Took the GF downtown to see JOSS STONE on the 4th of July!

How close is this?

She did a GREAT JOB!

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I took some pictures of the animals I live with...

SNOOKY the Boston Terrier (she's a Rescue Dog my parents brought to me from TX)

my two White's Tree frogs, they live in the Vivarium with Mr. & Mrs. Walenda

Flying Gecko (Ptychozoon lionatum)

Goblin the Asian Leaf frog

 

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New Conner pictures...

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Rib America

Tif and I popped downtown to see Jonny Lang perform at Rib America...

And for an added bonus, the bumper sticker on Deerslayer...

(more pictures on my Webshots album, the link is on the right)

 

 

 

My folks will be flying in to visit me in June!

I bought tickets to see Willie Nelson for my GF and my parents.  My folks took in a Rescue Boston Terrier and they are giving her to me when they come in June to see the Concert.  Her name is Snooky.  When my Dad was a boy he had a female Boston named Snooky.  When we lived in Ft. Leavenworth we bought a female Boston and named her Snooky (the first of the Smith family Bostons).  So this is the third Snooky.  I am excited and have a lot of cleaning to do in preparation...

 

David<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Future Dog Owner!

 

 

Conner again!

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I wrote a 6-word Memoir

bad poet, the rhymes show it...

 

 

Trivia...

If you google my full name, the first thing that pops up is the link to my Webshots Album!

 

DAVID<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~NERD!

 

 

 

After the Races...

I went to the Drag Races (and I don't mean dudes in heels) on Sunday,  I was suprised at how much fun they were...

 

(I got a really BAD sunburn at the races)

 

 

DAVID<~~~~~~Redneck!

(There are more racing pictures are on my Webshots Album, link on the right gang)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conner Lewis Smith!

 

Isn't he great?

 

 

I wasn't planning to go see my Nephew when he was getting hatched, but once my Mom told me that Dana was in labor.  I litterally got in my car in St. Louis and drove to Atlanta.  I could NOT stay away...

 

 

I have a wonderful announcement!

CONNER LEWIS SMITH

born April 25th at 7pm! 

   6LBS 8OZ 19.5 IN

         (and life is grand!)

 

 

David<~~~~~~~an Uncle!

 

 

 

Good News from the Land of Dave...

I have two new announcements...

 

#1     Barnes & Noble just gave me 170 shares of limited stock

                                                       AND

#2    FedEx just delivered two new frogs to my place from Reptile Depot in California.  An Asian Leaf Frog I have named GOBLIN.  And a Surinam Horned Frog that I haven't named yet.  I have kept Asian Leaf Frogs before and I love their call, it sounds like a smoke detector going off.  Surinams are very hard to come by and this one is a beaut!

 

                             (hopefully soon I will have a brand new shiney Nephew to crow about too!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DAVID<~~~~~~~~~~~~~Official Happy Camper!

 

 

 

 

 

               245 lbs !

 

 

 

NEWEST UPDATE!

Howdy Faithful Readers...

 

Here is the latest update in my life:

My laptop's motherboard failed and almost caught fire, time to buy a new laptop.

I bought a new car, a 2008 Pontiac Vibe (I named it "Deerslayer").  Silver with sport wheels and the seven speakers/6 CD changer.  I love it so...

Did I mention that I ran over a dead deer on the highway going 55mph? (Hence the name of the car).  Spun out and ended up on the left hand shoulder.  Just picked it up from the body shop this evening and it's running great and looking fine.

Had a great year at work, and earned a HUGE BONUS!  Gotta love the bonuses.  Picked up a new digital camera to use on my Vacation to the Grand Canyon.  Bought the gf a Sony Walkman.  I used some of the mula to buy the laptop I am currently typing on...

 

Now that about sums it all up...

 

WHOOPS...

 

I will be an Uncle shortly and Tif and I will be driving down to Atlanta to meet my new Nephew over Memorial Day!

 

Now THAT about sums it all up...

 

 

David<~~~~~~~~~~~~back on the internet!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hello, did you think I had fallen off of the face of the Earth?

OK, here is the latest news...I am Diabetic.  Big change in my life.  I test my blood sugar 4 times a day and am watching what I eat.  I am at a new all time low at 252 lbs.  Giving up on sweets is easy, watching the carbohydrates is really hard...

 

 

DAVID<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~DIABETIC!

 

 

 

 

5 Car Pile Up On 270

I was in a car accident last night.  I am OK.  My car isn't.  I was the 3rd car in a 5 car crunch in the middle lane of 5 lane I-270.  I was on my way to pick up some pinkies for Mr. Grinch.  Tif came by and I followed her back to my Apartment.  Any day you walk away from an accident is a good day...

