We Are The Champions

Well, I hate to post this right out in the open but it has to be said. Last night, the guys put the whipping of whippings on the girls at Trivial Pursuit. We played the 80's version, and having Randy on our team was the deciding factor.

Since Reese didn't care for the photo of my granddaughter in an earlier post (boring), maybe this photo will be a little more scintillating??

We won six pies to ZERO. Poor Reese didn't have her game on last night. I mean, I love her to death but wow she embarrassed Trivial Pursuit aficionados the world over. You gals WERE around in the 80's right?

I am gloating because it will probably never happen again. However, it did and we ARE the champions. I speak the truth. Dan, Lee and Randy. Unbeatable last night.

Oh, and did you want to know the kicker??? The question/answer we won on was a Howard Stern question. If there is a bigger Howard Stern fan out there than Reese, I wouldn't know who it was. Took the wind right out of her sails, it did. I just hope Robin, Artie, Fred, Gary and Benjy never find out.

I promise you she is scheming her revenge, studying every 80's resource she can find....Some people are gluttons for punishment.

The Monster Lives

Well I had just decided earlier tonight not to post every single day. It's not that I don't have enough to say, believe me. I was just thinking that people would get bored reading them on a daily basis.

Then Shannon (thanks, thanks A LOT!) goes and emails that she likes the blog and reads it every morning. I got a couple other nice words of encouragement from others too. So maybe I have created a monster, one that needs to be fed on a regular basis? This is said tongue-in-cheek by the way.

I guess I have mentally committed to posting blogs at least three times a week. A good compromise. Any less and I would lose my loyal following. Any more and I would quickly wear out the weak and the feeble.

I guess the "Joe Dirt" in me is itching to get out.

One last thing. Robin and I watched "Because of Winn Dixie" tonight and we both recommend it. Robin cried. I didn't (I am a man, for Pete's sake).

Ok, one last, last thing. I know everyone just loves my corny jokes. I was thinking of throwing in some free of charge every now and then? What do you say? Here's a sample:

Did you guys hear about the two peanuts walking down the street? One of them was a salted. Get it????

Thomas Edison Where are You?

We made some serious headway today on the new website. It will be an ongoing, dynamic process for quite some time but it is nearly to the point where we can begin beta testing it with live people. I am JACKED, to say the least.

It's really a testament (or indictment, depending on your point of view) of how technology has impacted the life of the average American. Here I am, with no "job" to speak of. However, I am so excited that I find it hard to wind down at night in order to go to sleep. When my eyes open in the morning, the first thing I do is head to the laptop to check out my online concerns. As the photo shows, this is what happens every night at our abode. We are internet ensconced.

It's not such a bad thing. This is the age of information. The old ways of doing things are nearly dead. We are living in the middle of a state that is in desperate financial straits, yet we are stoked at the possibilities that living in the information age affords us. We are all living on the edge of a new frontier. I would guess that one more generation-shift and the old ways will be nothing more than history lessons (in our online textbooks, no doubt).

It's time to face facts. The industrial age is over. Welcome to a new era.