Archive for August, 2008

Holy Crap

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

A major American political party just nominated a Black man to be its Presidential candidate.
Wow.  I can’t express how proud I am of the Democratic Party and America right now.  Way to go folks.
Historic times, I’m glad to witness them and be on the right side of them.

Almost Got Me

Monday, August 11th, 2008

I took Emily with me to Lowe’s the other morning to get some stuff.  It was early and she announced that she wanted to go to McDonald’s for breakfast.  Here is the subsequent conversation with Emily about it:
Emily:  I want to go on the playground.
Me:  No, baby.  I have got to get this door installed and [...]

R.I.P. Skip

Monday, August 4th, 2008

Skip Caray, the voice of the Atlanta Braves, has passed away at the age of 68.  Skip was one of the good guys and he will be sorely missed, especially by me.
The number of times that I have looked at a television and cried tears of joy can be counted on one hand.  His voice [...]