Birthday

If you are joining in the dinner portion of the Dixie and TJ birthday party, the venue has moved to the Kobe Japanese Steakhouse on North Dale Mabry. It seems Arigato's caught fire. Candles on my cake are not to blame.

If you are coming to the main event, the plan remains the same. 9:00, 12/29, Green Parrot Pub.

Can you belive that people say I am hard to shop for? Here is a picture of this mornings desk:

Quick joke

Here is a quick theology joke . . . . . mainly for Eric.

There was little boy who was raised in a conservative religious home that believed in predestination. One day the boy fell over a pair of skates he had left at the top of the stairs. After falling head over heels to the bottom of the stairs, he dusted himself off and said "Boy, I'm glad that's over with."

Bwaaaa ha ha ha

Leaving on a jet plane

Leaving on a jet plane - an Airbus A-330 to be precise. We start boarding in just a few minutes if all goes well. I just spoke to my sister and she said that the weather is beautiful, and in the mid 50's - but that is going to change suddenly and drastically.

I was planning on going shopping for my nephews when I got there - but my sister just suggested putting some dollar bills in an envelope . . . . . . can do!! That means that I only visited one store to shop this year (although I did need to make a couple of trips due to "inventory issues")

Happy holidays to all!

Not Good!

Do you know what this is?


That's correct. It is the downfall of human civilization as we know it. They have redesigned bubble wrap. If you look carefully you can see that each bubble has a small channel that connects it to the contiguous bubbles. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?! Well, I will tell you what it means: one can't pop them! The other bubbles rally together in communistic fashion and share the increase of pressure. And should you succeed in popping one of the bubbles by using, say in a fit of desperate rage,with a paperclip, all of the other bubbles in that row deflate in a solidarity protest.

I say again: NOT GOOD!

Whoohoo

My attorney just gave me a $100 gift card to Dunkin' Donuts, and a client did the same with a $25 card that's two whole months of muffin and ice coffee goodness!

Dec 29 Detail

Here are some details . . . . We are going to get together for dinner at Arigato Japanese Steakhouse at 7:00, and then move to the Green Parrot Pub for drinks, dancing and singing (karaoke) at about 9:00.

Please send me a message if you plan on coming to the dinner part so I can make a reservation for one of the big tables!

Arigato: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=13755+N+Dale+Mabry+Hwy,+Tampa,+FL&ie=UTF8&z=16&om=1&iwloc=addr

Green Parrot: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=11759+N+Dale+Mabry+Hwy+tampa+fl&ie=UTF8&z=16&om=1&iwloc=addr

Read the following url to yourself before clicking, but you really do want to click on it!

http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/humping-dog-usb-drive-robs-us-all-of-precious-dignity-221189.php

Some of you may remember when I first reported about the Russian squirrels. They are up to no good again!

But the Scots know how to deal with this!

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Time Marches On . . . . .

Dixie's B-day, Christmas and my B-day all fall within a period of 6 days! So mark your calendars for the night of Friday, 12.29.06 for the DDBTJBISCPHP! That's the Dixie Davenport Birthday,T.J. Birthday, I Survived Christmas Post Holiday Party! I have no idea where this is going to be yet . . . . . somewhere in Hillsborough County. Stay Tuned.

Reject!

So I just finished the much anticipated photo "there is no way I am shopping in a mall" calendar that will once again provide holiday cheer to family and friends.

I thought it might be fun to show some pictures that did not make the cut:

The first reject is a very cool time-lapse photo of a campfire. It might have made the cut if it were not for the maniacal grin on my sister. It is a shame when she is off her meds.



While this is a very cute picture of the nephews, I made the command decision that this year's photo calendar would be 100% fish gut free.



While every calendar needs a giant picture of a skeleton with crab-trap boobs smoking a cigarillo, I just could not figure out which month it would best fit in.



This one was cut for one simple reason. Matty would kill me.



I really like this picture of Dixie . . . she probably does not, I don't think she has even seen it before . . . . I was about 100 yards away from her when I snapped it.

So in the desire to keep the peace, and from being smothered in my sleep - it hit the cutting room floor.



This would be a picture of our in-house attorney cleaning my office floor. There is just something about this pic that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside. I jest. He is a great guy, and this picture proves it! However . . . he is one of the soon-to-be recipients of the calendar - best to omit it.



While this picture is an excellent example of composition, lighting, color, and micro-focus, it is still a picture of a bug that is nearly the size of a ball park frank. Eeww.



This picture is kinda neat . . . I almost put it on the December page . . . . . but the focus was just a bit shallow. And it is a little sappy too.



So there you have it - a little preview of what is NOT going to be in this year's calendar.

Hope every one's holiday plans are coming together, that you are not stressing . . . . I was . . . but I am better now that I have clicked "submit order" on the Kodak page. Ho, ho, ho.