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Leeeeevin on a jet plane..

31 07 2008

I can’t wait for next week. Sunday the wife and I and a friend from England, and one of Heather’s college roommates and child are going out to LA for one last vacation before the twins are born. Right now the highlight of the trip (for me anyway) will be Disneyland!

We’ve been to Disney World many times and Disneyland Paris twice, but never to Anaheim. In fact, I’ve never been to California so I’ll get to add that state to my map on facebook.

I’m sure there are other things to do, but that’s what I’m looking forward to see.

Damn, proper sentence structure has gone right out the window.

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Tags: disneyland
Categories : Finer Things in Life, friends, pregnancy, vacation

Don’t tell my mom…

26 07 2008

You Are 66% Evil

You are very evil. And you’re too evil to care.
Those who love you probably also fear you. A lot.

How Evil Are You?

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It’s not my fault.

23 07 2008

If I post less lately. Honestly.

You can blame my wife.
She made me do it.

I joined Facebook.

That shit is like crack cocaine.

Chances are good that if you want to be my friend, I’ll be your friend.

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Tags: facebook
Categories : sillyness

A bit of time travel…

21 07 2008

Last night Geddy Lee kept referring to time travel when they would play older songs after playing a few from the most recent album. Well, it is apparently happening to WordPress tonight. According to my web stats I have 5 clicks. For tomorrow.

I’d like to take this opportunity today to thank those people who have already taken the initiative to view my blog tomorrow, today. Thanks!!

McFly! Helloooo McFly!!!

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Tags: bizarre
Categories : sillyness

Day 42

21 07 2008

Yeah, I know it is a big jump from the last photos posted…

Insulation is in & sheetrock should go up this week!

: Heather’s Bay (left) & My Bay (right)

: 2nd Floor

: View from the kitchen door

: DB

There was a DB* in Heather’s bay. Must have succumbed to the heat over the weekend.

*DB = Dead Body, Dead Bat, etc.

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Tags: Carriage House, insulation
Categories : charleston, construction

ATTN: All Planets of the Solar Federation

21 07 2008

WE HAVE ASSUMED CONTROL.
WE HAVE ASSUMED CONTROL.
WE HAVE ASSUMED CONTROL.

Sunday I drove up to Charlotte, NC to catch the Rush concert with my best friend from high school, his brother, and another friend from HS. It was positively the best concert I have ever been seen. Except for the heat & humidity. I must have sweated out a gallon of water. Every time I see Neil Peart play his drum solo, which seems to get longer than the last, I stand in absolute amazement. The man is a god.

The show started around 7:45pm and ended about 11pm with a 15 minute “Pause for the Old Guys” (Lee & Lifeson are 54 and Peart is 55) in the middle of the show. Not a bad way to spend three hours on a Sunday night.

I fully intended to write down the set list as the concert went along, but my paper was completely drenched so I pinched the list from THE SPAGHETTI INCIDENT?. Thanks! I’m almost positive that the list is the same as last night’s. All the song links will take you to the iTunes Music Store if you wish to hear a clip. I pinched the intro/outro vids from YouTube. The last video has not only the outro video clip, but also the YYZ performance.

There was a woman from Hooters (who was there for a golf tournament) in the next row forward taking pictures. Hopefully she’ll send them along by email and I’ll post ‘em up because I didn’t take a camera. :boo:

20 July 2008
Charlotte, NC
Verizon Amphitheater
RUSH – Snakes & Arrows Tour 2008

Video Intro (Weirdest Dream featured all 3 band members)
Limelight – Moving Pictures
Digital Man – Signals
Ghost of a Chance – Roll The Bones
Mission – Hold Your Fire
Freewill – Permanent Waves
The Main Monkey Business – Snakes & Arrows
The Larger Bowl (with McKenzie Brothers intro) – Snakes & Arrows
Red Barchetta – Moving Pictures
The Trees – Hemispheres
Between The Wheels – Grace Under Pressure
Dreamline – Roll the Bones

Intermission Break

Video Intro (What’s That Smell? features all 3 members)
Far Cry – Snakes & Arrows
Workin’ Them Angels – Snakes & Arrows
Armor And Sword – Snakes & Arrows
Spindrift – Snakes & Arrows
The Way The Wind Blows – Snakes & Arrows
Subdivisions – Signals
Natural Science – Permanent Waves
Witch Hunt – Moving Pictures
Malignant Narcissism – Snakes & Arrows
Drum Solo
Hope – Snakes & Arrows
The Spirit of Radio – Permanent Waves
2112: Overture / The Temples of Syrinx – 2112
Tom Sawyer (with South Park intro) – Moving Pictures

Encore:

One Little Victory – Vapor Trails
A Passage to Bangkok – 2112
YYZ – Moving Pictures
Video Outro ( YYZ & Outro Vid – features all 3 band members)

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Tags: Alex Lifeson, charlotte, concert, Getty Lee, Neil Peart, Rush, Snakes & Arrows
Categories : Finer Things in Life, friends, music

Childhood Memories

19 07 2008

Today was a very slow day at the old hardware store. We got in a shipment from Radio Flyer on Friday and to make the day go by I assembled each and every wagon and tricycle we received. About the third wagon in I remembered something from my childhood that brought a smile to my face.

Just about all the kids in the neighborhood had wagons or Big Wheels. My brother and I had a Radio Flyer wagon. The great thing about our neighborhood was that one of the streets was a giant (to us ‘lil kids) hill. We would drag out the wagons & big wheels and see who could fly down the hill the fastest and the furthest. Without crashing. I know of a few cats who still do this, albeit wearing full motorcycle leather & helmets.

Down the Dragon.

At night.

“Driving” a wagon down a hill takes a light touch. Too much steering input will flip you in a heartbeat. Too little and you’ll crash into someone’s car. I don’t remember ever hitting a car but I do remember rolling the damn thing.

So I’m assembling these memory creators in the back of the store and I had a thought. What if Radio Flyer made adult versions of all their classic toys? Would anyone buy them? If Charleston had any damn hills worth a crap I’d be first in line.

What I’d really like would be a larger version of a tricycle. I have vague memories of riding one as a little kid, but nothing that really stands out. Yeah I know you can get trike versions of motorcycles and there are large tricycles that are build from bicycles, but what I want is an embiggened version of the Radio Flyer Tricycle. Take a picture of the original and Scale that puppy up in photoshop. That’s what I’d want. Can you picture it?

My question to you readers (all three of ya) is this: If you could have an adult size/version of any toy that you had as a kid, what would it be? And no, Hot Wheels Ferraris don’t count. That would be to easy.

Here’s some music from Sesame Street to get you in the mood…

Feist