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Tackling Hunger - Campbells is donating soup to feed the homeless. Each time someone goes to this site and clicks on their favorite NFL team, they donate 1 can of soup.

My pal Kermit will be proud to know that Packers fans have been the most generous so far.

I got this little quiz in email today. I usually don’t do these, but I thought I would fill it out online instead of passing it on to others. I’m editing out some of the questions for privacy reasons, but here is the bulk of them:

1. Who sent this e-mail to you? JR Zeringue
2. What time is it? 12:40 pm
4. Nickname(s): Bud, Dad
7. Date that you regularly blow them out:  July 18th
8. Pets: 1 Fish
9. Hair color:  Black, what is left of it
10. Tattoos: None
11. Piercing: None
12. Favorite color: Green
15. Favorite food: Steak
16. Been to Africa?:  No
17. Been toilet papering?:  Yep
18. Loved somebody so much it made you cry? Yep
19. Been in a car accident? Yep
20. Croutons or Bacon Bits? Bacon Bits
21. Current car(s) you drive:  Chevrolet Beretta, Nissan Altima & Chrysler Town & Country
22. Favorite Movie? All of the Star Wars films
23. Favorite Holiday: Easter
24. Favorite day of the week: Sunday
25. Favorite word or phrase: Sucks To Be You
26. Favorite toothpaste: Crest
27. Favorite Restaurant: Macaroni Grill
28. Favorite Flowers: None
29. Favorite Drink(s): Diet Coke
30. Favorite sport to watch: Football
31. Preferred type of ice cream:  Moose Tracks
32. Favorite Sesame Street Character:  Bert
33. Last book you read: Completely? Um… Friendly Fire, by Mike Warnke
34. Favorite fast food restaurant? Taco Casa
35. When was your last hospital visit? 1980, I think.
36. What color is your bedroom carpet? Tan
37. How many times did you fail your driver’s test?  0
38. Who is the last person you got email from before this? Brad Castleberry
39. Have you ever been convicted of a crime?   No
40. Which single store would you choose to max out your credit? I’m with Dave Ramsey… we don’t do that around here.
41. What do you do when you are bored? Watch TV
42. Name the friend that lives farthest away from you:  Daniel & Tina Gallant
43. Most annoying thing people ask? “I have a computer question for you…” It’s not annoying, but it’s the question that I get asked the most.
44. Where are you working now?  Infinity Property and Causualty Corporation
45. Who will respond the quickest to this email? N/A… I’ll answer it, but I won’t pass it on.
46. Who is the person you sent this to that is least likely to respond? Again… N/A.
47. Favorite all time TV show? All time? I’d have to go with The Andy Griffith Show.
48. Last person you were out to dinner with? Steve Pate
49. What’s in your CD player right now?  2001, A Radio Oddity… The best of the Rick & Bubba show.
50. PC or Mac? PC
51. One of the biggest things you are thankful for right now?  My Family

For obvious reasons, I was away from a computer for the better part of last week. Thanks to all of you who expressed your condolences.

We spent the time with my Mom and Dad, going through my Grandmother’s apartment. I learned some things that I never knew about before. I knew that my Grandparents had delivered newspapers for quite a while, but found a stack of letters from a Mr. Boone, president of the Tuscaloosa News. It was really neat to see correspondence between them, lowly paper carriers, and Mr. Boone. It’s also neat because my buddy Wes now works for Mr. Boone’s son.

I also got to go hunting on Saturday. I left Mom & Dad’s at 4am, and got settled into a shooting house. Unfortunately, the only deer that I saw that day were 2 does standing in the middle of the road, while I was driving in. Maybe next weekend…
It’s back to work tomorrow, where I’m sure I have a ton of stuff to catch up on.

Let’s start the catch-up posting by revisiting last week’s Friday Five.

1. List five things you’d like to accomplish by the end of the year. Let’s see… I guess these are supposed to be within reach…
- 1. Lose about 40 lbs.
- 2. Bag my first Buck.
- 3. Move into a new house.
- 4. Buy a truck.
- 5. Take a cruise.

2. List five people you’ve lost contact with that you’d like to hear from again.
- 1. Nina Manekofsky (now Nina Coughtry) - I went to college with Nina, and used to live in Atlanta with her.
- 2. Dana Henderson. Dana and I went to college together as well.
- 3. Alan Johnston. Alan was president of Communix Corporation, my first real job.
- 4. Rob & Tracy Jones. Okay, so it’s technically 2 people. Both of our families moved out of Atlanta at the same time, and we just haven’t kept in touch with each other.
- 5. Ken Lee. Mr. Lee was the best teacher I had in high school, and let me work for his company during the summer.

3. List five things you’d like to learn how to do.
- 1. Ride a motorcycle (safely!!)
- 2. Be a Ham Radio operator
- 3. Woodworking, of my Dad’s caliber.
- 4. Be a mechanic.
- 5. Be a paramedic.

4. List five things you’d do if you won the lottery (no limit). Just Five??
- 1. Tithe on it. Yes, seriously.
- 2. Buy my grandparent’s old house in Duncanville, in the ‘boonies’.
- 3. Travel with my family.
- 4. Start my own company.
- 5. Buy a beach house.

5. List five things you do that help you relax.
- 1. Read.
- 2. Watch TV.
- 3. Surf the Internet (surprise, surprise!)
- 4. Play with Brandon & Caleb.
- 5. Talk.

Wow. That was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be. Feel free to leave some of yours in the comments…

VCR Clock.com - We all knew it had to be out there, somewhere. Be sure to click the button and read the page.

My Grandmother passed away this morning, while having surgery on her hip.

Please keep us all in your prayers.

And now, as if my day hasn’t been laden with enough bad news, I’ve just found out that my backups failed tonight. Looks like I get to spend tomorrow debugging an anonymous RMAN error message.

I just got word that my Grandmother (on my Dad’s side) fell today and broke her hip. Please keep her in your prayers.

80’s Lyric Quiz - So how big of an Eighties fan music fan were/are you?

I took this today, and got an embarassingly low score. So did Amanda.

Our friend Laurie, on the other hand, is ready to host VH1’s I Love The 80s.

It brought back a ton of great memories, and I’ve had 80s music stuck in my head all day long.

Wow… Almost a whole week has gone by, without much posting. You can tell it’s been a busy week at work and home. Let’s get the ball rolling with The Friday Five.

1. Using one adjective, describe your current living space. Outgrown.

2. Using two adjectives, describe your current employer. Frustratingly Enjoyable.

3. Using three adjectives, describe your favorite hobby/pasttime. Addictively, Enjoyable, Imminent.

4. Using four adjectives, describe your typical day. Active, Loving, Sharing, Growing.

5. Using five adjectives, describe your ideal life. Lazy, Fulfilling, Perfect, Carefree, Soon.