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This story may not be for the squeamish…

Last night, before I went to bed, Amanda asked me to check on the boys and make sure their room was warm enough. When I got to the door, I smelled this really foul odor. If you’re a parent, you know that smell, and you know what is causing it.

I opened the door, and went to check on Caleb first, because he has had a little cold for the past few days. He was fine. So I went to check on Brandon. I was not ready for what I saw.

He had gotten sick in his sleep, and thrown up. Based on what I saw, it was a case of projectile vomiting. Apparently, he had thrown up off the side of the bed, sat up and spewed over his entire twin bed, and himself, and then fell asleep again. We lifted him out of the bed, and he continued getting sick. Once we had him washed up, into some clean pajamas, and settled into our bed (with a little bowl, just in case), we startedto clean up the mess.

And what a mess it was. We spent about an hour cleaning the sheets, blanket, and comforter enough just to be able to put them in the washing machine. Amanda and I cleaned the carpet as best we could by flashlight (trying not to wake Caleb up), and finally got into bed at 1:30. Brandon proceeded to get sick several more times during the night.

Needless to say, we’re all feeling pretty beat.

the friday five… It’s been a while.

You have just won one million dollars:

1. Who do you call first? Amanda.

2. What is the first thing you buy for yourself? Not to sound negative, but my dreams are bigger than just *one* million dollars. If you’re thinking about major purchases here, it’s a toss-up between a house and a truck.

3. What is the first thing you buy for someone else? Something that money shouldn’t be able to buy.

4. Do you give any away? If yes, to whom? If our church would take it, they obviously get the 1st 10+ percent. After that, I’ve got a list of individuals that I would like to repay for their generosity towards me.

5. Do you invest any? If so, how? If I opted not to make a large purchase, I’d probably invest the bulk of it, grow it for the next 20+ years, and retire happy.

Towing - This link goes out to my buddy Martin, and is dedicated to his Geo.

(Note - there’s some profanity in this that I normally wouldn’t pass along, but it was too funny not to share)

Toys R Gus - The Star Wars Collectors Archive - Let me warn you now. If you played with Star Wars toys when you were a child, as I did, you will spend way too much time on this site. It is incredible. Be sure to visit the ‘UnProduced’ section.

(Thanks to PromoGuy for sharing the link!)

Happy Birthday To My Lovely Bride!!

Never, never, never, ever export tables that you might use for a recovery in conventional mode. If you actually need them later on, you will lose a lot of sleep.

Yellow Snow - Since it looks like we won’t have any snowfall in Birmingham this year, I guess I’ll have to settle for playing with this.

(Credit to Dave Barry for originally posting the link)

Buddy’s Study - Our pastor, Buddy Gray, has just recently started putting his sermons (in MP3 format, none the less!) online.

Edit: (Link corrected on 1/21/2008).

Yeti Baseball?? - Warning: This is dangerously addictive, especially late in the afternoon…

Here’s a helpful hint to all of the people who send out fraudulent emails, telling people that either their password has expired, or that they need to validate their information somewhere, or that their urgent attention is required: Most people realized that you’re forging a URL, redirecting it to somwhere else. Other people realize that they’re not in a SSL session, and won’t do anything else. And some people actually get suspicious when you’re asking for things like their PIN numbers.

Today’s hint: If you’re going to take the time to try and run a scam, take the time to run your email message through a spell-checker.

As an example, I present the following email that I received today, unedited:

_Dear_ Citbiank Users_,

This_ letteer was seent by_the_ CitibankOnline servers to veerify 

your_ E_MAIL address. You muust cltpemoe this pocrses by 

clicking on the_link below and enntering in the litlle _window 

your Citi-bank _Debit_ Card number and _pin_ that you 

use_ on_the local Atm_Machine. This_is done - 

for_your potrection -7- becourse some of our _members_ 

no lnoegr have acsecs to their email addrssees and we must 

verify it.

(Actual link removed, to protect the brainpower-challenged.)

To veerify your E_MAIL address and _access_ your 

Online-Citibank account, clik on_the link bellow.

I swear… If someone actually believed this tripe, can I really feel sorry for them?