I'm Back

Well, the vacation is over and it's back to normal life. Had a great time though. Don't get to see Mom often enough, so it was good having her here for a couple of weeks. Wish she could have stayed longer, and so do the kids, they had so much fun with her, and I'm sure are missing her already, though she just flew back to New York today. My son, Josh, tried to tell Mom on multiple occasions that she was staying here and not allowed to go back to New York, and my daughter (still struggling to understand the realities of money) is trying to get her to buy the house across the street that is for sale. Kids do have a way of making you feel special, don't they?

Must've been a slow news day here in Central Florida. The big stories are about a mother who left her six month old baby in the car while she went shopping, said she forgot him... yeah, having two kids of my own, I can assure you that they are so easy to forget about (dripping with sarcasm), and something about some people who found out that some of the land near their nice new homes was once a WWII bomb test range, and there may be some unexploded bombs there, and they all want to know why they weren't told before... I'm guessing it has something to do with the fact that nobody else knew either.

For anyone who hasn't checked it out yet, the new CBS game show, "The Power of 10", hosted by Drew Carey (Yeah, the same guy who is taking over hosting "The Price is Right") is a pretty cool show. The very first contestant, on the very first episode, won $1 Million, so that was a lot of fun to watch. This show gives people the chance to win up to $10 Million, but I almost think that is a social experiment, just to see if someone will risk $900,000 (if they miss for a 10 million, they leave with $100,000) for a chance at 10 Mil. With a cool million in hand, I'd be hard pressed to take that kind of a risk. Either way, the show looks pretty cool.

New episodes of Mythbusters are coming on, so that is always fun. If you've never checked out the Mythbusters on Discovery, you are really missing out, they put on a great show, and you learn something in the process. And, on the subject of TV, we are getting on toward the end of
"Ice Road Truckers" on the History Channel, and that's a show I wouldn't want to miss out on either. My wife has been watching a lot of shows on the Food Network lately, and I must tell you, in all seriousness, I never realized what fine programming they put out on that network. There are some really cool shows, like "Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives," "Dinner: Impossible," and "Throwdown with Bobby Flay" just to name a few. Most years, coming into the fall TV season I find myself excited to see what new shows will be out, and what the returning shows will bring back to the screen, but this year I find it hard to work up much enthusiasm, though there are a couple of shows I'm looking forward to.

Went with some friends on Monday, and took the kids, to see "Underdog." It's a great movie. Really good for the kids, but a cute movie for adults too. I'd highly recommend it.

I can't say for sure, but I've been thinking about trying to move away from writing about politics as much as I have been, but we'll see how that works out as we go forward.