Let’s comment..

I’m losing that blogging feeling.  Everybody leave a comment and let’s see how many we can get up too. I’ll set the goal at 100. You can start by commenting on what you just did before going to the computer..I’ll start…

All-Star weekend..

The NBA All-star weekend is one of my favorite sporting events. I was surfing the world wide web and came across Nate Robinson’s blog. I left him a comment and told him that he should bring out Shawn Bradley and dunk over him this year. Unfortunately, he didn’t allow the comment. It might have been because I also said that Andre Igidala is the real dunk champ from last year. I better watch my step, the little man likes to fight. If he wants to step up I’ll stick Big Walt on him.

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Not much goin on around here lately. The geese still haven’t left us. I’m thinking about making a documentary. It will star Ashlee-Heather leading the Geese to freedom. She will have to make wings and a costume so that the geese think that she is one of them. This reminds me, one time at Bloomsburg University I had a music listening class. The assignment was to listen to a classical song and then write a story. I listened to the song and then wrote about a bear coming out of hibernation and playing in the woods. And at the end of the story the bear chooses to go back into hibernation rather than listening to the song again.  I only lasted one year at Bloomsburg.

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Who wants to have creative control of this blog while I’m in Pheonix? Highest bidder gets the password..Unless of course Ashlee-Heather wants to take over.  Maybe Daddymack can put it on Ebay. And yes, it will come with a carrying case..

In honor of Valentines day 2007 I shall write a poem for my little bunchkin;

They say that waking up is hard to do.
As you may know, I know that this is true.
If it wasn’t for Ashlee-Heather I’d sleep till noon.
And I’d have no one to moon.
Sometimes I call Ashlee-Heather ’Rhonda’.
Nothing rhymes with Rhonda except for the fact that Chris and I used to drive a honda.
It snowed a lot on our first valentines day.
But I think Rhonda and I will still go to Swiss Chalet (Shallay)
We’ve gone there every V Day since we started dating.
One time Ashlee-Heather and I went Ice skating
It was really cold so we didn’t last that long.
When she wakes up I think I’ll sing her a song.
Ashlee-Heather says I have a great voice
If I could spend a day with anyone Ashlee-Heather is my first choice.

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY Ashlee-Heather..Love you… 

Let it snow.

It’s begining to look a lot like Christmas.

The retreat..

Ashlee-Heather has asked me to talk about her cat named Molly. Over the summer I liked to refer to her as Molls Balls and Molly Polapolous (No relation to Drew the music camp director, famous for his ”Campers freeze” announcement over the PA). Anyway, when Ashlee-Heather was younger (like last year) she heard a sermon on Salvation. Worried that Molly wasn’t going to go to heaven, the young Ashlee-Heather went home and repeated the sermon to Molls Balls and asked her to ask Jesus to come into her heart. I’m pretty sure Molly accepted the invitation and Ashlee-Heather led her in a repeat-after-me prayer.
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The retreat this past weekend was pretty awesome. It kind of felt like being back at Sebago. Complete with a kid who is just like the famous “Spicy Justin.” Weirder still is that his name is Justin too. I also got to see how much young kids love hockey. Our cabin was really small but the little fellas were still doing face-offs in the room. They really eat, sleep, and breathe hockey. Kind of like I used to be with b-ball. Except I carried my basketball everywhere, they left their sticks in the cabins. One of the nights I challenged the whole cabin to a game where they name a hockey player and I name a basketball player and we go back and forth until one of us can’t name someone. It was a pretty good match. Although I think I won because they named players more than once and I just let it slide.  I’m hoping to have some pictures up here soon which will show some of the talks that I had with them. I was drawing pictures on a whiteboard.  They were feelin’ it.
                      On Saturday night I went ice skating but didn’t make it too long because my big toes started hurting. I did manage to stay long enough to show everyone what proper form for short-track speed skating looks like. All in all it was an awesome weekend. Refreshing. And only one girl got hit by a car. But that’s for another time.
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When I got home from the retreat I rented a movie called The Protector which has some of the best fight scenes I’ve seen. It made me want to do some kung fu.

Leave of Absence..

I will be leaving for a few days. Please continue the blog in comment form in my absence.   There is some stiff competition for February’s comment of the month winner. The frontrunner is Ashlee-Heather but it’s up for grabs. What? She’s my wife. 

