Couple Things..

First off my short Story, The Clock King has been published on www.southernfriedwierdness.com , Check it and the other stories out.

Last night I experienced one of the best things a father could experience. Thatcher would come around the corner and I would roar really loud and scare him. He would turn around and run to Devin in the living room as fast as he could and just giggling like a maniac. Its one of the best things in the world to see a child so full of laughter he has to hold his tummy. I had a great time with my family last night, I am a lucky man.

My wife caught me sleeping with this Hoe...

I am so ashamed...

Mostly... I am an idiot..

I have allowed a lot of things to interfere with my walk with God lately. I have spurned God's will for my life in lieu of doing things that I wanted to and ignorning God altogether. Kendall's blog post, for many a reason, was able to slip past the cracks in my hardened heart and allowed me to open up to God and release a lot of Anger, Hurt, and Frustration I had with him. I have been lucky to know God's will for my life and have not actively pursued it. I hope to change that now...

Dad was always able to just look at me and know if I was struggling in my walk no matter what mask I tried to hide behind. We had such similar souls that it was easy to see that in eachother. I think I have done both my Father and Heavenly Father a disservice in distancing myself from the church when it may have needed me most. Hopefully God will lead me to to the place he needs me and I will now be more willing to go that direction. Thanks for putting up with me the last year I know I have been different and standoff-ish.

Poke Me? Poke Him? Poker?

I've been on a Poker kick lately and have been playing a lot online. I donno what it is about the game but I really enjoy it. A lot of people look down on it as gambling but I have come to learn it is not just a game of chance like a slot machine, it really is a game of skill. Betting to High or Betting to Low can make you look to strong or to weak. Sometimes you want to look weak when you have a better hand to lure people into a false sense of victory. It really is a game that requires you to know how to anticipate actions and reactions. The way to win poker games is to set traps.

My only problem is I don't enjoy anything but No Limit Texas Holdem. I have a really good understanding of what is a good hand and what the odds are of winning in Texas Holdem. These other games are confusing to me. Like Omaha, Horse, Razz, etc. Anyways I am thinking about doing a poker night every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month if anyone is interested. Maximum of 8 People and do like 5$ buy ins. Just be a Table game, no Tournaments as of right now. That way if you get put out early and want to buy back in you can. Let me know if your interested, be a good way to spend some guy time together.

Stink Storm

The Thunder Cometh
It Breaches my Britches
I think I sharted.

My Butt Hurts

Thatcher's birthday party was good this weekend. I really enjoyed spending time with family and friends. The best thing was Thatcher's expressions when opening his presents, it really makes me want to give him a present everyday. I went with Justin and Joshua to see Iron Man that same night and it was really good. Then I woke up early Sunday morning and went fishing with Justin. It started off great. The motor cranked right up and we went right to the spot I wanted to start fishing. Then it all went downhill from there.

First cast I got hung and lost my bait. Then I tied on a new one and lost it first cast, this pattern seemed to repeat itself quite a bit throughout the day. Then when we were ready to move the motor would not crank, then the pull cord would not go back in so we couldn't even keep trying to crank it. We had to trolling motor all the way back to the boat ramp. I backed the trailer to far back and when we pulled the boat up on the trailer it just floated off. Then I slipped on the boat ramp with about 4-5 people watching and apparently ruined my phone. Finally got the boat on the trailer and tied down and went home. I then watched about half of 300 and took a 6 hour nap. Then I hung out with the Family. Now I am back in Hell. Weekends are not near as long as they should be.

Badadow dow dow dow dow dow dow...

I am ready to get out in nature this weekend. Its as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something wonderful has happened. No more phone calls from irate people, just the soft trickle of running water and the scurrying of woodland animals. Me and Zane are going on a camping trip down the Sipsey river. We'll be away from all civilization and I can't freaking wait!!! It's been a long time since I went primitive camping. The last time was when me and my family went out to Wyoming and camped on the Snake river. It was one of the most amazing trips of my life. I have always been especially thankful for the ability my family had to always have a good time. No matter what situations we found ourself in we always had something to laugh about. I am sad Justin, Mom, and Dad won't be on this trip with me. I know Justin is probably relieved as the last time we did a float trip on the Sipsey I smashed his hand in the truck door before we even got in the boat.

Hopefully this trip will also make Zane more manly. I have lots of Manly activitys planned to rid Zane of his emotional womanly spurts of estrogen. We are going to chop trees just for the sake of hearing them crash to the ground. We will throw spears and rocks at woodland animals. And we will hunt for the almighty sasquatch and seek his wisdom from and ancient time. We will probably shit in the woods too. All of these will add hair to our chest and testosterone in uncontainable amounts. Wish us luck!