My Dad has had one since '91 - and never went back to anything else. My stepdad swears by them, my brother has one, his fiance has a Scion, I'm on my second one - a Matrix I bought in 2003... Deann used to have one of Dad's old Camrys... but now... She's got her very own 2004 Solara! Congrats Deann! She did a great job of bargaining with the ...

A full day of Christmas movies at my Dad's today beginning with A Christmas Story. Deann got to town this morning and with no snow, no cold, and no presents yet - we've gotta get into the spirit some how! Scrooged, A Christmas Carol (George C. Scott version), and Miracle on 34th Street will round out the rest of the day. Derek and Angie are coming tonight - we'll ...

Ahhh 90's slang. I mentioned a few months ago that I was on my 15th move in 10 years... well, since this morning, I'm on number 16. January 5th I'll start moving into a nice new apartment on the West side of Madison - in the meantime, I'm spending the holidays with my Dad. Wish me luck... I'm eating Junior Mints. They're very refreshing. So tonight I'm heading up to ...

Heather and I leave for Florida on Saturday morning! We've had this planned for a long time and, aside from the stress of getting ready to go, are really looking forward to the time away. A quick four-day trip will be spend in the Orlando area visiting my grandparents and aunt, maybe a theme park or two, good food, and just enough relaxation to renew ourselves ...

For some reason I've had this image in my head for some time, along with "Situations" by Jack Johnson - which is one of the few songs I skip over when playing the In Between Dreams CD. So, the voice of his master... situations... I'm not quite sure what these have in common - probably nothing - except for providing an escape of sorts for the medley ...

This has nothing to do with music, those are just the last words I heard on the TV before I turned it off. But while we're talking about songs, I've been singin' a lot of Jack Johnson lately - I sound pretty good after a long day of smoking to get my voice raspy. Did you know the World Cup is only played every 4 years? That's ...

The pain in the pit of my stomache is getting impossible to handle. Everytime the phone rings, it gets worse. Twelve days ago my grandpa had another heart attack - he'll be 96 years old in August. The funny thing is, he had it on Thursday afternoon - but had a scheduled doctor's appointment on Friday at 2:00 that he thought he'd wait for. ...