Monday, September 29, 2008

Pumpkin King


All hail, Pumkin Butt!

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Promotion photos




Whether preforming weddings or signing an anthology . . . my mouth is always open.


Craptastic.





Saturday, September 13, 2008

News . . . or one hell of a writing prompt


Ship stranded in Gulf by Ike


Coast Guard says freighter must ride out storm


Associated PressOriginally published 09:25 a.m., September 12, 2008Updated 09:25 a.m., September 12, 2008


HOUSTON — Twenty-two people aboard a 584-foot freighter adrift in the Gulf of Mexico must ride out Hurricane Ike because it's too dangerous for a rescue attempt, the U.S. Coast Guard said Friday.
Chief Petty Officer Mike O'Berry, of the Coast Guard's New Orleans Office, said stormy seas will prevent Coast Guard aircraft or ships from reaching the ship about 90 miles southeast of Galveston. Category 2 Ike's 105-mph winds could cause 50-foot waves, the Coast Guard said.
"Based on where the storm is, they're stuck to ride the storm out," O'Berry said. "We don't have any aircraft to send into hurricane-force winds. It's going to be a rocky ride of course, but the fact that there are 22 people on board helps. They'll probably be able to drop anchor in shallow waters."
If the crew were removed, he said, "you basically have a 584-foot unmanned vessel headed toward Galveston."
He said the Coast Guard is in constant communication with the ship.
The Coast Guard got a pre-dawn distress call from the vessel had lost propulsion, he said. No details were immediately available on the name of the ship, which was hauling petroleum coke, or details on where it was headed. It's right in the way of Ike, forecast to strike somewhere near Galveston late Friday.
Ike's eye was forecast to strike somewhere near Galveston late Friday, but the massive system was already buffeting Texas and Louisiana.
The National Weather Service warned residents of smaller structures on Galveston they could "face certain death" if they ignored an order to evacuate; most had complied.


Blogger note: I haven't heard anything this morning. I wonder what the night would have been like???

Monday, September 1, 2008

Sundays and Sam Adams Holiday Edition


Summer is officially closed.


Damn, and I'm on my last case of Summer Ale. Oh well, that stuff is a great beer fresh, but gets nasty fast.


I put together my daughter's birthday present Sunday. Something called a Roxial Flyer purchased at Wal-Marx and made in the USA. Needless to say, none of the bolts were the right length, I had to take it apart three times to move poles placed in the wrong direction due to no warning in the directions (yes, I read the damn directions), and vetoed putting in the teeter-totter because I had to pour a cement foundation for it (in good time, little one).


I only lost my temper three times and let the flyer live up to it's name.


My daughter was so happy that she ran out and was playing on the chains before we had the swing attached, then found the box and played with it for several hours. Ah, fatherhood.


After the ordeal was done, I grabbed a couple Sam Adams Summer Brews and toasted the waining sunlight as I charred a cow's remains on the BBQ.



Then as the picture suggested, I made my little Stormy do pull-ups until she got sick.

Font Conference

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3k5oY9AHHM

Take that Ransom.