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God Speed: James Brown

Kiss my Ass: Saddam Hussein

Peanuts Question

As I was watching "A Charlie Brown Christmas" with my darling daughter, I noticed 2 things and came up with a question:

1. The gang of kids in the cartoon lives in a place where all the kids know how to ice skate and the ponds/lakes freeze over so they can skate on them. Meaning they have to be living up North.

2. Charlie Brown uses the word "Y'all" when he talks. Meaning he lives (or did live) in the deep South.

Where does the Peanuts gang reside?

I hope everyone is having a great Christmas Season!! As of this writing (7:50 pm on December 17th) there are 7 shopping days left before Christmas. If you haven't finished your shopping yet, you better get on it this week because next weekend is going to be STUPID!!!!!

I'm alive..

Sorry.. I'm alive.. I just have been so busy with the Holidays, I haven't had time to sit in here and write anything.. Hopefully, I'll get some time during the coming weekend.

A couple of quick updates:
My sister has gone through two rounds of chemo (Round # 3 this coming Tuesday) and she is doing fine. Although she shaved her hair, it doesn't seem to want to stay away, so she actually has a bit of hair right now. Still wearing the scarves and hats. But overall, she is doing amazingly well..

The other quick update was #1 Mom let me have a kitchen pass this past Sunday and I went and helped Scuba Steve out with a class during their pool session. It was a good time and I'm learning more and more about being an instructor every time I go in there with him. He is letting me do more each time and evaluates me when we finish with the Students. Being a safety diver is a great time and it lets me keep up with my skills as well as helping the students learn new ones. The picture is me (with no hair) helping a student do his "fin pivot" in the deep end. Hand up = Breathe In to lift your self off the floor. Hand Down = Breathe Out to lower yourself back down. See? Ain't I good? :)

And, last but definitely not least: Tiny Baby is getting big. She is rolling over, she is eating with a spoon and she just started squealing with delight over the past weekend. She is just a joy to be around. #1 Mom has an Office Dinner tomorrow night, so Tiny Baby and I will hanging out together, just the two of us, all evening. It will be some serious Baby/Daddy time.

Until next time..