Hopefully this is ignorance.

While it's not an excuse, I am just amazed that some people can be so out of touch.  I guess she thought Archie Bunker was protrayed as a tolerant individual.

Off-color Remark

Here's the picture.

If you read a couple entries ago, I beasted the window on the tailgate of my van.  My insurance is going to cover it 100%, so that is the good news.  Don't mind how dirty the van was.  It rained for a couple minutes and then it was sitting in a dust storm for a couple hours.  I really can't wash it until the window is fixed.  :-P

Here is the picture:

My Xbox arrived at the repair center today.

I am not sure why, but on the Xbox support page it says I don't have any repairs open.  Maybe I'll call and be "that guy" that is always calling and bugging them.

NASCAR anyone?

I am not the biggest fan, but I did go to the race yesterday.  PIR has great hillside seating and it's only $35 per adult and kids under 12 are free.  We went with some friends who were visiting from out of town who have 2 kids the same age as my two oldest kids.  The kids had fun goofing around on the hill and listening to the amazing sound of a 780HP engine running at 9000 RPM.  Overall, we had fun, but there were a few letdowns...

Jimmy Johnson won AGAIN, and there wasn't much deviation in the finish from the way the race started.  This all leads up to what will be a largely uneventful race next weekend.  As long as Johnson does not DNF next week, it's over.  Last, but not least the weather was HORRIBLE.  It was quite cold (for the Phoenix area anyway), and the wind made it unbearable.  We haven't had rain in a while and so we were pretty much sitting in a dust storm the entire time.  We left at around lap 230 because the dust was so bad at that point.

Oh yeah, and I smashed the back window in our van when I shut the tail gate too hard.  What's $300 among friends though? Grrr!

Chronicleing the burial of a friend.

We get a rare glimpse inside the work of a mortician as he prepares to send a loved one on to the next life.  Some of the pictures might be a little grusome, but I hope this serves as an educational journey for all of us.

You will be missed my friend.  :-(