Well, it's been a couple of months since I have let y'all know what has been going on here in Blogville.  We just came back from the Greene family vacation last week.  This year we went to the OBX.  If you don't know what that is, tough.  There is a OBX sticker on 25% of the cars on the whole east coast.  We got a house right on the beach.  The water was way too cold in the ocean, but that is what private heated pools are for.  We were actually in Waves, NC on Hatteras Island.  It's a little far from anything else, but nice. 

Let's see, it's after midnight and the Prince Michel wine is tasting good.  I'd say that Melissa is gone for the night and it's Blog Time!

I have to listen to my MP3 player because my computer is on the fritz and can't listen to my music on the computer.  Don't worry, because it will only take 2.5 to 3 hours to repair on the phone with the Dell Tech Geeks.  I should have done it tonight, but I felt like watching the King Kong movie I had recorded.  I got out of work at noon today, so I went to see the new X-Men movie.  It was better than the first two movies combined.  I've really been into superhero movies lately.  Maybe it's just how old I am and they never had these kind of movies when I was younger.  All they had was cartoons.  So I am eagerly awaiting Spiderman 3 in May 07.  I saw Jaws was on Pay Per View tonight, so I decided to recored it.  At least I waited until after vacation.  I think Melissa will get a kick out watching that movie with me.  For those that don't know, the movie Jaws was the beginning of the end as far as ocean swimming was concerned.  I'm sure most of you remember the blog I tried to boycott Budweiser for their radio commercial about guys that are afraid to go into the ocean.  The first time I can remember seeing that movie I was at Pap and Gramma Griffin's at card night.  I was watching it in the living room and couldn't take my eyes off of the TV.  And since, I am very afraid of getting bitten or eaten by sharks.  It doesn't make much sense because I have seen every shark documentary and I know that the odds are extremely small that that would actually happen to someone.  Let alone someone that goes into the ocean maybe once a year.  It doesn't matter.  I remember when Melissa and I went to Aruba for our honeymoon.  They had rafts and she would get me out in the ocean sharing the raft.  I was so nervous and I still get nervous just thinking about it.  We weren't very deep.  I could still touch but it doesn't matter.  And then there was the time Stiff, Steve and I went to West Palm Beach, FL to visit JD.  I didn't really know it then, but I know now that fish like to hang out around sand bars.  And where there are fish, there are sharks.  So all four of us get a "great idea" to swim out to the sand bar.  I was stressed about it, but at least there were four of us and sharks usually won't attack if there are other swimmers around.  The undertoe was kind of strong that day.  So we do what attracks sharks the most, other than actual blood, start swimming as hard and fast as we can creating lost of noise and waves like an injured fish.  Of course, it is no surprise that from the time we decided to swim out to the time we got back, I thought stressed out about sharks.  I wish there was something I could do not to worry about that crap.  I know I will do my very best to not pass this silly fear onto my kids.  Althought the fact that a new world record for Hammerhead sharks has been found at 14 feet doesn't help.  That's why I don't mind going to the ocean on vacation in May when the water is too cold. 

In two weeks, we are having a twin baby shower for Steve and Alison.  Mrs. Pavlak and Nancy will be there.  I haven't seen Mrs. Pavlak for a long time.  It will be good to see them.  Stiff and Kim will be coming for the weekend also.  Hopefully I will be able to have a fire here in good ole Culpeper, but I don't know where everyone is staying yet or when they are getting here.  I think we need to set a date sometime Melissa and I are in Pittsburgh with nothing particular to do on on a Friday or Saturday night to go out with Stiff & Kim, Nancy & Bill, and Emily & Mike.  Spread the word y'all and let's see when it we can make this happen. 

Boy Speech Episode I

I guess it's time I start with the ORIGINAL Boy Speech.  Now that Andy is going to have a boy this summer, he better know all of the Boy Speeches so he can get his right.  This is the first time I distinctly getting the Boy Speech and the first time I got the "F" word from dad.  I was either a senior or my first summer back from CalPa because I was driving the Renault.  I was driving home one night and I hit a big pothole on 51 next to Jerry's Curbside Restaurant.  The Idiot light wet on right away and it was a serious light that you can't ignore.  I told my dad and we went out and started looking at it.  Naturally, I was the one to hold the light and hand him tools.  I guess he couldn't find the problem.  He crawled out from under the Renault and said, "Boy, you better not have F___ed up this car by driving it too fast!"  So pretending that I wasn't totally shocked by what I just heard, I calmly said that I wasn't driving too fast.  Of course in the frame of reference of my idol, Bill Clinton, just kidding, "It depends on what the meaning of the word "too" is."

I think it's time for me to wrap it up.  I have to drive to Stafford tomorrow morning and pick up some trees left over from the Sales Trailor. 

Thank you and Good night!

B