HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!

I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Holiday and good times with their Friends and Family! Eat Turkey, eat some Ham, but NO STUFFING! Cause eating Stuffing is just wrong...


David<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~GOURMET!

The GF & I took her neice to the ZOO!

Tif and I took her Neice to the STL ZOO on Sunday. She really likes Elephants. We took her to the Children's Zoo and for a ride on the STL Zoo Railroad. When we returned to the original Train Station someone had stolen Tif's Parent's Graco Stroller. Tif cried and cried she was so upset. We are going to buy a new Stroller for her Parents. This message is for the people that stole the stroller: "The next time you ask yourself why one of your kids is in jail again, think of the day you stole the stroller. The next time someone you love OD's and you have to go to the Hospital, think of the day you stole the stroller. The next time all of your children are removed from your household by DFS, think of the day you stole the stroller..." EVERYTHING BAD THAT HAPPENS TO YOU IN YOUR LIFE IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE BAD DECISIONS YOU MAKE. WHEN THE BAD STUFF HAPPENS, IT IS YOUR FAULT!

DAVID<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~lil bit mad

NEW Conner Pics!

I like wind chimes...

I currently have 6 wind chimes hanging out on my balconey. Three traditional ones and three 'Asian' ones. One of the Asian ones is a GONG. The wind must be pretty strong cause I just heard it strike, and it's loud! I'll take some pictures of my wind chimes and post them on here some day, did I mention that I like wind chimes?

DAVID<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~listening!

The LYRICS to a song by Adam Ant

PERSUASION

She's rich, she's powerful
She doesn't want to be a man (do do do do do)
She takes me as she finds me,
like only a woman can-an-an-an yeah-ah
She's tough, but vulnerable, I'd say adoring
I'd like to say we're perfect...
But you know that would be boring
Clap your hands,
pretty baby clap your hands
It's gonna take a little (oh)
Oh oh oh Persuasion
Do do do do do Persuasion
Oh oh oh Persuasion
You know what I mean now
Adore that shape
I really really don't know why
But as long as I live
I just can't help but try
Please don't say you love me,
you saw us in a crystal
Every time you do that
I'm reaching for my pistol
Clap your hands,
pretty baby clap your hands
It's gonna take a little (oh)
Oh oh oh Persuasion
Do do do do do Persuasion
Oh oh oh Persuasion
You know what I mean now
Less about yesterday,
more about forever
Keep it nice and simple,
try not to be clever
It's nice to be right but on this occasion
Less about perhaps, more about Persuasion!
Oh oh oh Persuasion
Do do do do do Persuasion
Oh oh oh Persuasion
You know what I mean now

by Adam Ant

Tif bought us tickets to see MIZZOU play K-State this weekend for my Birthday (Go ME!). I am very fired up about seeing this game. I am off today and took SNOOKY to get her nails and hair done (she's currently wearing a bow that the ladies at PetsMart put on her collar), and shopped for a Kennel to board my dog at this weekend. So my D O G smells good and we are a go for MIZZOU! I am downloading a bunch of pictures I found on the Internet, I will take a BUNCH of pictures from this weekend's safari...

MIZZOU RAH! MIZZOU RAH! TIGERS!

David<~~~~~~~~~never thought I'd be like this!

Funny Video!

If I get a cat I'm going to name it http://rathergood.com/princess_twinkly/ ...

We sold out of Newspapers at work...

We sold out of every single Newspaper at work yesterday. Everyone wanted a 'hard copy' of the News to save to show their Grandkids. It is a good day in America. I am very proud of my fellow voters, the correct decision was made. Here is what 'I hope' for my Government. I HOPE that Obama doesn't let the EXTREME LEFT make life miserable for the Conservatives of America. I HOPE that Obama keeps his policies "Moderate" and governs for the WHOLE of America, and NOT the crazies in the Democratic Party. I HOPE that everyone sees that the last eight years shows us what happens when a President lets the crazies/BIG BUSINESS/special interest groups in his Party run the Government. I would not wish that on anyone, even Republicans...

DAVID<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Conservative Liberal!






(you say 'Potato', I say 'Moderate')

IT'S ELECTION DAY!

