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Full Discosure: I own one red shirt presently. I wore it to work this morning, and, when I got home, I wore it while doing yard work. I got it very sweaty, and could not, in good faith, take my wife to lunch wearing a sweaty shirt. So, I showered and changed into a grey polo. I’m sorry. I’ll try to buy more red shirts, besides the ones I have coming from here, so I am not caught short in the future. Please forgive me.

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Please follow the link behind the graphic on the left sidebar. Read through the 2,996 site, and, if you have a blog, prayerfully consider adopting one of the victims of the 9/11 attacks to remember on your blog. Thank you and God bless you all.

I wrote this on Monday, sent it home on Tuesday, and I am finally posting this on Tuesday night. My, how time flies…

I’m planning to start a pool on the birth of TMBCitW, and the award would be BlogMad credits. I have some credits set aside, leftover from a gift from prying1, (I’ve been thinking about this for a while now…) and I figured that could be the base of the prize pool.

Here’s what I’ve got figured out so far: I will publish the doctor’s statement of how far along TMBWitW is, as of a certain date. Entries would “cost” 5 BlogMad credits, with three going into the first place prize pot, and two going into the second prize pot. If you don’t belong to BlogMad, then you could join, surf a bit, and save up the credits you needed. The entries would consist of a credit transfer to my account, with an accompanying note as to the date and time block for the birth. Five credits would reserve a half hour block, the blocks would start and end on the hour/half hour. First come, first served, and in the event two people file for the same block the timestamp would determine who gets it.

What do you think? Would you get in on the action?

If I get a favorable reaction, I’ll put the contest up on September 12, 2006, with the evening posting. Be forewarned: I plan on doing a lot of BlogMad surfing in the ensuing weeks, to see how many people I can get into the pool…

My beautiful wife bought me an early Christmas/Birthday present, since she said she was going to be really busy around then. Can’t imagine what with. Anyway – I am now the proud owner of a Yamaha bass, Crate amp, and assorted accessories. WooHoo! Mah own git-tar! Now I can return the borrowed equipment and play on my own. It has a sweet, mellow tone – and I haven’t put the new strings on it yet, it still has the factory strings! Can’t wait to run the fatties on that body…

Hmm, that almost sounded wrong…

So! In the spirit of the giving, Merry Christmas! May God bless you and yours until you just don’t know what to do with any more blessings!

Two things: the first is from an e-mail that TMBWitW sent to our circle at church. She says it much better than I could hope to:

Well, it has now been 3 weeks since my mom arrived at Sunrise Medical Center in Las Vegas.

Thank you ALL for your continued love, support, and prayers. God has truly blessed me with ALL OF YOU!

The second one I just had to share with you, if for no other reason than the weekend is here and let’s end on an upbeat, shall we?

Prescott (AZ): A Yavapai County sheriff’s deputy patrolling a senior housing development outside Prescott on Wednesday spotted a 5-foot-tall marijuana plant growing between two driveways.

Deputy Justin Dwyer got out, identified the plant and interviewed the residents, spokewoman Susan Quayle said. They told the deputy they thought the plant was “just an attractive weed, and they had been watering it.” Quayle said it appeared the plant was growing wild and probably sprouted from a stray seed.

Where to begin?

… they thought the plant was “just an attractive weed, and they had been watering it.” …

Think about the ages of the residents … think about how tall it had grown … I’ll bet it was an attractive “weed.”

… probably sprouted from a stray seed. …

And just where did that seed come from? How long does it take a plant, regularly watered, to grow to five feet? How long has it been since a sheriff’s deputy patrolled that area?

Have a good weekend. If you are on the front lines, keep your head down and your courage up. God bless you all, and we’ll see you next week.

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