We head to IL tonight. Court's cousin is getting married tomorrow. This is why I had to get a new suit.

Anyways, it'll be nice to be home for a while. We'll be by Court's parents on Friday (wedding) on Saturday (her Uncle's 50th BD) and then by my family on Sunday. We fly out late tonight.

Once we get back the new furniture will arrive. The house has been in disarray since we started the whole tile thing so things can finally get put back together once the new couch, rugs, and tables get delivered. I'm looking forward to seeing everything together since I really like how the tile and baseboards look. We did get a new rug for the bottom of our stairs (goes with the other new rugs) and a new welcome mat. Really starting to look like an actual HOME now.

The other day Sen. John Kerry was down here at Cape Canaveral doing a 'Town Hall' type meeting. They played some of his remarks on the news and I had to laugh when I heard this statement: "Within hours of being sworn in as President of the United States I'm going to introduce legislation to provide healthcare for everyone...and I'm going to do it by cutting taxes!"

Now, I'll be the first guy cheering when (if) this happens...but it seems like a pretty impossible thing to do.

Ah, ignorance...thou shalt live forever.

"Ultimately, we will win this fight," said Republican Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas. "Marriage is the union of a man and a woman."

Wait...is it 1950? I swear. To me, this is as silly as saying we should have an ammendment saying that people of different races can't get married. What a joke.

This is definitely an election 2004 issue with me...and I'm not even gay. I only kind of sideways even know someone who is gay. I really can't believe this is even an issue. It's so silly.

Catch the wind, see us spin,

Sail away, leave today,

Way up high in the sky.

Why is it that in some blogs people start their entries with bits of song lyrics or something? Are they just trying to be odd? Or cool? Is that cool? To me it just seems weird. I know the internet has given millions of armchair (and blogchair) philosophers their own particular soapbox to stand on and pontificate about just about anything...it's all good I guess. I do read some blogs where the person rattles on about all sorts of cryptic things and their writings look like something collected out of Son of Sam's circular file. There's also the people that post their IM chat logs and it pretty much looks like a conversation with Homsar with a few LOLs and OMGs and WTFs thrown in.

I guess blogging is as blogging does.

The tiling project is going very well. All the downstairs is tiled and grouted. I think it looks sharp. Of course, *anything* would beat the total garbage that was down there. Anything. All this, and we're losing the futon too! Oh happy day!

They're doing the baseboards now. In the beginning, Steve asked me if I wanted him to replace the baseboards. I asked him how much it'd be and after learning it'd only be like $100 or something I said fine. The ones that were there had been pretty junkily caulked anyways. They looked like crap. Besides, I knew it'd be easier for him and Tyler to pulled up the old ones if they weren't worried about how they'd look afterwards. It's always easier to destroy something when you're doing that kind of stuff.

The original baseboard paint he got didn't match the rest of the baseboards in the house, and he asked me about it. Mostly I just tell him "whatever is easiest for you guys" and all that, but I don't think he wanted to use the paint he'd gotten...he's very serious about this turning out great. He got a different paint and they look fantab. Very sharp.

Yes, it's bothering me a little that while I'm working up here they're downstairs doing something *for* me. I guess it's just a guy thing. Not that I have ANY talent whatsoever at tile stuff. About the one thing he did that I'd be able to do was put in a new toilet downstairs. I did go and buy the new toilet though...that counts for something, doesn't it?? We ended up getting a new toilet downstairs because Court said the old one was stained. It was fine by my eyes, but whatever. Thing about projects like this is you don't know when to quit...getting something new just makes all your old stuff look like crap next to it. I'm already committed to a new kitchen sink once I get around to putting it in...the one we have in there look like crud.

See? Things just add on and add on. NO NEW CABINETS THOUGH!!!!!!!

This past weekend I went suit-shopping. Yep...clothes shopping, which I hate to do, coupled with suit-wearing, which I hate to do. Bang-up fun for me. Turns out Pennys was having a "buy coat, gets pants free" deal, and it's a good deal if you forget that the coats are like $200 each. I did get two new suits...my first since High School graduation. I do have a black sportcoat and black pants, but they don't match *exactly* so that really doesn't count. I got a tan-ish suit and a gray one, 2 shirts that go with either suit, and 3 ties. Court had been bugging me about this for a while since I need a suit for the cruise and for her cousin's wedding up in IL in a few weeks. I didn't want to go but with the sale it's good we did I guess. The tan one I got since I hate being hot in dark colors, and the gray one is the (G*d forbid) 'someone died' suit. I guess they're not so
bad. I had to laugh at Court dinging me on my color choices for the shirts and ties and the sales guy backing me up.