I HOPE EVERYONE BRAVED THE LINES AND VOTED TODAY! Tif and I were in line at our Polling place at 5am and was in and out and at work at 6:30am! Gotta love America! OBAMA! OBAMA! OBAMA!

David<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Voter!

Who is this strange person?

The journal is dead...

LONG LIVE THE JOURNAL!

Halloween was a BLAST!

Tif and I went to 'Fright Fest' at Six Flags last night. OK, it's official ... I'm OLDE! I have always not liked the "negative G" rides, but last night I only rode TWO, count'm TWO rides. The first was Evil Knievel. Evil Knievel is a brand new 'Wooden' Roller Coaster. I'm fat, and everytime we ROARED over a hill and experienced "negative G's" and I rose out of my seat, pressed against the seat restraint and I thought it was going to fail and that I was going to die. Not kidding, it felt like I was going to die. Not funny ha-ha "I'm going to die", Water-boarding "I'm going to die". First and last big ride of the evening. And to add insult to injury, the second ride we rode was a 'kiddie' Haunted Boat ride based on the Scooby Doo series. You ride through on this boat armed with guns and you zap things to make spooky things happen in this Haunted Boat ride. Tif scored WAY higher than I did shooting the bad guys! I'm going to have Tif scan in the picture of us in the Boat and I'll add it to this post later (something is wrong with my scanner). We also had our picture taken when we first walked into the park, I'll attach that'n too... Seriousily, Water-boarding "I'm going to die"...

DAVID<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~OLDE!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween Faithful Readers...

I'm not dressing up for work today, my Jungle Explorer costume is kaput. So I'm just wearing Orange and Black for the day. I hope everyone has a great Halloween....BOO!

David<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~loves me some Halloween!

The Girlfriend forwarded this to me, you should always check your kid's homework (her Mom worked at Home Depot, she's selling a shovel)

I just found this on the Internet...

I found this while searching thru other Blogs with the same interests as mine...

Welcome to the new home of my Journal!

I have successfully transferred my Journal from AOHell to Blogger.com. Thank You to GOOGLE for providing this service. The pictures did not transfer over, so I have to save ALL of the old pictures and try to re-insert the pictures into the new Journal entries...


David<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~HAPPY!

This is being forwarded around the internet...

Date:
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:46:46 -0400
 
A Message from your Queen:

To the citizens of the United States of America from Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth  II

In light of your failure in recent years to nominate competent candidates for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately. (You should look up 'revocation' in the Oxford English Dictionary.)
Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths, and territories (except Kansas, which she does not fancy).
Your new Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, will appoint a Governor for America without the need for further elections.
Congress and the Senate will be disbanded.  A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed.
To aid in the transition to a British Crown dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect:
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1. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as 'colour,' 'favour,' 'labour' and 'neighbour.' Likewise, you will learn to spell 'doughnut' without skipping half the letters, and the suffix '-ize' will be replaced by the suffix '-ise.' Generally, you will be expected to raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels. (look up 'vocabulary').
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2. Using the same twenty-seven words interspersed with filler noises such as ''like' and 'you know' is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication. There is no such thing as U.S. English. We will let Microsoft know on your behalf.  The Microsoft spell-checker will be adjusted to take into account the reinstated letter 'u'' and the elimination of  '-ize.'
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3. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday.
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4. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns, lawyers, or therapists.  The fact that you need so many lawyers and therapists shows that you're not quite ready to be independent.  Guns should only be used for shooting grouse.  If you can't sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a therapist, then you're not ready to shoot grouse.
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5. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry anythingmore dangerous than a vegetable peeler.  Although a permit will be required if you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public.
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6. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will start driving on the left side with immediate effect.  At the same time, you will go metric with immediate effect and without the benefit of conversion tables.   Both roundabouts and metrication will help you understand the British sense of humour.
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7. The former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been calling gasoline) of roughly $10/US gallon.  Get used to it.
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8. You will learn to make real chips.  Those things you call French fries are not real chips, and those things you insist on calling potato chips are properly called crisps.  Real chips are thick cut, fried in animal fat, and dressed not with catsup but with vinegar.
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9. The cold, tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not actually beer at all.  Henceforth, only proper British Bitter will be referred to as beer, and European brews of  known and accepted provenance will be referred to as Lager.  South African beer is also acceptable, as they are pound for pound the greatest sporting nation on earth and it can only be due to the beer.  They are also part of the British Commonwealth - see what it did for them.  American brands will be referred to as Near-Frozen Gnat's Urine, so that all can be sold without risk of further confusion.
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10. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as good guys.  Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors to play English characters.  Watching Andie Macdowell attempt English dialogue in Four Weddings and a Funeral was an experience akin to having one's ears removed with a cheese grater.
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11. You will cease playing American football.  There is only one kind of proper football; you call it soccer.  Those of you brave enough will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which has some similarities to American football, but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body armour like a bunch of nancies). 
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12. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an event called the World Series for a game which is not played outside of America.  Since only 2.1% of you are aware there is a world beyond your borders, your error is understandable.  You will learn cricket, and we will let you face the South Africans first to take the sting out of their deliveries.
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13. You must tell us who killed JFK.  It's been driving us mad.
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14. An internal revenue agent (i.e. tax collector) from Her Majesty's Government will be with you shortly to ensure the acquisition of all monies due (backdated to 1776).
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15. Daily Tea Time begins promptly at 4 p.m. with proper cups, with saucers, and never mugs, with high quality biscuits (cookies) and cakes; plus strawberries (with cream) when in season.
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God Save the Queen!

