Tickets...and not the good kind

If you are the one person who follows my going ons through Twitter you may have noticed an early morning post about a ticket. That's right, I haven't purchased anything for Brewfest yet but instead was handed a citation from the Hoover PD. I have to say, the officer who stopped me was VERY kind. I wont go into details but he showed extreme compassion to this poor dolt who was running very late to work this morning. I am cleaning up my act and am reminded to obey all driving laws. I have noticed that while living here I have started to drive like THEM.

By THEM, I mean the locals of course. I wrote something here about how bad the drivers are in Birmingham and now I've noticed that I am picking up some of those bad habits. That is not good news. So I am really going to shape up and stop being a dope.

Otherwise nothing new to report. I can only say that this weekend is going to be low key. Next post will be about the vacation ramp up! Tennessee, here we come!

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Brian

Magic City Brewfest...here I come!

I have stumbled upon a wonderful thing. Someone has organized an event that pulls hundreds of different beers under one roof and allows me to partake in the festivities! I think I found my weekend destination. Now I just need to convince the wife to come...

Magic City Brewfest 2008

With any luck I will actually remember the camera this time and get some decent photos of this event. Otherwise we are stuck with the awesomeness of 1.3 mega pixel's the Krazer puts out. Anyone else planning on attending? Let me know!

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Brian

Memorial Day

I don't know what you have done for your veteran's today but I hope you at least took the time to remember their service to this wonderful country. For all the turmoil we are in now, for all the craziness here and abroad, this is still the best country to live in, period. No where else do you have free rein to say almost anything you want and not get shot for it. No where can you argue or disagree with the leaders of your country and continue a normal life. No where can you live with the liberty we offer here. I served for four years in the best Navy in the world. I may not agree with everything that our leaders say (or any of it) but I am grateful for the freedom to speak my mind and face no recourse.

Enjoy your liberty today. Exercise it. Remember that the only one's we have to blame for the current events unfolding around the world is mother nature and ourselves.

If you would like to help out our troops around the world, consider donating a cellphone so that a trooper, airman, sailor, or Marine can phone home. Or just hug a service member or veteran. It will make a difference.

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Brian

Tough Week

So it's been a week. As I stated before, Samantha's Opa (grandpa in German) has died and we will be attending the funeral this Sunday. We appreciate everyone's concern.

I have been trying to keep a good mood but it's been tough. Harlen was such an important part of this family and he will be sorely missed.

Opa with his two grand-daughters, great-grand-sons, and his son Terry in the back

Hopefully there will be more post's when things settle down. Until then I'll be posting on Twitter (as long as they keep it up...they may have found a fix finally) throughout the week.

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Brian

Sam pic

Opa

At 5:39 am this morning we got the phone call we had been dreading for the past two days. Samantha's grandfather, Harlen, had died. He was 81 years old.

He had been struggling with cancer and was in the hospital with pneumonia the last week or so.

I'll post a little more later.

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Brian

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IJ:KCS

Due to a death in the family the usual suspects will not be previewing Indiana Jones this weekend. We appreciate everyone's love and support and hope to make it out for the next showing.

Hopefully I will post with next weeks movie's up here as soon as I find the time. Check my personal blog for more information on what is going on, as long as I can post. My DSL is off at home and so far Bellsouth hasn't turned that on, either. It's been a week.

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Brian

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