I'd told Court in the past that getting a nice suit was something I'd been planning to wait for until I was older and had some extra money. Lord...is that time now?

Superman stands alone. Superman did not become Superman, Superman was born Superman. When Superman wakes up in the morning, he is Superman. His alter ego is Clark Kent. His outfit with the big red S is the blanket he was wrapped in as a baby when the Kents found him. Those are his clothes. What Kent wears, the glasses the business suit, that's the costume. That's the costume Superman wears to blend in with us. Clark Kent is how Superman views us. And what are the characteristics of Clark Kent? He's weak, unsure of himself... he's a coward. Clark Kent is Superman's critique on the whole human race, sort of like Beatrix Kiddo and Mrs. Tommy Plumpton.

Cla-ssic.

The least bang for the buck.

8. Chipper Jones, Braves ($15,333,333)
Not long ago we were writing about how Derek Jeter was going through one of the worst superstar slumps of all time; now it's possible we were looking in the wrong direction. Jones, who's managed to play 61 games despite a DL stint and hamstring injury, is hitting .214, 91 points below his lifetime .305 average. His power numbers are also far below par. The switch-hitter, who sent for his father in June to help with his lefty swing, has also been ineffective from the right side of the plate.

Uh oh Shell...

CNN.com - Bush pushes same-sex marriage ban - Jul 10, 2004

Does the guy have NO SENSE? I mean really...is THIS what he should be focusing on? Something he should be speaking out on? Everything going on with Iraq and all, and let's bring THIS up?

Boy, I think he's totally lost perspective. He's not getting my vote.

From Blogthings.com:

In 1977 (the year you were born)
Jimmy Carter becomes president of the US

Most of the 10,000 Vietnam War draft evaders are pardoned by President Carter

Singer Anita Bryant starts her "Save Our Children" crusade against gay rights

Elvis Presley dies in his Graceland bathroom

Congress creates a Department of Energy

Anwar Sadat flies to Jerusalem in a dramatic gesture of willingness to discuss peace

Orlando Bloom, Shakira, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Liv Tyler, and Ludacris are born

New York Yankees win the World Series

Oakland Raiders win Superbowl XI

Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup

Swedish music group ABBA passes The Beatles as having most records sold

Star Wars is the top grossing film

The Shining by Stephen King is published

"You Light Up My Life" by Debby Boone spends the most time at the top of the US charts

Three's Company premieres

Boy, I'm glad that since I was born in the late 70's I grew up in the 80's and not the 70's. I don't think I could have taken all those checkered pants and long-haired hippy-types!

In looking through some JFK stuff I just noticed I'm older than Lee Harvey Oswald was when he killed Kennedy...and since he was killed shortly after I'm older than he ever will be.

Then, out of curiousity, I checked some other people. I'm older than Mark David Chapman was when he killed John Lennon.

He's still alive though...so at least he's older than me NOW. But still. I'm getting old.

Cubs Win!

Woo hoo! Bottom of the 10th game-winning homer by Sammy!

ESPN.com: Page 2 - Trying look on the bright side

"The Red Sox . . . is that the team that hasn't won for many many many many many years?"


(Only with the accent, it sounded like this: "The Red Sox . . . iz dat de team that hasn't von vor many many many yearz?" I won't use the accent for the rest of this story. Just keep in mind, we're talking about a thick German accent. And keep in mind, the woman grew up in GERMANY. She just moved here like five years ago. Still, she managed to say "many" five times. I counted. Back to the story.)

Take out the accupuncture and replace the 'Red Sox' with 'Cubs' and this exact thing has happened to me when someone I didn't know has noticed my Cubs hat and decided to strike up a conversation. They could be from Pluto...it doesn't matter.

Oh well. They can stick it.

ESPN.com - Jealousy follows Wie...

What are they jealous of? Her getting in without qualifying? Call me when she WINS something like this.

She does, however, bring the grand total of woman's golf names that I know to two. (thank you Sorenstam)