Archive for August, 2009
Last weekends trip to the mountains led to the following conversation, which still cracks me up. Riffing on the Simpsons quote (because everything in our house is either a Simpsons or Scrubs quote).
…Tori: Leaves of one…are the loneliest leaves. (looking down, sad-like)
He recently tracked down that same Camaro and is now offering a free large one topping pizza this Wednesday for all Camaro owners. MSN link to news story From their Facebook page: Papa John’s Pizza I’m in the mood to celebrate so if you own a Camaro take note. … To redeem, Camaro owners must arrive at their near…by Papa John’s to order and pick up their pizza in their Camaro.
This weekend we drove up to the Unicoi national park for a picnic and to relax a little after a rough few weeks. On the way, we saw some helicopters circling overhead near Dahlonega GA. As we drove through town (it’s a nice little place,with a very B&B like feel to it), we passed a [...]
In fact, when he had a particularly bad spell late in 2007 and was hospitalized, it turned into a bit of a family feud when I responded to news of his cancer with ‘yes, I knew already’. … But mostly I’m disappointed that I didn’t get to say goodbye or that I didn’t get to tell him how proud I was of him for being so fearless in the face of death. Even as I sit here at 5:30am, on my 40th birthday, it astounds me that even as I hate him a little for leaving us all behind, that I admire him for once again doing things on his own terms, dying as he lived and once again inspiring me to do more, to do better, to be better.


