Economic Stimulus

How do you propose we spend our economic stimulus package. That's the debate today.
Are you spending or saving free money? This post may be a little different than your normal ideas.

Do you buy a Japanese TV or a Korean made DVD player?
That doesn't sound like stimulating the American Economy.

A family of three (Rake, Cinderella and Little One) should be getting a whopping $1,500. Cinderella says she is saving hers. Cinderella is a good saver. I am really good at spending. Hence the need for someone like Dave Ramsey in my life. Little One - I haven't decided if I turn it completely over to her or give it in small amounts or just plunk it into her savings. I am more in favor of economic stimulus instead of savings.

My first plan (not accepted by Cinderella) was to hand out every one's portion of the money and drive to the mall and go WILD. Setting aside 10% for tithe of course.

However, after much deliberation (in my own mind), I have come to a conclusion that may be the icing on the cake.

My plan - should the American people accept it - is as follows:

Monetary gifts of small amounts many times.

My examples:

1-Give your waitress a little extra in her tip.
2-Turn around in line tomorrow at (wherever) and make a purchase for the person behind you.
3-Purchase your child's teacher a gift card to your local school supply store.
4-Purchase some locally grown stem flowers and hand them out in a public place.
5-Donate some to a 'people building' charity. United Way, local food bank or homeless shelter.
6-Purchase at least 1 item from your locally owned hardware store.
7-Purchase some fruits and vegetables from that guy on the side of the road.
8-Purchase and plant a tree/shrub or flowers
9-Invite someone over to your house for a simple and inexpensive cook-out.
10-Decide on something small you need (not want) and spend a little on yourself.

Anything leftover? Have fun with your own ideas with the remaining monies.

By spending this stimulus money in small amounts at different places & time we lessen the ability of its direct loss to
overseas goods and services.

But remember Rake readers: Don't let this be a tool where you go and create debt. Stay alert to all the advertising that will begin promptly. Car's & Home Improvement's. The idea is not that you take $600 and turn it into a $30,000 debt for a shiny new car. You will not be able to escape all the ways people will try to pry that cash from your hands. And! They will want to do it while gladly pushing you deep into debt. What kind of stimulus is that? You can't build instant wealth from $600. You will benefit overall if the system as a whole is stuffed with operating cash.

That's my two cents. Do you have ideas to pass along? Please comment.

Elkmont Camping 3

Our last installment of our Elkmonth camping experience.

Saturday night's poker game saw yours truly come out on top. Roadrunner came in a close 2nd.





Here are a few shots of Little River. Little River runs through the middle of Elkmont Campgrounds. I was up earlier than everyone else. So, I took the opportunity to go and take pictures.






Next, is Laurel Falls a short and paved 1.5 mile hike. It was a fun morning trip on Sunday before Paul and Evans returned to the Atlanta metro area.





After Laurel Falls we retreated to the camp where Paul and Evans loaded up and headed out of town. Pat and Roadrunner made a quick run into Gatlinburg for supplies. I on the other hand - thought it was just right for a nap.

When Pat and Roadrunner returned. Pat and his father went fishing again while Roadrunner and I took on Cucumber Gap trail.

Cucumber gap is an awesome trail. There's much to see along the trail. We saw deer. We heard a tale of a 300lb bear and noticed many good places to swim in the summer. It was a good hike. Here's the proof.

Rake standing by the stream


Roadrunner crossing the stream


Rakethetable


Roadrunner at the old Elkmont cabins


A video of our Cucumber Gap trail hike. It's long but a good bear story near the end by the hiker's who claim to have been followed by a 300lb bear. Notice the older man's demeanor. He keeps looking back like the bear is still after them. HAHA funny stuff.



After a good dinner of hamburgers and chips, we sat around the campfire until I just couldn't stay awake any longer.



Monday morning after breaking camp, Roadrunner and I headed towards Clingman's Dome. The highest spot in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. 6,643ft above sea level to be exact. Wow. What a hike up the last .5 mile.

Here I am at the Appalachian Trail atop Clingmans Dome.


Here is a view from atop of ole smokey.


We geocached out of North Carolina on our way back to Atlanta.
Here are some pictures from along the way.


We ate lunch at Dillsboro Smokehouse. This was my BBQ Pizza. I had already started eating before I decided to take a photo.




I hope you have enjoyed the sharing of our camping trip. Come back and see us another time.

Night Knuckleheads

Jamal Lewis

Interesting side note.