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In other news, I got the pre-game jitters for this weekends big Jr. High retreat. Usually that just requires a pre-game PD, if you know what I mean.  And I’m going to be playing some Ice hockey at this retreat. I don’t have skates but I got mad game. I’ve seen the mighty ducks. I’m going to bring out the knuckle puck. Holla.

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Ashlee-Heather watches this show called Sue Thomas F.B.Eye. It’s about an FBI agent who is deaf and does sign language. Ashlee-Heather wants her and Jack to get together but I don’t think its going to happen. I feel this way because…Sike..April fools. I don’t watch it. Sometimes I call Ashlee-Heather Sue Thomas. One day after watching the show Ashlee-Heather decided to only speak to me in sign language.  Luckily, my mom used to teach a song in Sunday School that used sign language. “Jesus, Jesus, Jesus in the morning..Jesus in the noon time..Jesus, Jesus, Jesus when the sun goes down.” Needless to say, I can hold my own when it comes to sign language.

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Finally, someone did a search for Richard and ended up here. Hey Rich, someone is searching your name on google.

Attention Attention..

I had to interrupt this day to announce that Me, Myself, and Ashlee-Heather has just made it to the number 27 fastest growing blogs in the last 24 hours. Out of like 700,000 blogs.  Go and check it out before the 24 hours is over. By the time you get there we might be off the list. Go to WordPress.com and click on today’s hot blogs and then growing blogs.  I would just like to thank my loyal readers out there. Stay strong.

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In other news I’m the special guest speaker at a Jr. High retreat this weekend. Anyone have a good sermon I could borrow? And, Liberty University is holding a video game competition for a full scholarship. If they’re playing Mario Brothers from original Nintendo then I might have a chance.  If not I can hold my own in NBA Jam for Sega Genesis.

It’s getting cold…

Man, It’s cold in Brampton today. Chalk it up to global warming. We still got geese swimming around on our frozen pond out back. They are a little confused. I asked Ashlee-heather why they hadn’t flown south and she said that we might have to lead them like some girl did in a movie. I don’t remember exactly what she said. Sorry Ashlee-Heather but could you please post a comment and tell everyone what you said. If not we can talk about it at dinner.
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The other day our landlord said that our neighbor was warming up her car one morning and it got stolen. This led me to start campaigning for a neighborhood crime watch team. I’m going to take the lead on that because my dad was a neighborhood crime watch sheriff in Portland, Maine. One time someone made the mistake of trying to steal my basketball hoop in the middle of the night. My dad got up and was ready to lay the big boom on them until I informed him that it was just my alarm clock that fell on the ground in my room.

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The Superbowl was pretty good for the first half. We don’t get the good commercials in Canada but we did get that sweet half time show with the artist formerly known. I would have rather had commercials. If you scroll down you can see the part where I said the score would be 27-17. Pretty good guess. Oh and the Raptors are now 2 games over .5oo.

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This guy at church said; “Mike you look tired are you?” I said “A little bit.” and he said “Chalk it up to the time change.”

Elgin is it really you?

I’m starting a new segment called Elgin is it really you? This is where I ask if it really was elgin that left a comment or only someone trying to pull a fast one on me.  The only way I will know is if I ask a question that only he will know and then he can answer with a comment. Elgin, if it is you, what is the name of the camper who liked to refer to you as Uncle Elgin? And what was your famous pep talk about with our campers in the cabin? The one where you sent a camper out of the cabin and said you were goin to the __________? And fill in this blank as well…”Guys from now on all questions must be in _________ form.” And what was the final score to the dump tally?

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In other news, in answer to chris’s curiousity as to what I do…Well, I sign up for conferences in Pheonix, Arizona baby….Holla..

Comment of the Month..

I’m starting a new segment called Comment of the month. Here is where I copy and paste the best comment. This thought came to me after reading Chris’s latest comment directed towards Andrew…

“thank you andrew thomas for the long butt email. Here is what i want you to do take that long butt answer cut it in half and then give it back to me. Man Andrew you need to get your own blog or maybe you can get a blog for the cats. Or at least have a special section where it is dedicated to cat stories. Or it could be a whole section on mom and the cats and tell about how many times she has tried to kill them, you know like the time she tried to put the sofa bed on them. alright well i just thought i would write with that idea for you peace”