Casas for CASA - Lakeline

Yesterday, Amy and I went to see the Casas for CASA playhouses. They are being raffled off as a fundraiser. Last year, the event raised $59,000. The hope is that this year (the 14th) will raise even more. These are the playhouses that were on diplay at Lakeline Mall until yesterday.

Black Creek Golf Club

On August 1st & 2nd, we went to the Black Creek Golf Club in Bryan County, Georgia. We were there with a lot of family to see our nephew, Will McCurdy, compete in the Black Creek Junior Classic - 2005. This is a Southeastern Junior Golf Tour (SJGT) tournament.

We followed Will around the course in 5 golf carts (Will had more fans than all other competitors combined (slight exaggeration)) and were all amazed by his level of play. Amy and I hadn't seen him compete in a tournament and he was fantastic. He came in third place in his age group.

The bottom picture is Will with his trophy and his good friend Blake Watts, who finshed second in the 16-18 age group.

Mercedes-Benz US International Visitor Center

We had hoped to tour the Mercedes-Benz plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on the way home from Fort Payne. It is where the current M class and future R class (Sport Tourer) Mercedes are built. However, they are ramping up for the new vehicles with a $600 million expansion, and the visitor's center and museum are closed until the second quarter of 2006.

(The above picture wasn't taken by me.)

Atlanta Braves 2 - Pittsburgh Pirates 1

A couple weeks ago (July 29th) we went to see the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field. Our friend Jeff hooked us up with tickets 4 rows behind the Braves dugout. This is the VIP section. You don't walk to the concession stands if you're in this section. They have a menu and a waiter will be happy to take your order and bring it within a couple of minutes.

Jeff drove us from Fort Payne to Atlanta, drove us around all day in Atlanta, and then took us to the game and drove us home. This Karma insured that he would get a game ball and he did. That's him with it.

It rained for much of the game and we got soaked, but it was still awesome.

Rising Fawn, Georgia

A family member is building a house on Lookout Mountain in Georgia and the two pictures here represent the views available from the back porch of the house. It's unbelievable and these two pictures don't really do it justice. My camera couldn't get a wide enough view, so I used AutoStitch to create each of these panoramic photos from 3 different photos. Click on each of them to see the full-size image.

1GB SD Card

Now that I have the $50 rebate back, I'm looking for a deal on a reputable 1GB card for $50 (shipped - no rebate). Newegg gets close, but I can wait until they have a free shipping promotion.

Note: This article was originally posted to the TreoVida blog on date listed. It was moved to Does the fun ever start ? on Sunday, October 23, 2005.

John Cazale - Finest actor ever ?

John Cazale (August 12, 1935 - March 12, 1978) had a very brief career in films. He was in just six movies from 1972 to 1978. Each of the movies was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture (he's the only actor with multiple roles to have each of his movies nominated). All six are in the IMDB Top 250(he's the only actor with multiple roles to have this honor).

I just watched The Deer Hunter which was his final role. It's also the movie where he met his fiancee' at the time of his death, Meryl Streep.

Here's a list of his six movies:

1. The Godfather
2. The Conversation
3. The Godfather Part II
4. Dog Day Afternoon
5. The Deer Hunter
6. The Godfather Part III

Delivr

Delivr is a super simple service to create your own custom digital postcards. Obviously it is not the only site in the world to do this, but Delivr is unique in a few ways:

• It is powered by the Flickr API, so the number of images available is HUGE and growing daily…how many other ecard sites have a library of 600,000+ images, with 1000’s more added every day? This might just make Delivr the biggest ecard site online.
• All images are licensed under the Creative Commons, and all images are fully attributed, both in preview and in the sent postcard (try it). Delivr does not use images with a NoDerivs license.
• The postcards you can create with Delivr are much more classy than your average ecard…no annoying flash animation or tinny muzak.
• You can even use your own images to create postcards just by searching on your tags.
  

Shreveport to Fort Payne, Al

This is Thursday's route. If we leave the hotel by 8:00 or 9:00, we should be in Fort Payne by 6:00 or 7:00.

Round Rock to Shreveport

This is Wednesday's route. We're leaving the house at 5:00pm and hope to be in Shreveport by midnight.

How you can avoid looking silly

Sorry, too late.

www.TheFATMANWALKING.com

"Walking across America to lose weight and regain my life!"

JB & Sandy !

Their radio show is awful and so is their parking! It seems as though these two are doomed in everything they undertake. They are on the radio quite a bit. Check out Mix 94.7's schedule. You can listen to these two suck the funny out of a room seven hours a day.

Just another reason to be listening to podcasts...

Treo $50 Rebate Check - Recieved

All the literature said to allow '8-10 weeks', but it took just about one month. Now I'm trying to find a 1GB SD card to buy with that money.

Note: This article was originally posted to the TreoVida blog on date listed. It was moved to Does the fun ever start ? on Sunday, October 23, 2005.

Katara D. Johnson

Last Saturday night, when we were downtown to see Jabarvy, we left the Jeep in a parking garage. When we returned to it, the car to the right of the Liberty had the rear window tribute shown to the right.

I searched for her name this week (assuming that I wouldn't be able to find anything because she was so young). I found that she had been a resident of Taylor and star high school athlete and trusted friend and cherished daughter.

She was murdered in her home on the date shown. Here's the article about her death from her hometown newspaper. There's also an article about the first scholarship in her honor being given to a deserving high school athlete.

Her murder remains unsolved.

The beginning of the end of summer

Yesterday, I stopped by WalMart. They had the school supply lists out. This is the thing I dreaded all summer. It meant that my fun would soon come to an end.

Making Moonshine Whiskey

St. George's

Today, we were unable to attend St. George's (left). Last night at dinner, I did drink a St. George's English Ale (right).

Last night - Jabarvy

After dinner last night, we went to Latitude 30 to see Jabarvy. They are a great live band. They're very tight - there's not a musical question that one member can ask that the other members can't answer. Amy's friend and colleague, Jon is one of two guitarists in the band. We've seen them several times and we've spoken to most of them and they're just super nice folks.

Latitude 30 is a cool club. It's between 5th and 6th streets on San Jacinto. We sat about ten feet from stage left on a beautiful black leather sofa. The drinks were reasonable and the bathrooms (and the rest of the club) were very clean (worth pointing out in this neighbborhood).

Last night - Dinner

We went to the Landmark Whole Foods for dinner. They have several salad bars and they charge $6.99 per pound. Amy and I each got a great variety of salad and sat on the rooftop and ate and enjoyed a great view of 6th & Lamar.