We ate at the Nikko Japanese Steak House Sushi Bar and Lounge in Tyrone last night. My wife sat next to Jamal Lewis. He and his date were quiet and unassuming. He was bothered once by another patron wanting a photograph. He was nice and participated and then returned to his date. He really came across as a nice guy. Laughing and even trying to catch a shrimp thrown by the chef.



We didn't bother him. I was amazed at his bi-ceps - Gun's I tell you!

You can barely see them in this photo of our Japanese knife slinger.


We had a great cook. He was funny and entertaining. I let Little One take some photographs.





Back to our camping trip next time.

Elkmont Campgrounds 2

So, after breakfast on the first morning we had to see what everyone was wanting to do. For Pat and his father, they were going fishing. Pat brought his "Bone Dry" waders and was fly fishing from the middle of the river. His father, is a bank fisher and would stay along the river on the solid dry land.

Evan was up for a short 1.5 hike. Paul was like whatever. Roadrunner and I were up for a bit of a longer hike. We settled on Abrams Falls Trail hike. About 5 miles and not too much elevation change.

Going to Abrams Falls Trail had us drive down from the heights of Elkmont down to Cade's Cove. For those who have not been to Cade's Cove - It is one of the most beautiful places on earth. If you are in the area and haven't been, Go. Go now and don't think twice about it.

On the drive in - we see some turkeys. No, we weren't looking in the mirror!


Here is another view out over Cade's Cove.


Okay, so we were enjoying nature while riding around in the CR-V. I am sure we were a sight as we pulled into the parking lot. All kinds of people were there to make the hike. Families, Older Groups and the young. We were just four grown men looking for adventure.

Here we all are just before beginning our journey.


We stopped a few times to take in the mountains and the views it afforded.
Along the way, there were several stream crossings where a half log was our footbridge. Once they got wet, they were slippery!



Here is a view from the highest elevation of this low country hike.


We arrive at Abrams Falls and the photo taking begins. ENJOY!


Yours truly - enjoying the afternoon sun and the cool moist breeze.


A baby snapping turtle also enjoying the afternoon sun.


another great view.


We returned to camp and goofed off around camp for a couple of hours. When everyone started moaning about dinner, I offered an idea that some couldn't refuse. Cherokee Casino Buffet- 20 miles away. $15 and all the food you can eat. I loaded up on ribs, chicken wings and breast, potato salad, spinach, beans and lots of sweet tea. Now, that's a camping dinner I can get behind. I ended up putting $10 into a penny slot machine. After a few minutes, I hit a straight grapes jackpot that got me back up several dollars. I played that back down to my original $10 and cached out. $15 = buffet and an hours entertainment. We were soon headed back to camp.

The joke all weekend was "hike faster - I hear banjos!" You never know with all those Tennessee Volunteer lunatics out that way. So, I had to find some songs with banjo's. Enjoy this film of assorted videos from this 2nd day in the Smoky Mountains.

Elkmont Campgrounds 1

The first 24 hours of our trip to Elkmont - follows....

Roadrunner arrived at my house just before 2PM. We loaded my stuff into his CRV and away we went in search for freedom only found in the wide expanse of The Great Smoky Mountain National Park.

Here Roadrunner enjoys a Quicktrip hot dog. He actually had two with all the trimmings - even mayonnaise. **Gross**



It wasn't but a couple of hours into our trip that Roadrunner done a U-turn in the road around Franklin, N.C. Roadrunner had to see about a long lost love. His first love - a "Tang".



A photo for Roadrunner to keep.


We made one more stop along the route. We stopped long enough to take a few photos at an overlook.

Rake


Roadrunner


Our next stop was Elkmont Campgrounds. We were at group camp site #4. The other three tents (our fellow group members) were already up and ready. Pat and his father were there. They had gotten there early to try out some trout fishing holes. No luck was theirs this day. Evans and Paul were there hanging around the campfire.

Here are a couple of photos of the "Hilton" going up. And a photo of my humble home for the next three nights.





Rake's temporary home


Pat cooking his camp steak dinner.
I ate trail mix, peaches and drank a Mountain Dew.


We all sat around the campfire had our dinners and told stories the first night. Pat established himself quickly as the king of funny stories. Pat, Roadrunner and Evans all have known each other since school days. I heard a lot of good stories.



It wasn't long before we said our good nights and were off to bed. The first night the stormy weather hit. About 3AM I was awoke from the sounds of the thunderstorms. It rained and rained. I finally fell back asleep. Assured I was dry and not getting wet. Roadrunner was another story. Seems he had a leak above him. He moved to the center section of the tent and to the air mattress. I rolled back over and continued to sleep.

