Bought and wore these today...I think they speak for themselves.

Tomorrow will commence a semester-long fast in which I will not drink a Dr. Pepper until I graduate college on December 19th.

I would like to go deep-sea diving, sky diving, and fly in an ultralight.

En route to Little Rock airport en route to Dallas I stopped at the Pilot in West Memphis, whereupon I noticed an elderly man a pump down from me whose car's bumper-sticker and whose hat suggested him to be an Iwo Jima veteran of now 60 years and so understanding, was impressed to meet him and so, extending the right hand of fellowship, I put my left hand on his shoulder and first expressed my favorite hobby of reading books on American military history and then more importantly and to the point extended my remarkable and sincerest gratitude for his service for our country, and intentionally avoided saying I appreciated his sacrifice because I knew he would in his mind reply to such a remark "this poor, innocent boy knows not of what he speaks," and then offered my thankfulness that there were still people like him around that we could talk to in person, and he replied, with an almost inaudible chuckle which spoke suppressed sorrow for the loss of his comrades, "well, there's not many of us around anymore" - and as soon as I drove off I hit myself on the head, wishing I had offered to at least buy for him his gas.

Listened to 2 and a half hours of David Pyles from our July Meeting at work today.

Saw Star Trek with Ryan, which was a very entertaining, and then we ate supper at Dixie Cafe and then I went to bed too late.

Dan and Caitlin were in town this weekend and Ethan and I threw a birthday party (well our moms did, really) and we played croquet which was a blast, and we ate ice cream cake and sang barbershop and played the guitar and watched Herbie the Love Bug and drank Dr. Pepper - yes, I did all those things.

From the New York Post: "The state's first black governor yesterday blamed his political woes -- and those of President Obama -- on a white-dominated media that he accused of taking part in an "orchestrated" attack campaign. "We're not in the post-racial period," Paterson said in a freewheeling interview on the liberal talk-radio station WWRL. "My feeling is it's being orchestrated, it's a game, and people who pay attention know that."(cite)

Well they elected you didn't they? I guess if they hadn't elected you, they would have been guilty of racism. But they did. Now you are getting heat, so that's racism. I guess it would only be fair for them to give you a free pass - you are, after all, black. But wait, that would be racism wouldn't it? Giving you a free pass just because you are black? Even if they did, and then you don't get re-elected, I suppose you will say it was because racism is still alive and well in the state of NY and a qualified black man can't get a job just because of his color. Well I agree, that would be unjust. But equally unjust is giving an unqualified black man a job just because of his color.

Be not fooled my dear fellow music listeners - talking about God in your song does not alone entitle you to the holy status of Christian.

baseball is great to watch if you are needing to unwind from a crazy day - unless its close in the 9th inning.

well, today is the 22nd anniversary of my birth - if anybody should be celebrated it should be Mama.

"The Clinton-era law denies federal recognition of gay marriage and gives states the right to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states. " (cite)

The moment I read "gives states the right..." my top almost blew off - Uncle Sam does not give any rights to the states! This thinking is mirror-opposite to the intent of our founding fathers, and moreover as such thinking has snailed its way into the public thoughts-streams it has opened the door inch by inch to what we are now facing in full-blown socialism by the present administration. The fed doesn't give rights to the states! The states give rights to the fed and assume all the rest! It is inevitable, as the history of man is proving, that the totally depraved man will tend toward the that which promotes and glorifies self - which is, in this case, power, power, power. The totally depraved man will also not think twice about securing his power at the expense of happyness in the human experience - even his own, and especially that of others.

I'm so ticked off by something I read today in the political spectrum, I can't even blog about it.

VOTE BEN FERGUSON FOR MEMPHIS MAYOR!

Based on my weight and each item's caffeine content, I learned via this handy-dandy website how many of the following it would take to put me under - very useful to know, you know:

Reeses Peanut Butter Cups 2559
Hershey's Special Dark Bar 568
Ben and Jerry's Fair Trade Coffe Ice Cream (8oz) 146
Dr Pepper 250
Vitamin Water 243
Mountain Dew 186
Red Bull 128
Starbucks Doubleshot 78
Monster Energy Drink 69
Jolt Endurance Shot 51

Pricely... I like that name! Hiss, put it on my luggage!

Flirting on Facebook is like hiding behind the skirts of a woman - its for children - so if the shoe fits, wear it.

It was good and very good to see my brother Derrick today.

Ian Fleming has surely contributed to the watering-down of our country's moral fiber.

played some pipes, sang rip 'n snort, partied with the B-homes.

Today I got curious about how many weekends I have been gone this summer because I know it has been a crazy amount so I wrote down every weekend, got out my calendar and filled them in: Blue is home, Orange is Away - I have a ridiculous and a wonderfully rich life...12/17 weekends I will have been out of town - being with people I love.

May
16 Daniel/Molly Wedding
23 nothing
June
6 Hilton Head, SC
13 Hilton Head, SC
20 Harmony Hill, TX
27 Camp Moriah, MS
July
4 Shoal Creek Meeting, Atlanta, GA
11 Tommy/Kara Wedding
18 Falkner Meeting/ Church workday
25 Grace Chapel Meeting
August
1 Ripley, MS
8 Blevins birthday party, Alabama
15 Rich Mountain Association, Hot Springs, AR
22 nothing
29 Dallas, TX
September
5 Sarah/Brad Wedding, Arkansas
12 St. Louis w/Dan

Today, whilst at work, I bathed my eardrums in the music of 41 songs by Chicago.

Don Knotts was just amazing in Ghost and Mr. Chicken - a top notch act indeed.

Conviction is not the same as repentance - we are called to the latter.

mowed and weed-eated our yard the Tims; watched Bourne Identity, went to the theatre and watched Terminator, came home and watched Taken; came to the Greens for the night.