So now what?

Um... thought about what to write about today. It's Friday, nothing. Brain is fried from work. So, many things come to mind. I can't pick just one, so here's a fast list of Todd Ramblings.

* Deadliest Catch is the coolest show on TV
* People were especially grumpy this week (something about Mercury being close to Earth)
* Too bad you can't buy a voodoo globe so that you could make the earth spin real fast and freak everybody out.
* Mexico looks nice
* Extra cheese please
* I stayed up until midnight last night watching the Deadliest Catch Marathon... I'm whooped.
* Myspace security is no good (I keep getting spammed)
* The cheap Corn Pops in the bag are really good
* Who forgot lunch?
* If they ever come up with a Swashbuckling School, I think one of the courses should be Laughing, Then Jumping Off Something.

**some lines ripped off

Go Antipode Yourself!

Stumbled Upon a site today that shows you the opposite side of the world of where you live. It's called the Antipode. In nerd terms: Two points which are antipodal to one another are connected by a straight line through the centre of the Earth. Check it out...The Opposite of Ft. Walton Beach is the Middle of the Indian Ocean.

Check out this site and see if you were to dig a whole in the ground, where you are, to the other side of the earth, where would you pop out! You may need a raft!

Overheard at The Nixon House...

This Father's Day was great!

Here's what it sounded like:
1) "Don't worry honey, you can have the piggy" -wife (that little plop of butter at the top in a new butter tub)

2) "Shut up!" - Mason (for the first time ever, the two year old telling his big brother at Walmart to zip his lip)

3) "oh man, I want to play him big" -wife (again) (playing old Nintendo... the big mario bros is better than little mario, of course)

4) "Wha's Up Dog?" - My Mom (in an email)

Who's been listening to Country music?

You know that Billy Currington song "Good Directions?"

Check out this sign:

Thank god for Good Directions... and turnip greens!

Friend in the news

I have fond memories growing up in Willis, Texas. Just a small town about an hour north of Houston. I had lots of friends my age in the neighborhood, two in particular, that bring back the most memories. Marc and Morgan Luttrell, twins. They were a year ahead of me in school. They were always the life of the party, brilliant, and great friends. They both followed in their father's footsteps and became Navy SEALs. Since we're at war, both went overseas to fight.

I heard through the family grapevine that something happened to Marc and they couldn't find him. I was very distraught about it. Turns out he was found and, severely injured, but ok. This was about a year ago. Until yesterday, I haven't heard more about what happened, until and email I got from a school friend. I originally thought it was a joke email, since there was a "FW:" in the subject line, so I put off the email until later in the day.

I opened the email and turns out, it's a link to NBC's Today Show with an interview with Marcus Luttrell and Matt Lauer! I couldn't believe it. I immediately clicked on the link and saw Marc and Matt chatting about his time in Afghanistan and the book he had written about the situation that almost took his life.

An amazing story about while on the hunt for a taliban loser, his squad was ambushed, all were killed in his troop except for him. Marc barely escaped with his life. He was knocked unconscious by a rocket grenade. Nearby villagers came to and rescued and protected him against the taliban, who knew he was in the village, put a bounty on his head... yet the villagers protected him with everything they had. Truly amazing!

Other than my Dad, Mom, and Wife, I have a new hero today. Check out this video and the story. Pick up the book too. It's called, Lone Survivor. Here's to you Marc!

Pibb and Redvines = Crazy Delicious!

Pibb and Redvines = Crazy Delicious! True Dat

Monday...

Taking tons of pics

Been busy with my camera lately taking pictures of just about anything and getting people to take pics of me too! I keep the camera on my hip, just in case I run into something. I even have my own Flickr account now.

Took a ton of pictures at Billy Bowlegs. That was a blast...er literally! We walked by the cannons as they went off and just about blew my ear drums. It was earth-shaking loud!

Shot pictures over in Texas last weekend to see my Dad receive a special honor from the Senator. He has a state resolution just for him! Pretty cool!

Love taking pictures of my kids, and having fun on the weekends geocaching. Plus every now and then, somebody captures a picture like this.

I used to take pictures a lot in high school, now I have a renewed interest in photography. We'll see how my photo album grows!

Meeting of the Pirate Movies

It's Crazy Thursday Video Day!

My two favorite pirate movies... Goonies and Pirates Of The Caribbean. Now together in an upcoming movie called Goonies Of The Caribbean... Enjoy!

Looks like this movie really could have happened huh?