The next morning I watched Pat as he and his dad made their breakfast. I am not one to cook while camping. However, the smell of their bacon and sausage cooking could make me rethink my cereal bar mentality of camp breakfast.

I ate 2 cereal bars and drank water with fruit punch mix. Munched on some trail mix as others continued to eat.

The one thing the rain did do - was bring colder weather.





Here is a short video of the first 24 hours around camp. It has the overlook, Pat cooking, Roadrunner - still asleep, Evans and Paul enjoying eggs and hot dogs and our camp dog Dooley.



That's a peak at the first part of our camping weekend. Stay tuned for more action filled documentation on our adventures. Later, we travel to Abrams Falls in Cade's Cove. You don't want to miss that!

We're home

However, I am too tired to post.

So, stick around the next few days should be fun.

All us cool kids.

Evans, Rake, Roadrunner, Pat & Paul (Pat's dad not pictured)



Later Knuckheads

Essentials

A couple of Geocaching bloggers have posted their cache bag contents.
Since I am preparing for a geocaching and camping trip with Roadrunner and Pat (Fayette CSI guy),
I thought I would pull everything into a photo and share my items.

Geocaching Bag Essentials:



Backpack
Toboggan
Gloves
Hat
Compass
Whistle
Walking Sticks
Camo Duct Tape
Plastic baggies (repair)
Swag stuffed animals, wooden nickles
trackables
Poncho
Ibuprofen
Sunglasses
Chap stick
Knife
Utility Tool
Batteries
Magnetic Key holder
Flashlights
Cell Phone
Palm TX (paperless caching)
Garmin GPSmap60CSx (w/instruction manual)
"Smiling in Actworth" wooden nickle (good luck charm)


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Camping food essentials



Water with flavor mix
Trail Mix (M&M's, Rice Chex, Pretzels, Cashews)
Apple Sauce
Pears
Oranges
Vienna Sausages
Potted Meat
Cereal Bars
Chewy Peanut bars
Mountain Dew - when you need that extra kick!
Plums
Great fruit
Apples
Tuna Fish
Hard Candy


I hope you have thought of something for me to add to my bag or something to add to your bag. Until I see you on the trail, be safe you knuckleheads.

Gambling 101

Do you know what makes a good gambler?

Knowing when the odds are in their favor to make the wager. Doyle Brunson has lived the gamblers life. He has endured on making consistent wagers that consistantly pay off. I read his blog and enjoy it. He retells many old stories from a lifetime gamblers mind. It's like going to history class and learning so much from few words.



For those who don't know Doyle, here is a quick bio.
Doyle ran numbers as a young man (bookie).
He played poker for a living in and around Texas when it was still a rough life (gun carrying).
He is considered the grandfather of poker.
He has won the WSOP (World Series of Poker) Main Event twice (back to back).
He currently has 11 WSOP bracelets (tied for 2nd most).
He wrote the master book on poker (Super System & Super System 2).
He is a multimillionaire.

This is a partial repost from his blog.

After he won the WSOP he told me he was going to go on tour and sell 10,000 copies of Super System. I bet him $5,000 that he wouldn't do it and after one year I got a cashier's check in the mail for $5,000 from Fowler.

That is an interesting side note to analyze as a insight to a gambler.
On the front of this we see a simple bet of $5,000. Win $5,000. or Lose $5,000.
Now remember, a good gambler knows when the odds are in his favor.

Breaking it down by gambler.

Mr. Fowler

This was a bad bet for Mr. Fowler. (and a lesson to others)
In order for Mr. Fowler to "Win" $5,000, action on his part was needed.
Action in the name of having to "work" and go sell 10,000 books.
Left side of the equation is work hard for $5,000.
Right side of the equation is be lazy and pay $5,000.
Why in the world would anyone want to make that bet from this side of the equation?

Now, from a true master gambler's side.

Doyle Brunson

He takes Mr. Fowler up on his boisterous vocabulary.
(Mr Fowler was feeling his oats after winning a WSOP Main event).
Doyle will pay $5,000 to Mr. Fowler if he sells 10,000 copies of his book Super System.
Doyle will win $5,000 from Mr. Fowler if he doesn't sell the books.
Has anyone heard of a thing called "Royalties"?
It is safe to say that Doyle gets more than $0.50 for ever book that is sold. (~dollars per book sold)
So, if Mr. Fowler sells 10,000 Doyle would receive well over $5,000 in royalties from those sells.
He could easily pay Mr. Fowler his $5,000 and still deposit $$'s into his account.