I'm going to have to move my Journal

Just when you think AOL can't suck any worse, they go and prove you wrong.  No one should ever have anything to do with AOL.  Quite simply they are the worst and most incompetent Internet Service in the World...

 

 

Dear AOL Journals user,

We’re sorry to inform you that on Oct. 31, 2008, AOL® Journals will be shut down permanently. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

It’s very important that you save your Journals content before the shutdown. We're working on a way to easily move your Journal to another blogging service -- you can expect an email within the next week with more details about how to do it. We want the transition to go as smoothly as possible for you, so you’ll have two choices. You can either save your information manually and find another place to blog on your own, or choose to automatically transfer your Journal to a different blogging service we’ve selected.

In the meantime, please bookmark the People Connection Blog, where you can find out more about AOL Journals. You can also subscribe to the People Connection Blog RSS feed to stay informed about any changes. We’ll be updating the People Connection Blog often, so please check it regularly.

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we make this transition.

Sincerely,

The AOL Journals Team

 

DAVID<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Impressed at AOL's incompetence

 

 

Sitting here in my underwear with a freshly shaven neck...

 

 

 

Howdy faithful readers,

I am in Florida attending my National Store Manager's Meeting.  We are staying at The Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando.  Really nice place, I will take some pictures and post them here soon.  The first night I walked out of my Hotel Room and forgot my camera and thought tonight is only Janet Evanovich no big deal, I don't need to run back and grab the camera.  So...  Sitting at Dinner Steve Riggio starts talking about how he loves this book and he needs our help 'Hand Selling' it this Holiday Season and why not bring the Author out on stage... And out walks Paul Simon to talk about his new book of lyrics for the Holiday Season.  I could have shot myself.  I have ALL of Simon & Garfunkel's Records.  He is looking not so good nowadays, but I can't show you all a picture BECAUSE I DIDN'T BRING MY CAMERA TO THE DINNER!  OK, enough self flaggelation.  I did get pictures of Ted Turner and Raphael Saadiq last night and I will download them on my Webshots Album and put some on here too.  Today is the Trade Show with the Author Signings so I will have more material soon...  Wish me luck!

 

 

DAVID<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~no longer Camera-less!

 

 

 

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my cat died this week...

My cat's name was Popeye, I rescued him in Columbia MO a long time ago.  Someone had shot him in the eye and it had swollen up, hence his name.   He was a good cat.

 

                        David<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Misses my cat Popeye!

 

 

 

Today is my B-Day!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR DAVID...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

 

 

(and many more................................................................................................................................)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Latest Conner pic...

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My GF is away on Vacation

Tif is in Florida with her family on Vacation, and I can't wait till she comes back to Missouri...

  Bon Ton Roule!