I don't like Mondays....

This is my buddy Ziggy, dressed to kill for dinner!

Let's see... I have two elbows that are blue (made the saves)!, a hole in my screen door because someone let the hyper dog out and then fell asleep, get in a peeing match with the hockey league's commissioner and bought the second volume in a Cisco course when I need the rookie volume....

And that's just for starters.

When a manufacturer says "do not install a screen saver on these servers" they should add "because some expert engineer will not expect it, react like there's not one on this server, and blow up your voice mail system."

Thursday night, a first here. LIVE BLOGGING A SERVER REBUILD! If that doesn't get page hits, nothing will!

EDIT: Just before going to bed, I get a phone call: "Daddy, the oil light is flickering".
Here's to Tuesday!

Random thoughts....

This is Jeff Smith, his son Jake, and me at a hockey camp this past spring.

Jeff and I played goal for the last day scrimmage, and it was a blast! The kids played hard and ran their mouths throughout..

Jeff plays for the Possums and we get him Sunday at 3:15; hopefully with a better result than last!

Here is Jeff and me in Chicago last March. We were at a game where the Blackhawks were celebrating Tony Esposito. The gentleman between us is Rocky Wirtz, owner of the Chicago Blackhawks. I'm not sure what I thought of the pink shirt, but I think he agreed with the message, as cancer took his father last fall. We spent about 15 minutes discussing the state of the Hawks; their ARE good times ahead.


Last, but not least, here's two of my biggest fans, and the loves of my life, Rachel and Sarah. We might not always understand each other, but we love each other, and that's what it is all about.... This is from a poster for Have A Skate, 1-watch for the sequel this November.

Sweating the Small Sh*t

"Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play" was something Randy would say to students to remind them not to focus on little issues while ignoring the big ones.....

We expected Becky to live until Christmas, 1999. She left this world on November 14, 1999. I remember Sarah's reaction when I said we had to say goodbye, now. She said "I thought Mom would live to Christmas".

Compared to that, EVERYTHING else I will face in this life is small shit; I will never face anything quite that hard in my life...

Think about it.....

have a good weekend.

Not sure this will work for everyone.

"Brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough... They're there to stop the other people" -rp

I'm not sure referring to your wife as a brick wall is the best thing, but it obviously worked. In Ch. 16, Randy talks about meeting and falling in love with Jai. A heartwarming chapter, where he proves that true love will not be denied, as the Moodies sing in "I Know You're Out There Somewhere".

From there, he takes us to the wedding day and evening, and well... I can relate to this guy. It would have been fun to share some time with him, although Jai might have disagreed on that night..

In the third and last chapter for today, we learn that not everything can or needs to be fixed in "The Day Jai Managed to Achieve the One-Driver, Two Car Collision" Their reactions, separately, and together are pretty neat.

The more I read this book, the more I wish I'd known him. The thoughts he shares, his zest for life, just his aura is incredible. I'm learning not only about him, but also about myself.

Have a good evening.
peace.