Left side of the equation. Doyle does nothing, Fowler does nothing and Doyle receives $5,000.
Right side of the equation. Doyle does nothing. Fowler bust his butt and sells 10,000 books.
Doyle receives thousands of $'s in royalties and pays Mr. Fowler a penance ($5,000) of his royalties.

Doyle wins either way by doing NOTHING. A true wager by a Master Gambler.

Recently in the news - Doyle as accepted Patrik Antonius's boisterous vocabulary on playing Doyle "any" game at "any" $ level.

Doyle was quickly to pen an open letter accepting his "oats". Doyle has made a living out of situations like this. Patrik is a good poker player. However, he is young and inexperienced at ALL the games. Doyle will use the "any" game and the "any" stakes to place Patrik out of his comfort element and take Patrik's money. Run Patrik - RUN!


When a Master gambler speaks, Listen - but don't wager!
Don't spout out words of confrontation to a Master gambler when you are feeling strong.

Quick Pimp Link

An interesting lady has started a blog.

I am sure we will be treated with many a good stories from this blogspot.

A sweet lady.
A pastor's wife.
A mother of 4 (Three girls and a boy).
Family to Roadrunner.

Go See Krispy and tell her hi.

Quick Post

Weekend Review - Plus.

I am getting out of the funk and starting to get things knocked off my list.


Friday night Cinderella and I took Little One and Jenna to Ce Ce's pizza. Jenna spent the night with Little One. I took them over to Jenna's house around 10AM Saturday morning to play for a while. I came home and got a few things done.

Saturday night we ate dinner at Red Lobster. It was Little One's suggestions. So, Cinderella and I was very pleased. I got stuffed on the popcorn shrimp.

This is where the weekend turned weird for me. You have to know Cinderella. She doesn't like the idea of having a cat. Or, well... she didn't. She had been thinking about Little One and the need for her to have a pet. Well, she finally gave in this weekend. After Red Lobster, we went to Petsmart and adopted a cat through the for paws rescue.

Here a few cute pictures.






The cat has been staying in Little One's bedroom. Her water/food dish is in the connected bathroom and her litter box is there too. I think it will take a little time for Little One to get use to having a cat jump up on her bed at night while she is sleeping. We had to split up as she came to our bed around 3:00am complaining that the cat kept waking her up. Cute.


Anyways. I am getting all my gear together tonight for the Gatlinburg camping trip next weekend with Roadrunner. He has a great post about his CSI experience this weekend. I have finished the around the house honey do list. Now, to get my stuff together. You know how I love that show. Maybe someday I could go on a ride along.

I may post a blog about whats in my Geopack. It's a take from Geocats blog.

Catch you knuckleheads later.

64th Best

While I may not technically live in Peachtree City. I have lived within its borders within the last 4 years and only live maybe 5 miles outside its borders now. I have worked in Peachtree City for over 14 years now.

CNN Money is reporting Peachtree City to be the 64th best place to live.

A couple of months ago - another report gave it the 8th spot.

either way. Living in and around Peachtree City is pleasant.

It is a pretty cool place to Geocache(They left that nugget out of the report)
Lots of green space. Lots of parks. Lots of places to hide things!

The funny statistic is Median family income:(per year) $96,813
Peachtree City is home to the majority of big airline pilots.
So, you have the soccer mom espresso.

Working in Peachtree City has its downfalls. Lunch time when time is limited. You usually get behind a couple of these soccer moms that have no clue to time. They have all day. Aggravating.

A couple of examples:

The place where kids drive their golf carts to school.
PTC has over 90 miles of paths within the city limits.
Up until about 3 years ago, there were no age laws on driving golf carts around Peachtree City. It wasn't unusual to see a couple of 10 year olds riding along the paths alone (like riding bicycles around the neighborhood to the rest of us folks).



Geocats has visited one of the conference centers in town.
Aberdeen


Where they will spend a million dollars to get you and your golf cart safely over the highway.



The city municipal fountain.
Our company had a large part of the donation and installation process.
There is also an evil micro hid nearby.
I own the waymark for this fountain on waymarking.com.



And finally, if you haven't been to a 4th of July parade and fireworks in Peachtree City, you haven't seen the wildest site ever - a huge traffic jam of golf carts. Over 8,000 golf carts are registered with the city of Peachtree City.



