My Labor Day Weekend

9 09 2009

Started off great!

The twins and wife drove up to my mother’s for the weekend. I stayed home because I had to labor.

As it turned out, my betters at the labor camp decided at the last minute to not labor this year on labor day. Sweet!

I got to play the new Guitar Hero even longer! Got to search for more geodetic bench marks! Got to stay up late and watch movies! Didn’t Shower!

It rocked.

Then everyone came home. I was so happy to see my wife and children again. Even though I had a good time alone, I did miss them. Apparently my grandmother missed me, too! She sent me a heart shaped box of Whitman’s chocolates. I just finished the last piece today, 09/09/09.

I flipped the box over to see if there was a legend to all the different chocolates I had eaten over the past few days. No legend, but there was something stamped on the bottom section of the back of the box:

BEST BEFORE 01MAY09

Apparently my grandmother is trying to poison me. I know for a FACT that i’ve seen her since VALENTINE’S DAY, so she’s been holding on to this one to get it good and ripe. I will give her the benefit of the doubt though. She’s on the same pain medication that I am on and let’s just say It’s Good Stuff. She might not be in her right mind.

Then again, I could have gotten my brother’s box by mistake.

So, let this be a lesson to you all. Visit your grandmother often & be nice.

Just don’t eat the chocolate. She might be trying to POISsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss





Ft. Moultrie, Sullivan’s Island, SC

5 09 2009

It was a teacher work day at the kids school so the three of us trekked out to Ft. Moultrie to look for bench marks. Found some, didn’t find some. It was a worthwhile trip. The twins took a nap half way through the adventure. Then we went to mommy’s work and had lunch.

Clicky the Picky
CJ1470





Wednesday’s Bench Mark Hunt

19 08 2009
AB1991

AB1991,
originally uploaded by vmpyr_david.

Found 4 today.

CJ0319
AB1991
AI2627
and
CJ0101

Clicking the photo will take you to the first image for today.





Old Sheldon Church Ruins Adventure

16 08 2009


,
originally uploaded by vmpyr_david.

Tooled around the ACE Basin this morning. The twins really liked getting OUT of the car, not so much the riding around part.

Click the pic to see more photos of the twins and our recent adventures.





Wednesday’s Bench Mark Hunt

14 08 2009
CJ0529

CJ0529,
originally uploaded by vmpyr_david.

I was almost drained by mosquitos on Daniel Island…





Ooops

23 07 2009

Got caught up watching Solitary 3.0 over @ hulu.com. I’ve got a photo for Wednesday, but I’ll post it later.





PotD 2009-07-21

21 07 2009
PotD 2009-07-21

PotD 2009-07-21,
originally uploaded by vmpyr_david.





Photo of the Day 2009-07-20

20 07 2009
PotD 2009-07-20

PotD 2009-07-20,
originally uploaded by vmpyr_david.

Hey! 2 days! 2 days! In a row!





PotD 2009-07-19

19 07 2009
PotD 2009-07-19

PotD 2009-07-19,
originally uploaded by vmpyr_david.

Ahhh haaa!

This should be the first in a new series: Photo of the Day.

One shot a day for however long I keep up with it.

We’ll see how this goes.





Is there a smoking car on this train?

10 06 2009

This is a story from a friend in Scotland, a great writer and someone who is walking his own labyrinth with smoking. Click through to read the whole piece.

Is there a smoking car on this train?
By andrewinscotland

OK, so I quit smoking, right? And? So what? It’s hard and things suck and I can grumble and whine or I can just get on with it.

And that’s fine, life changes, we move on, and so I keep trying to get on with things, to make life bigger, and I am, but it’s an imaginary life I’m leading. Which is fine, if the illusion is honest, but it isn’t.

From This Train is for Gourock