Classic Intro

The video to the right brings back some good memories of childhood.

TRANCE - Store N Forward

I was driving back from Jonesboro yesterday listening to The System on XM.
The beat was better than usual. These 2 german guys have a 2 hour show called Store N Forward. The tunes were perfect for driving. I listened to it all the way home. They have a cool feature where they tell you how to speak certain phrases in German, which is something different while the trance music is rolling in the background.

You can stream their music here:
http://store-n-forward.com/frameset

The built in player on their site is also sweet.

Goat Xing

Took this one while coming home from the in-laws. It's on their road out in Barton, MS. It's hard to tell they're goats from the picture but they were grazzing to the left when I came by then darted across on my way back. I thought it was strange to see a pack of goats in the terrain I cover in a normal week.

In obnoxious news: I'm going back to Bill Heard Chevrolet tonight to "finalize" my deal. I've had the truck for months, put 10,000 miles on it, and they still can't get it straight. The only good news at all is that everytime they rework the paperwork, the payments come down. I paid a reasonable down payment back in late June, and havn't made a payment since, mostly because I have not seen a payment book from the bank they are using. Today they passed me upstream to a more experienced financial guy. From the phone call I had with him, I would compare it to moving from an amebae to a protozoa's waste. It should be an interesting in-person visit.

Yard Sale

Highlights:

6 yr old sold out of country time lemonaid. No doubt a future sales/marketing genius.

Sold Aiwa surround sound speakers for $10. The lady was having trouble picking them up because she tried to grab them all at once, so I went over to help her telling her that I would get the bottom half if she got the top ones. She made some comment that made it sound like it was important to pick them all up at once, so I did. 2 seconds later they all hit the concrete hard enough that the front grill parts broke off. Nobody said anything and I loaded them up in her car. She already paid.

We sold a kids all in one minature pool/pingpong/air hockey table that was missing most of the pieces. $7 sticker price. Some Latinos wanted to bargain so I told them we would take $5. I overhear the 10 year old in the background... "Dad, we only paid $4 for that at the yard sale we bought it from" I didn't know this of course, but, Thanks.

A lady that comes to every yard sale anyone every has shows up and picks up and evaluates every item we have. Finally she finds something that shows 50 cents. She starts bargaining for 25cents and comments that she doesn't want to spend that much money today. PLEASE!!!! we should be charging you rent for taking up space at this point, you've been here for an hour, beat it.

Finally, I'm reminded of a classic yard sale tale. 5 years ago, the wife and mother in law leave me unattended to man the sale, so they can go buy more stuff at another sale, which will eventually end up in another one of our future sales. It's late in the day and I'm looking at all this crap that I will have to haul off somewhere after this is over and I decide it's time for a "fire sale". They have about 50 pairs of old shoes lined up like it's Payless or something, and the traffic is thick with mostly women, which I think would appreciate a deal. I announce in a megaphone volulme, "Everything must go!, buy any item, pick out one pair of shoes for FREE!"

Business was booming, it was unreal. I highly recommend it. The family gets back and my mom in law says "oh my Harley boots sold!, that's great!, did you have to come off the $50 I had on them" Now, first, I don't know why she would have bought them in the first place, and second, who puts a $50 pair of shoes in a yard sale. Yeah, it was bad for a couple of days, but always provides me with a good laugh looking back on it, as a matter of fact I'm going to say LOL.

With and without flash - no fish

Stonebridge Golf Tournament

Approaching the green and near the sand traps late in the afternoon. When we got to the carts, vendors had supplied a total of 3 sleeves of balls. (9) total, which is exactly how many balls I lost over the course of the day in the trees, water, and ones I just couldn't find. Still my best round so far, practicing does help, and the weather conditions play a major role in determining how much BC powder I need afterward. This time, 2 paks.

WWE

With the backup during security check-in, you would have thought (3)6 Mofia was in town and they were doing cavity searches for weapons. The gallery was actually much more tame than I had anticipated. The intros are obviously where all the excitement is and they proved to be worth the price of admission. The Fedex Forum sold us seats that were actually closed for the WWE event because we probably would have caught on fire had we sat there. Event staff moved us and about 50 others to our final destination which were not great seats but we did get a good view of the entrances. The prices for our tickets were "reasonable" and they had a good deal on an event shirt specifically for the night. 20 bucks so we got one. 2 hot dogs and a no graphics souvenir cup still costs $20 at FedEx forum.

New video to the right. After an intro like this, the match itself is pretty boring.