Let's not forget that Roadrunner and Poptart and Tyvex can all (I think) call Peachtree City their childhood hometown.

By Knuckleheads

Teeth, Fish and Funk

I don't have an cavities. However, I did get a stern speech about tarter build up.

It only served to make my mind drift off to Long John Silver's seafood platter. So, I am not really sure what all she said but I am now in the mood for some LJS Fish!

A funk. I am not sure what else to call it. I am in the throws of a good funk. It's spring time and the weather is warming. However, I just don't have the energy or the desire to get to it. I need to get started on the honey do list. I have a few items I would like to clear up and get behind me. However, things just don't seem to be working for me right now. Whether it is me being lazy or other things popping up on the schedule, I just can't seem to get it into gear. I don't think I have recovered fully from my near death experience a couple of weeks ago.

I am excited about the upcoming camping trip. However, I have only managed to get the sleeping cot purchased. I still need to get the tent out and go over it. I still need to gather all the necessary equipment. Get it checked out and purchase the staple groceries. I don't like to be a procrastinator. I like things in order and checked off. We'll see how this weekend goes. I would like to have it all cleared up by Saturday. (A full week in advance). Let along get all the electronic equipment prepared.

Yard work - Yuck! That season again. Sneezing, running nose and all the water this county needs leaking from my eyeballs. I need to mow, weed eat, trim, water & who knows what else. I still have about 5 mounds of wood chips from where Will dropped them when he bush-hogged our back woods.

Side job (pipe work). I have another batch of pipe work from Sir Gus's father in law to get done. I get paid for doing this and I can't even get in gear to get this done. I finally started it last night - after having it for about a week. He likes a week turn around. (not this time) The problem with this work is that it is SO boring.

Time with my family. This seems to have been limited lately. The problem is that I can't really recall why. We are all going different directions at different speeds and we pass long enough for a hug and a kiss goodnight.


So, my promise to my readers (and family). The funk stops now! A list will be created and things will start to be checked off.



Has anyone seen the race to 300 between Roadrunner and myself. I think he is going to win. Actually, I think he is sandbagging so he can tease me into thinking I have a chance. (He may already be there and not logging them in quickly)

Open WIDE

I am going to the dentist today.

Death of a Salesman

More accurately. Death of one of the best geocaches in the area.

"Live life like no other" is no longer. I officially off'ed it today.

With Little One with Cinderella, I could use the time after work to sadly retrieve the stages of the cache that Roadrunner and I so craftily placed in a great local park. I didn't know it would take me so long. About an hour and a half. And I knew where all the stages where.

While there I picked up another cache. It's no secret.

The fun part of my afternoon was I got to cross what had become a "raging river" with all the rain we had lately. Shoes off and all. No snowballs today. I had dress clothes on. So, today they were dirty black snowballs. I am sure I looked funny. Man in dress slacks and dress shirt with his shoes and socks in his hands carrying an ammo can. ha!

This is what I brought home.

Weekend in Review

Friday night my daughter and I had a date night. Cinderella was in south Georgia at the college alumni function. We went shopping and had dinner. It's funny in a way how much like me Little One is. We are both the "spenders" of the family. My wife is the "saver".

So, when Cinderella got home, I told her that she couldn't leave us alone together because I didn't like the effect it has on our bank account. Little One a while later with no instruction from me continued the saga. She told her mom that I had ordered a car while she was gone. My wife fell for it and I had to endure a good ten minute scolding until Little One and I both let her in on the prank. ( I didn't order a car )

We did have a good weekend together. We missed our Cinderella. We ate dinner at CeCe's pizza. Little One's favorite place. We went shopping at Circuit City, Target, HHGregg and the Dollar Tree. The two of us ended up spending about $55 dollars that night.

Saturday, I took Little One to a birthday party. She had a good time. She won both party games that were played. Freeze Dance and Musical Chairs. She such a competitive sport. I couldn't be more proud of the young lady she is becoming. Smart, pretty and a great personality. I have my hands full with teaching her about money. She is like me - if it is shinning and attractive - she "needs" it.

I was sure to clean up all the dishes, wash a few loads of clothes and Little One even vacuumed the kitchen floor. We wanted Cinderella to return and not feel like we were total bums.

