Congratulations if you were born between...

Congratulations to all the kids born between 1930 to 1979.

-First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us.
-They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.
-Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paints.
-We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.
-As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.
-Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.
-We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.
-We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.
-We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank soda pop with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because......WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!
-We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.
-No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.
-We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
-We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms..........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
-We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.
-We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.
-We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.
-We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them!
-Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!
-The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!

This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever! The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned...

HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!

And YOU are one of them!

CONGRATULATIONS!

You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the government regulated our lives for our own good, and while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were.

Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?!

My Grill Is On The Disabled List

My poor poor grill has suffered an injury that will put it on the DL for my kitchen roster. The grill burner has officially rotted away and caved in. I think pieces of the burner fell down the hoses and is blocking the propane. The flames are lucky to melt an ice cube right now. I can and probably rebuild her with parts from GrillParts.com or buy a shiny new rookie. Home Depot should be having an end of season sale soon. However, is it worth to abondend my reliable friend that just needs 30$ in parts or go all out and drop a few hundred. If it can be rebuilt, so be it.

I've got to do it soon. My kids birthday party is in two weeks and our annual halloween/wedding anniversary jam is coming up.

I grill all the time including through the winter. I don't care how bad it is snowing, it's still perfect weather for a grilled steak.

My Disc Golf Summer Wrap Up

Well, the summer is over. I call it quits after Labor Day. This was a good summer since I started playing disc golf again. I sport that I once played frequently and then just blew it off once I began a "baby farm" with my wife. I needed to get out of the house and start having fun for myself. When I was a single man, I played 3-5 times a week. It was a good time to go out with friends and get totally shit faced in the woods while throwing plastic. In 2001, my first son was born and stopped discing and stopped regular ball golf to help out at home. I only did the annual Ice Bowl every winter.

That is all changing. This year I added 9 new played courses to my resumee. Check my played courses out here. Of course, five years absence will really show when you start playing regularly with some local club members. I've shaved almost 10-12 strokes off of the two regular courses I play at. I started practicing and playing regularly in April. Lehigh Parkway I was shooting a 80 and now range between 67-69. Just a hair under amateur par for the course. South Mountain I was shooting a 70 and now I am even par at 54. Still could be a little better once I get some more distance. My approach shots were never an issue but putting I was horrible. Now since I bought a basket for the backyard, I don't worry too much within 30 feet.

Some other notable events this summer. I won my first Closest to the Pin at the 1st Annual Hickory Run Soltstice tourney. Shot a -6 at Harry Dunham Park in New Jersey. Sank my farthest air shot on Hole 1 Jordan Park at 159 feet.

Still waiting for my first ever ACE!!! Came oh so close at Lehigh Parkway (hole 12) and Harry Dunham (hole 12 as well). First one grazed the chains hard and the second bounced off the top of the basket.

At least three more tourneys this year for me including a Discraft Ace Race (haha) and a night time Glow Tourney on Halloween.

This year I am also thinking about biting the bullet and registering with the PDGA and tossing money at them to be recognized as a player. Pointless but will only make it cheaper for clubs that I am hoping to play PDGA events at in 2007.

Finally Beat Kingdom Hearts 1

It's been a long time coming. I would of had this game beat months ago but I only played this one with my 5 year old. He played most of the levels and I read the storyline to him. I of course did all the hard fights and tedious tasks that go with a RPG video game. This was a good classic from the people behind Final Fantasy (Square Enix) and Walt Disney. My kid fully enjoyed seeing all his favorite Disney Corp. characters and enjoyed the easy fighting controls. The storyline was one of the better ones I've seen and it left it open at the end for the sequel that is out. It wasn't a cheesy segway like the dead enemy's hand twitches to live as it fades to black. Now I know my kid is going to get me KH2 for Xmas for us.



That image above is one I made for my PSP Wallpaper and can be downloaded here. I also have a few other PSP wallpapers out there including a PDGA one.