has her first day of high-school today and it’s mind boggling to me that she’s grown up so fast. It seems like yesterday that she was just a little kid. Where did the time go? I assume its like this for every parent. What amazes me is that when I was in high-school, my father was younger than I am now! It boggles the mind when you realize that the person that you always thought of as an adult was younger than the age that you are. I would like to think that by this age, my parents had everything figured out, even though right now I feel like I’m a kid trapped in an old man’s body. It doesn’t seem like it was that long ago since I was in high-school, but having a kid that age certainly puts everything in perspective!

A lot of things have happened since then. I’ve gotten married, served in the Marines, had a child, put myself and Wendy through college, worked at seven different places, made lots of friends and a few enemies, remodeled a house, went deep into debt, been in about half a dozen car wrecks, buried three grand parents, and raised one heck of a kid!

I hope she enjoys the four years to come. I know everyone has heard it before, but these will probably be the best four years of her life.

Too much information?!

The Reverend Ed took a quick shot of this sticker for me that was outside of a restaurant today. Don't they think thats a bit inappropriate to tell people that? Deviants!!!

Awesome to the core!

WTF?!

Alex and Ed shot these pictures of something crossing the berm behind the building where we work. They said that it was slow moving and walked like a cat and Alex swears that it was as big as a dog. We’ve all been trying to figure out what it is! It looks too fluffy to be a ground hog, but doesn’t have a snout like a dog! And the legs have a weird looking hair all over them.

Since the photos were shot from far away, Alex has also provided an eyewitness drawing of the bizarre animal, shown below.

If you have a guess or actually know what this thing is, email me. Until then, we’re going to call it the mighty Berm Sloth.

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