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Some of 'em are based on location and circumstances....... In the south......"What Waffle House do you work at?" (correct English is better used on cattle in this case.) In Indiana......"So.........what part of Kentucky are you from?" (insert Georgia and Alabama in their respective orders there as well.......I'm sure there are others.) In a business meeting......"Exactly what part of that sounded good in your head?" To others in the room......."He's perfected the look of a guy when he's been kicked in the nuts.......you KNOW that there is absolutely NOTHING going on between his ears at that moment."

I'm in! Life is good.

I had to take the top off of the VCR a few times to retrieve stuff (to get it working FOR ME again!) but it wasn't for food.......it was usually worthless plastic toys from McDonalds happy meals. At this point, I figure it must have been some sort of poetic justice for being a single dad that can manage to cook and was just too lazy to do it. They never messed with the car much......at least inside........unless you count suckers, not-so-tasty-nerds and other unidentifiable sticky masses that attached themselves to the upholstry.......

Good point.......and one that can cause immesurable stress on a relationship........probably even more on a young relationship. Being a dad involves allot more than the warm comfy feeling of a child crawling up on your lap to watch 'toons or the marginally trying times when they decide that they no longer like Cheerios and decide to test the flight properties of said Cheerios in Lion King plasticware. The laws of parenthood seem to indicate that the trying times are going to come when you feel least ready to deal with them. Picture the scenerio where you're between paychecks, money is even tighter than usual, you're already stressed from working yet another 12 hour shift the previous day....and you're facing another one in a few minutes.....THEN the loving child decides to launch the last of the Cheerios AND milk into a low-kitchen orbit........your car is out of gas, so cleaning up the mess, finding dry clothes for the child (and possibly even yourself), getting gas, getting to day-care, and arriving at work on time is completely out of the question. (and you're on your own.)

It's easy to get really discouraged if all of your goals are "out there"....you have to figure out how to break them down into smaller steps. Another thing that a former employer once told me is that you MUST know where you intend to arrive before you start the car. Sit down and figure out where you want to end up, plan the route you're "driving", and then figure out how to get there. Make each day's drive reachable and you'll get there. When we were having this discussion it was about a business that I envisioned. He asked me about sales figures, number of employees, merchandise, the size of the facility, colors, layout, advertising.........WAY more than I had considered up to that point. (I was 19.) When I looked at him like he'd just told me to go eat a bug, he simply said "if you don't know what it looks like, how will you know when you actually get there?" Obviously, there are detours and delays at times......life still happens........but keeping the destination in mind, with reachable waypoints along the way has worked for me ever since. My goals have changed as life has happened, but his advice has stuck with me and served me well.

Guilty as charged........I get the same error message.

Wow .....you should really try expressing your feelings more openly and not try to hold back quite so much....... (tone of voice is SO lost in typed text)

Talking about terrorism that isn't there wouldn't accomplish much good, would it? (not that it stops anyone) There's been ALLOT of talk and action to prevent the actual cause from happening again......but it isn't really the type of material that the news media typically reports on. Allot of people remember........and don't find it funny at all. Thanks.

Are we talking musicians, or simply Hard Rock? 4 chords and a cloud of dust really doesn't do much for me. Rush should be there. Period. I now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.

Aviation Ingredients: 1 1/4 oz Gin 1/4 oz Maraschino liqueur Juice of 1 Lemon A few pinch Sugar (optional) Mixing instructions: Fill cocktail shaker with ice. Juice the lemon and add to the shaker. Add a little sugar, if desired. Pour in gin and maraschino, and shake. Serve straight up in a cocktail glass. Of course I'd try it.

Thanks Chris.......well said.

The "stuff" that goes on while you are in the depths of clinical depression simply boggles the mind of most of us.....at least it does once we are able to see it as what it is.....for some, they never see it as what it is, never fall low enough to hit their own trigger to seek help, or...........for lack of a better analogy.......the Cypress never fires. Put yourself in a place where your ego won't let you seek help and your self-confidence is so low that you have convinced yourself that you can't cross the street on your own.......you feel lonely in a room full of good friends........you can seemingly "enjoy" a party while being completely miserable the entire time you are there. You've perfected the "mask"......making everything look "normal" to everyone else while the feeling like the world is closing in on you and life as you know it is all over.......thank you for playing.........check mate. We all put on masks at one time or another.....(oh, I love my Chia Pet, Thank You)....(Oh look, a sweater vest!.....thanks!)....but what happens when we never take it off and face reality in the mirror? Be careful........unfortunately, I've been on both sides. For me, suicide was never an option because I'd already experienced it from "this side".....but depression that leads to suicide is VERY real. My thoughts and prayers continue to be with Chute, and all of Kat69's friends and family.

I don't have words. Chute, you and her family are in my thoughts and prayers.

The good news is that you have the 2 grand......at ANY stage of the game, that is a huge plus. Things REALLY get "interesting" when life happens and you don't have the reserve. Keep the A as your goal (it's a good goal.....since I have the same one), deal with life, make the move................and pay attention to all the hugs you get along the way.

Which car depends on how sponsorship works out for a couple of smaller teams........and whether I still have friends working on those team(s) by the time the season starts.

The IRL will be racing in Nashville July 17th. If I'm there it will be as a spectator or as a part of a crew........not driving. The pictures were from the Driving 101 driving experience, taken the day after the IRL race last year. (it's like the Indycar version of the Richard Petty driving experience.)

Thanks! It definitely was a blast!

I'm not a hottie.......but here's a couple of pics anyway. (the second one is big........so it may take awhile on dial-up, and probably isn't worth it.) http://www.hindsightunlimited.com/db2/00178/hindsightunlimited.com/_uimages/Why.jpg http://www.hindsightunlimited.com/db2/00178/hindsightunlimited.com/_uimages/HeroCard.jpg

Congrats! Enjoy the goat. You photoshop well.

A little more attention to grammar wouldn't hurt either. Note to self.

A triple 7 with an extra engine thrown in for good measure? (kindof like a DC-10 or L1011) Edited because I can't spell good?!

The windshield resembles a DC-10/MD-11.....fuselage is more like a 757, or maybe a 767.........four engines is allot like a 707, DC-8, or A-340..........(or the morphed 747 in your "hint".) Winglets are either MD-11 or Airbus...... How much airliner trivia are you trying to extract here?

It suddenly got REALLY cold in Iran.......shrinkage.

How 'bout if we name it Irving?

Uh.......a 757 with two extra engines photoshopped in? (and winglets added for good measure?)