Good Luck You Guys!
Some friends of mine are grading for their black belts tonight. It will be excellent.
It’s always inspiring to see hard work pay off. I’m looking forward to the evening.
While I am looking forward to watching everyone do their best, I will be watching this guy in particular.
After all, he is my Nemesis.
Best of luck to everyone involved. See you tonight!
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Story Time
On Saturday night, I told our unborn child (McFiggy) a story for the first time.
Apparently the baby responds to my voice, becoming quite active and raising a ruckus. I hope this is a good thing.
Most times, there will be visible evidence of McFiggy’s activity. Usually McFiggy will deliver a good shot, sufficient to make Mrs. J’s belly show a bump for a second. Never more than one at a time, and always with a significant amount of time in between them
I rested my head on Mrs. J’s belly and told the story of the Three Little Pigs.
The story seemed well received.
No Freakin’ Way…
Sunday night we were settling in. Mrs. J asked me if I was going to tell McFiggy a story that night.
I wanted Mrs. J to get some shut eye, so I said I would have storytime the next night.
Then there was a bump from the belly, indicating that there was an interested party. I looked at Mrs. J and asked her if we could let the baby decide.
She agreed.
I put my cheek on the belly and said…
Hey you. It’s your Dad. If you want me to tell you a story, give me two bumps, please.
A few seconds…
Then…
BUMP! BUMP!
Then nothing.
How could anyone not think that is awesome?
So last night was all about Jack and the Beanstalk.
Test?
I was telling Dave about this. He thought it was cool and suggested using this phrase the next time…
Okay, it’s your Dad. If you want me to tell a story, do the drum beat from We’re Not Gonna Take It…
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…Comes Great Blogsponsibility*
There are an awful lot of blogs out there. There are also a lot of awful blogs.
I’m sure the idea of blogging started out as something serious, but like anything given to the masses they have become something different altogether.
I use my blog as a way to relay information to friends and family, in a (hopefully) entertaining way.
While the blog is a personal one, I try not to make it too personal.
Above all else, I try to maintain my honesty, writing truthfully from my point of view. I have a number of great friends who will inform me if I have bent the truth too far**.
Certainly I bend the truth sometimes. But never more than a step or two off the path. Usually it is in the recanting of a story that I don’t remember verbatim. Things can happen when I am not near a computer***, and trying to recall the stories later can be challenging, especially when it has been a long time.
I can say one thing for sure (and my friends can back this up): My blogging personality is the same as my normal one. What you read is what you get.
Since I started blogging, I’ve met a number of bloggers. For the most part, I have been pretty lucky in the sense that some of these people are what I expected them to be.
However, there are some bloggers who have distinct personas for their blogging selves that differ quite radically from their real-life counterparts.
Equilibrium must always be maintained, it seems.
What do you think about this? Have your findings been similar to my own?
* – Oh yes. I invent words. Don’t mess with me.
** – This was the most complicated shout-out ever. I probably missed some people. I apologize, but you can understand that I can only use so many words in a sentence.
*** – Who knew?
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