I'm now in the digital age!

I'm pretty nerdy when it comes to any kinds of machine that plugs in and computes things. But the one thing I've been without this entire time is a digital camera. Yesterday I did it! No more film, no more dirty looks from the tourists!

My first digital camera mission... The Sammy Kershaw concert. It took me a little while to learn the settings, but I think I did alright.










Great show, but what was up with the teleprompter Sammy?

The Hwy 98 Blues

Another Todd Rant!

Who didn't sit in traffic today on 98 coming into Ft. Walton Beach today? The 4 or 5 car accident plugged things up for sure. On top of that, Hurlburt Field was conducting a training exercise. Not to mention that two school zones are on a major thoroughfare... Some were stuck in traffic for nearly 2 hours! Woof!

Help us somebody!! Build an overpass at Hurlburt to bypass the daily madness.. and let's figure out a better way for school zones on what are now major roads.

This is Ft. Walton Beach, not Los Angeles!

CMA SNAFU and other observations

Don't know how I missed the biggest controversy of the CMA's last night, but now I can see why. It was fast... I you missed it, it's Faith Hill, who seems a little miffed she didn't win or that Carrie Underwood won. See for yourself.

There was a lot of outrage this morning on Handsome and Hussey against Faith Hill. Some said she has lost touch with her fan base. I think Carrie Underwood deserved the awards she won. It was a huge year for her!

My POV other Random Thoughts from last night's CMA's...
Kix Brooks set a new record for crappy jokes at 7. Actually some were pretty good.

The ladies of the night looked smokin' hot! Carrie Underwood, Sara Evans, Martina McBride, Jennifer Nettles from Sugarland... Grrrr...

Was Gretchen Wilson sick? She looked like she was lip sync-ing last night.

How many awards did Brooks and Dunn win? Makes you wonder if hosting the show ever pulls favor. They have had a great year though!

Did anybody notice the intentional slip about Dierks Bentley being married. When did that happen? Or was that when he came out of the closet about it?

How 'bout those Creepy shades on Rascal Flatts singer Gary Levox. Or maybe he was hiding a butt whoopin'?

Props on Miranda Lambert for rocking out and smashing her guitar! She won points with me!

Did you see... no wedding ring on Sara Evans last night. To compensate, she wore a 10 carat ring on her other hand!

Here's the list of winners, in case you missed it:
Single of the Year: "Believe" - Brooks & Dunn
Vocal Group of the Year: Rascal Flatts
Vocal Duo of the Year: Brooks & Dunn
Male Vocalist of the Year: Keith Urban.
Horizon Award: Carrie Underwood
Female Vocalist of the Year: Carrie Underwood
Album of the Year: "Time Well Wasted" - Brad Paisley
Entertainer of the Year: Kenny Chesney
Song of the Year: "Believe" - Craig Wiseman and Ronnie Dunn
Musical Event of the Year:
"When I Get Where I’m Going" - Brad Paisley (f/ Dolly Parton)
Music Video of the Year: "Believe" - Brooks & Dunn

Leave me your comments below!

CMA Predictions

CMA's are on Monday... Here are my predictions of the winners... not neccesarily who should win. Because we all know the awards people sometimes pull a funny one out of the hat. We'll review Tuesday how I did... Play along at home if you like!

The winners will be in red... in my humble opinion. Please feel free to leave me comments saying how crazy I am!

-- ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR --
Brooks and Dunn
Kenny Chesney
Brad Paisley
Rascal Flatts
Keith Urban

-- ALBUM OF THE YEAR --
Brooks and Dunn -- Hillbilly Deluxe
Rascal Flatts -- Me and My Gang
Alan Jackson -- Precious Memories
Kenny Chesney -- The Road and the Radio
Brad Paisley -- Time Well Wasted

-- MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR --
Dierks Bentley
Kenny Chesney
Alan Jackson
Brad Paisley
Keith Urban

-- FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR --
Sara Evans
Faith Hill
Martina McBride
Carrie Underwood
Gretchen Wilson

-- VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR --
Alison Krauss and Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas
Little Big Town
Lonestar
Rascal Flatts
Sugarland

-- HORIZON AWARD --
Miranda Lambert
Little Big Town
Sugarland
Josh Turner
Carrie Underwood

-- VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR --
Big and Rich
Brooks and Dunn
Montgomery Gentry
Van Zant
The Wreckers

-- SINGLE OF THE YEAR (award to artist and producer) --
"Believe" -- Brooks and Dunn
"Better Life" -- Keith Urban
"Jesus Take the Wheel" -- Carrie Underwood
"Summertime" -- Kenny Chesney
"When I Get Where I'm Going" -- Brad Paisley featuring Dolly Parton

-- SONG OF THE YEAR (award to the writer[s]) --
"8th of November" -- Big Kenny and John Rich
"Believe" -- Craig Wiseman and Ronnie Dunn
"Jesus Take the Wheel" -- Hillary Lindsey, Brett James, Gordie Sampson
"Tonight I Wanna Cry" -- Keith Urban and Monty Powell
"When I Get Where I'm Going" -- Rivers Rutherford and George Teren

-- MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR --
Brooks and Dunn featuring Sheryl Crow and Vince Gill -- "Building Bridges"
Faith Hill featuring Tim McGraw -- "Like We Never Loved at All"
Gretchen Wilson featuring Merle Haggard -- "Politically Uncorrect"
Brad Paisley featuring Dolly Parton -- "When I Get Where I'm Going"
Bon Jovi featuring Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles -- "Who Says You Can't Go Home"

-- MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR --
"8th of November" -- Big and Rich
"Believe" -- Brooks and Dunn
"Jesus Take the Wheel" -- Carrie Underwood
"Kerosene" -- Miranda Lambert
"When I Get Where I'm Going" -- Brad Paisley featuring Dolly Parton

Halloween Goodness

My Halloween Night... with a Power Ranger on my right, a hobo clown on the left, we headed down the street in search of kid's gold... candy!

I had a great time! We got through most of the houses on the street in about 30 minutes... most of the houses on the street teamed up in 3's. So we hit three houses at once about 5 times. We got back. Ate some candy. Trale showed some restraint munching on some sugary goodness. But, Mason ate about a pound of it, he kept hi-jacking candy from the bag. In about an 15 minutes he was buzzing around like a bee. Giggling histerically and darting back and forth at a 100 mph! He finally crashed and went to sleep on the couch!

The new neighbors are pretty cool. Seems like the street is one big family.