August 20, 2001

By the time Monday August 20, 2001 rolled around we had already made three or so trips to the hospital thinking Heather was in labor and each time we were sent packing. Then as each Dr visit would end Heather’s physician would keep telling us that she was not ready and to give it a couple days and come back. This was so tough to watch Heather in such a miserable state. She had been put on bed rest nearly a month earlier and we were just ready.

So we made it through the weekend and to the doctor appointment Monday morning. Once again the doctor did his poking and prodding and sent us home yet again. Not ready he said. So we made our way back down to the car and headed home. To cheer my lovely yet miserable wife up I decided to stop at The Nut House Too and get her some chocolate and caramel pecan turtles (these candies have special meaning to her). It made her smile and as we made our way home she was still very uncomfortable and swore that the doctor had put things into motion with his not so delicate examination.

I dropped Heather at home and got to the office as quick as I could to get caught up at work. I was still in a Team Leader Position of a very high volume region and dreaded getting behind on things. At work a little over an hour and away from my desk I was paged overhead. I pick up the line and hear Shelley say to get home and get Heather to the hospital that she is in labor. Heather had called Shelley for the billionth time asking questions and this time it was for sure it. She was ready to go. I was a half hour from home and then it would be nearly a half hour back to the hospital. I have never driven with such purpose in my life.

So I made it home got Heather, and all her things and we made it to the hospital and were in a room playing the waiting game. He next few hours were spent getting Heather prepped, the room ready, blood work, paper work. Thankfully we had Shelley with us and family soon joined as well as I know I was overwhelmed. What should have been a natural birth soon turned into an emergency C-section with me standing in an empty delivery suite and Heather being rushed to an operating room. The cord was wrapped around the baby’s neck and with each passing minute the situation became more serious in nature.

As they wheeled Heather out they assured me that they would be coming back to get me and gave me a paper gown to put on and be ready to go in. Well after 15 minutes of standing scared to death they finally brought me into the room I could not help but notice they had already begun the C-section. So as soon as I sat down on a stool next to Heathers head so I could see her they had the baby out and we heard her cry.

It was by far one of the scariest days but one of the happiest days.

Happy Birthday Sweet Bailey. August 20, 2001

Roger Clemens and those who practice the art of lurking are grinding my gears

Today’s blog update is total stream of consciousness so please forgive me if my thought train derails. To start off I was just reading that Roger Clemens (The Rocket) was just charged with Obstruction of Congress and Perjury by a federal grand jury. This is related to his 2008 testimony before congress in which his statements contradict those made by his former teammates and a former trainer about his alleged use of performance enhancers. In most cases these drugs were not illegal. I find it extremely disturbing that so much time, and tax payer money has been spent on the whole steroids in baseball witch-hunt. You would think congress has other irons in the fire that need tending to. Wars, drug abuse (of the illegal nature not HGH or steroids), education (the lack of) just to name a few issues. Instead they continually step into issues that they have no business being involved in. I mean what could it matter to the federal government and the millions they represent that some ball players juiced. Absolutely nothing.

On top of all of this I have seen some voice the opinion, on talkbacks, facebook, and twitter that they hope Clemens gets jail time and that they hate our current judicial system. Those two points seem to be contradictory to me. What I dislike is how our elected representatives seem to just forget about what’s important and only want their name in lights. I say let them all juice, if they die due side effects, who cares! I know the argument is that it’s a poor example for kids and parents don’t want kids shooting roids but guess what that is on the parent, the kid and the coach. Raise your own kids don’t let others have to do it for you with congressional hearings, as Peter Griffin would say “That really grinds my gears”.



Now on to the other thing that grinds my gears….lurkers. Between facebook and twitter the lurkers kill me. Now how do I define a lurker, a lurker is someone that does not participate at all. They are there simply to lurk, judge, then gossip via other methods. Just silly to me that I should share a single word, blog, or comment on another person’s status and these lurkers just sit and stare. It’s like they have this open window into me but feel it unnecessary to share anything with anyone else other than they like Farmville. Or if they do share something it feels so fake, like they sat for hours just to think of the cool thing to say that will impress. So lurkers I challenge you, good bad indifferent say something to your facebook peeps. This is for those that have not updated a picture, a status, made a comment in nearly six months ( as an example ).

Again just me…so how about some Family guy to end things since I am on what grinds my gears.

Peter (after Lois tells him he's childish): "If I'm a child that means you're a pedophile, and I'll be damned if i'm going stand here and take this from a pervert." Family Guy

Blu-Tuesday Number 4

This is a week that I really have no interest any new release on Blu-ray. The only two of any consequence at all for me would be Nanny McPhee which is being released on Blu-ray to promote the upcoming Nanny McPhee Returns and Furry Vengeance which really just looks like a big stinker to me. The only reason either would be on my radar is that Bailey may want Nanny McPhee on Blu as she loves the movie and she loves funny animal movies but I really hope to avoid Furry Vengeance.

The next few weeks are hit and miss so next week rather than a weekly update I will finish up the entire month of August suggestions. Don’t get me wrong there are other movies coming out on DVD and Blu-Ray but I really could care less about The Last Song with Miley Cyrus, that’s not exactly my type of movie.
So since this is a short week I will give you my top five Blu-Ray suggestions for the first six months of 2010.

1. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Don’t miss this remarkable set of the theatrical versions for the Peter Jackson directed Lord of the Rings. There no doubt will be another set of the extended versions but no fan should go without this theatrical release of all three films. The set also comes with digital copies of each for viewing on your apple mobile device or laptop.









2. Avatar. The Biggest movie ever. Very re-watchable and again a double dip will be upcoming with an extended version but another can’t miss.















3. Zombieland. Woody Harrelson cracking Zombie skulls in a theme park. What more can you ask for, as well as perhaps the best cameo ever in any comedy. Another must own on Blu-ray.









4. Toy Story and Toy Story 2. The entire family loves these movies and on Blu-ray they look and sound awesome.


5. Sherlock Holmes. This is just a great action adventure set in London and is big fun.

All of these are just great looking and sounding on Blu-Ray and all enjoyable and very re-watchable. There were other very good Blu-rays the first half of the year but simply on story and how the movies look and sound these are the best in my opinion.

When Tallahassee goes Hulk on a zombie, he sets the standard for "not to be fucked with". Zombieland (2009)