rants. raves. random information.
Posted in Personal on Jul 30th, 2003
For all of you Windows users out there that want to actually pay for your downloaded music, I hope iTunes for Windows comes sooner than later.
iTunes is flawless for me. I am one of the people out there that want to pay my fair share. I want the artists to make more and [...]
Posted in Personal on Jul 30th, 2003
I took what I wrote in Parenting Is Hard seriously. I decided to step back, reevaluate, and make some deliberate changes.
I meant it when I said Parenting is Hard. It really is. For some it comes natural. For me it takes extra effort. So that’s exactly what I decided to do; [...]
Posted in Personal on Jul 20th, 2003
39 years going out to eat in every kind of restaurant imaginable. Tonight I did the unthinkable…
If you’ve read any of my other entries, you can probably figure out that I am not happy with my weight/appearance. I have never really looked like I wanted to that I can remember. How many [...]
Posted in Personal on Jul 16th, 2003
There is an absolute difference between fear and respect…
My kids respect their mother. They still say things to her sometimes that I don’t think a child should say to their mother, but overall they respect and love her. You can see it in how they interact with her. It’s one of the [...]
Posted in Entertainment on Jul 16th, 2003
Ellen DeGeneres made this an excellent movie, regardless of your age…
Much like Eddie Murphy did in the movie Shrek, Ellen’s portrayal of the character Dory, a fish with short term memory issues, made this film fantastic. It doesn’t matter how old you are, this is an excellent movie to go see. Once again [...]
Posted in Entertainment on Jul 15th, 2003
My wife and I saw this movie last night and it took a lot of work to get her in the theater for it…
But, when all was said and done, we both would definitely recommend it to anyone. We both gave it an 8 out of 10. Very good movie. Tons of [...]
Posted in Personal on Jul 12th, 2003
Effective September 4, 2003, motorcyclists over the age of 21 will no longer be required to wear a helmet.
This is an interesting development to me. When I was younger, I had a mighty Honda Hawk motorcycle. I rode that thing everywhere and I hated that I had to wear a helmet. So, [...]
Posted in Personal on Jul 12th, 2003
A little quick research turns up that I do not, in fact, weigh anywhere near what a cow weighs.
So the average cow weighs 1600lbs. 1600! Those Aliens should have been able to abduct me and at least 4.61 of my closest friends (that all would have to weigh exactly 285lbs as well). [...]
Posted in Personal on Jul 10th, 2003
It is rare that I remember dreams that I have when sleeping anymore, but this one was too real…
Last night, I went to bed at a decent hour, 10:30pm, and went immediately to sleep. I woke up at 3:13am to use the bathroom. I know this, because anytime I have to get up [...]
Posted in Personal on Jul 8th, 2003
Sometimes things happen. Sometimes things change that you really have no control over.
You can take different approaches on how to handle it, but the way you handle it might just end up saying something about the kind of person you are. There are a lot of people in this world that want what [...]