Interesting behaviors

Mr. and Mrs. Walenda are hanging out next to their eggs, I think they are guarding them...

Mrs. Walenda laid two eggs in her vivarium...

     Last night my GF came over so we could go see some Boston Terrier puppies.  I'm standing there and I notice two little white spheres glued to the side of the Asian Vivarium.  It seems that Mr. and Mrs. Walenda might be parents.  When I noticed it I was dumbfounded.  I was elated and sad at the same time.  I immediatly knew they were gecko eggs and I immediatly knew that the side of the Vivarium was a poor place for them to develop.  I just had my hands at the side of my face and didn't say anything.  My GF thought I had lost my mind.  It's possible that the eggs might hatch, but it's not likely.

     So then we left for our appointment with the lady that had the Boston Terrier puppies.  We got lost trying to find her house.  Then we got lost again.  We finally found her place, it is real close to downtown and not in a good neighborhood.  She had three male puppies and their father for sale.  The father did not have good markings, was too large, and his snout was incorrect for a Boston Terrier.  So I'm not interested in buying him.  His puppies were great.  The biggest one had  great markings and was a lot of fun to play with.  That puppy is the one I'm interested in.  I'm not going to run off and buy the first puppy I run across.  This is an important decision and I'm taking my time...

 

  David<~~~~~love Boston Terriers!

 

 

I'm going to have a nephew...

Here's a joke I heard today...

                      Question:  What did george bush get on his  SAT's?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                Answer:  BBQ sauce

 

 

Tif and I went over to her Sister's house and watched the game last night

  MIZZOU RAH!

  MIZZOU RAH!

TIGERS!

 

I am watching a documentary on PeTA

I am watching a documentary called "I am an Animal: Ingrid Newkirk".  It's an insider's view of PeTA as they plan illegal activities.  Ingrid Newkirk is a mentally unbalanced woman.  She is violent and dangerous.  PeTA conducts 'investigations' (which they have NO right to do).  They trespass on private property.  They vandalize private property.  They steal private property.  PeTA is an evil organization.  They demean the suffering of the people that died in the Holocaust.  They demean the suffering of the slaves.  They lie about what they do.  They provide support to domestic terrorist groups (ALF, etc).  No one should support PeTA, do not donate money to this shadow organization.  The major players of PeTA are glory hounds, who love to get their picture in the News first and foremost.  "PeTA by day, ALF by night" (I had never heard that before, and it rings of the truth to me).  PeTA lies about animal treatment in the Circus. PeTA is a horrible organization, and I will oppose what they do till the day that I die.  PeTA is against the ownership of pets, if they had their way no one could have a pet dog or a cat.  Indgrid Newkirk is a nutjob and should be stopped.  I cannot even keep a coherent stream of conscious I am so upset by what they do.  If PeTA told me that the sky was blue, I would assume they were lying...

 

 

                            DAVID<~~~~~~~~~~~animal lover!

 

 

 

I look for beauty wherever I go

Right now I have THE CONCERT IN CENTRAL PARK playing on my TV.  Simon and Garfunkel's Reunion Concert from the 80's makes my heart glad.  I'm sitting here on my sofa looking over the top of my laptop at the Autumn sun shining thru the red leaves of the tree outside my apartment.  The wind is blowing and earlier I was sitting out on the balcony barefoot and it was really nice.  The other night my girlfriend was sitting next to me on the sofa and we were watching the TV and she 'quick as a bunny' leaned over and licked the cookie I was eating.  She laughed and laughed.  I look for beauty in everything I do.  Whether its the mischievous twinkle in my girlfriend's eyes.  The swaying cascade of colors in a tree decked out in it's fall colors.  Or the simple truth in the lyrics of a song that I love.  Beauty is everywhere, you only have to look...

 

                      I have a good life...

 

 

 

 

THE SHEEP MUST BE SHORN!

 

BENNY HINN, SILVIA BROWNE, KEVIN TRUDEAU, DAVID KORESH...

 

The list goes on and on.  Which is worse?  The person claiming secret knowledge preying on the gullible or the person that is so gullible that they look for someone to lie to them?  If David Koresh had never lived, the Branch Davidians would have found someone else to claim to be the Messiah.  If Kevin Trudeau hadn't written his books, people would have found someone else to give their money too.  If Silivia Browne never made claim one about talking to the dead, they would watch someone else on Montel Williams.  Benny Hinn knows people best...THE SHEEP MUST BE SHORN!  Think people, nothing is worse than willingly giving away your free will.  Nothing is sadder than someone who embraces ignorance.  Is the unknown that scary?  Is it better to believe a lie than to be uncertain?  Is it better to give your wives and children to David Koresh to have sex with and latter to burn to death than to live with not knowing?  It sickens me...

 

David<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~PROUD ATHEIST!