Today’s news… Danielle Bridges, killed in a motorcycle/semi accident.

Here’s a picture of Danielle and her dad, 7/2001.

Danielle spent her summers in Hawaii with Brandi and my 2 kids. She was always around all summer long, for 10 years or so. A really great kid… I just don’t know what to say. It’s so hard to lose a family member.

I can’t imagine losing my daughter. Scary thought. I hope Danielle’s parents will be ok.

Posted: June 9th, 2006 under Photographs, News.
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The IRS decides to audit Ralph, and summons him to the IRS office. The IRS auditor is not surprised when Ralph shows up with his attorney. The auditor says, “Well, sir, you have an extravagant lifestyle and no full-time employment which you explain by saying that you win money gambling.

I’m not sure the IRS finds that believable.” “I’m a great gambler, and I can prove it,” says Ralph. “How about a demonstration?” The auditor thinks for a moment and said, “Okay. Go ahead.”

Ralph says, “I’ll bet you a thousand dollars that I can bite my own eye.” The auditor thinks a moment and says, “No way! It’s a bet.” Ralph removes his glass eye and bites it. The auditor’s jaw drops. Ralph says, “Now, I’ll bet you two thousand dollars that I can bite my other eye.”

The auditor can tell Ralph isn’t blind, so he takes the bet. Ralph removes his dentures and bites his good eye. The stunned auditor now realizes he has wagered and lost three grand, with Ralph’s attorney as a witness. He starts to get nervous.

“Want to go double or nothing?” Ralph asks. “I’ll bet you six thousand dollars that I can stand on one side of your desk, and pee into that wastebasket on the other side, and never get a drop anywhere in between.”

The auditor, twice burned, is cautious now, but he looks carefully and decides there’s no way this guy can manage that stunt, so he agrees again. Ralph stands beside the desk and unzips his pants, but although he strains mightily, he can’t make the stream reach the wastebasket on other side, so he pretty much urinates all over the desk.

The auditor leaps with joy, realizing that he has just turned a major loss into a huge win. But Ralph’s attorney moans and puts his head in his hands.

“Are you okay?” the auditor asks. “Not really,” says the attorney. “This morning, when Ralph told me he’d been summoned for an audit, he bet me twenty thousand dollars that he could come in here and piss all over an IRS official’s desk and that you’d be happy about it.”

Thanks, KC! that was a good one

Posted: June 8th, 2006 under Other Stuff.
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I was amused with this quiz. Cities I am most compatible with, there is Honolulu right on top. hahaha!

Posted: June 6th, 2006 under Other Stuff.
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ESPN.com - NCAA - Hays: Osterman, Texas lose pitching duel to UCLA

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Osterman’s Farewell (excerpt from the article linked above)

That the last official act of a softball player’s college career in uniform is talking with the media is in many ways an unfortunate reality. Confronted with faces interested only in a 30-second summation of four years, or a lifetime, of work and effort, players seem to reach out with brutally honest emotions as the realization sinks in that a room full of folding chairs is their last stop.

“She’s helped me be the player that I am,” Megan Willis said of Cat Osterman after Saturday’s loss, her voice wavering and finally cracking as tears fell over the smile that still fought for room on her face. “And she’s the best pitcher out there. … She made me who I am, and it’s a privilege, it is an absolute privilege to catch for someone who is as great as Cat.”

Both Willis and Osterman, who sat next to her catcher, could no longer hold back the emotion of the moment as Willis continued, “I can only hope to bring the knowledge that she helped me with to our pitchers next year, so I can help those girls as much as Cat helped me.”

These moments put players in unimaginably difficult and uncomfortable surroundings, so the least we ought to do is share the dignity and honesty they somehow manage to offer in saying farewell to a sport.

– Graham Hays

Posted: June 4th, 2006 under Other Stuff.
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Softball’s season ends with 2-0 loss in WCWS to No. 1 UCLA

A heartbreaker. Woulda been SOOO cool to watch her go out on the very top.

Well, Cat, onward and upward! I think I read somewhere that she will be going on to play pro ball this summer, then return to UT Austin to finish her degree. Then on to the master’s degree.

Posted: June 4th, 2006 under Other Stuff, News.
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I saw this on Pat’s blog.  So I just had to take the quiz.  Guess I’m not as old as I thought!

You Are 32 Years Old

Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe.     13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world. 20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what’s to come… love, work, and new experiences. 30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You’ve had a taste of success and true love, but you want more! 40+: You are a mature adult. You’ve been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax. Â

Pat also “tagged” me so now I’m trying to figure out exactly what that means.  Something about typing up a post with 8 little-known facts about myself.  Am I supposed to “tag” others as well?  Hmmmm  I’ll have to think about this for a bit.   What little-known facts would I really want to reveal? 

Saturday again, so I guess I’ll try to get some work done.  I have to get that Dish Network equipment packaged up and returned today.  I want to clean and vaccuum the van while that back seat is still out.  Gotta get the guest room cleaned up and all those boxes flattened and stored in the garage.  Plus I have a mountain of laundry to do.  Guess I won’t be sitting here too terribly late today!  :roll:

Gonna get moving in a few… buh bye!

Posted: June 3rd, 2006 under Other Stuff.
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