Cinderella had an interesting story when she got home. It seems that the choir director Hildegard Stanley was alerted when I posted my last blog about the dedication of the Hildegard Stanley Music Center at Brewton-Parker College. When Dana and Cinderella walked into the reception hall, Ms. Stanley ran up them and was telling them how she was wondering who was coming with Dana to the function. She knew Dana was from Sharpsburg. However, she couldn't remember another alumni from that area. She couldn't remember my name from the blog (it's Rake). My wife was dumbfounded that Ms. Stanley was asking about her husband. After a few tries, she then muttered "Rake". Ms. Stanley said "Yes! - That's it." I am sure Cinderella had a really funny looking face at that moment. Ms. Stanley, you really impressed my wife by remembering her.

Dana was a music major and suite-mate with my wife while going to school there. Dana had a solo during the dedication ceremony. I hear from Cinderella that Dana was excellent - as always.

My wife thought it was interesting that my small spot on the web was caught so quickly by someone outside the family. Hey Cinderella, the Rake is famous all over the world. So, If you are reading this Hillie, Welcome. I am still waiting for pictures to be posted from the event. I want to see my Cinderella in action. Just for information - I don't name too many names to protect the innocent.

Sunday, Little One had a friend over after church. While Cinderella took them to Wal-mart to pick up a few items, I went home to start lunch. I started the corn and mashed potatoes while Cinderella picked up some fried chicken. I also made some Jello. However, it took 4 hours to be ready. So, I ate that after dinner. I took a good long nap after lunch. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to fall asleep last night - but I was tired by the time bedtime rolled around. I was watching 'Star Wars - Revenge of the Sith' and fell asleep before it ended.

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Spring Break is here and Little One will be going to spring break camp at Cinderella's company day care this week. She will get to see many friends she has known since being an infant. They have one field trip planned this week. I am not sure where it will take them. However, I am sure Little One will come back excited and tired.

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Camping. The camping trip with Roadrunner is around the corner. Gatlinburg here we come. I have started pulling things together that I think I may need. I still need to get out the tent and set it up to check it out. I purchased a cot last week so that is done. I can't wait to fall asleep to the sounds of nature. It should be a rocking geocaching & hiking time.

Ya'll have fun now - Knuckleheads.

They're Here!

I am happy today because my wooden nickles arrived.



A mess of wood chips.


I don't know if I want to go geocaching or play poker.



I am practicing my chip stacking art.





It's Thursday night - and we are hanging around the house tonight. The wife leaves tomorrow to participate in the Dedication of the Hildegard Stanley Music Center at her Alma mater Brewton Parker College. She was a member of the choir while attending there. Little One and I will be attending a birthday party at the church on Saturday morning.

Have fun and get out there and cache. If you are lucky, you may just find a rakethetable wooden nickle to boot!

No fighting

A hockey game with no fighting is like a a Nascar race with no accidents. Sure, it's entertaining. But, it's really boring entertainment.

Roadrunner and I grabbed a quick bite at Arby's and then went into Philips Arena. Thanks Roadrunner for picking up the dinner tab. I am just glad I didn't have to kiss you goodnight!

Our vouchers were good for $38 level seats. Not the complete nose bleeds. However, pretty far up there. We declined to upgrade for an addition $36 dollars.

It was a fairly boring 1st period (whole game). Florida was first to score and it was during a Thrashers penalty.

It really turned boring when Florida scored two quick goals within 30 second of each other. That's when I was sure a good fight would break out. I waited and waited. No such luck. There was a possible fight - it turned out to be a group hug event. See photo below.

I think in total we enjoyed an evening out. Just one little fight was all I was asking for.


Roadrunner before the game. You can see the damage the tornado did on the buildings in the distance behind him.


The view of practice from our seats.


The thrill of the fire from the Thrasher head when Atlanta scores.


General Game picture.


Group hug or a small skirmish.


A photo of my favorite team. However, they weren't out on the ice very much. Sad puppy.


I accidental hit the movie button on the camera instead of a photo. It turned out to be a very short movie but you get the point.

Get your freak on

While caching in Auburn, I informed Roadrunner we were going to act the fools in Phillips.

The Atlanta Thrashers last home regular season game is tonight.

The ticket vouchers that I won on Magic 98.1 are about to expire.

So, Sunday morning - Roadrunner catches me between Sunday school and service and whispers

"are we acting the fool?".

For the first minute after he says that, I think he has lost his mind.

My mind wasn't in the "acting the fool" mindset.

Once I caught on, I pulled myself together, straightened up my face, smiled and said "sure!"

If you see two knuckleheads acting the fool in the nose bleed section of Phillips Arena tonight,



Laugh and tell all your friends "they're getting their freak on!"



Roadrunner - Wear your ice blue baby!