Well, last night was 'beggar's night' in our neighborhood.
The two oldest of my teens were working so they missed out on sugar overdosing . The other two didn't really get all that much either - they both were helping friends hand out candy. At our place, there were 20 visitors .
So things were slow.

Well, this is the last weekend for the marching band . Our percussionist is, I believe, relieved for this time of year to have arrived. Now he'll have a bit more time - the 3 times a week practices, as well as the late Friday nites and nearly all day Saturdays will be over late Saturday after their state final competition.

Well, we continue to struggle to locate a health insurance provider for my eldest. Yesterday, I tried one of the web sites that asks for agents to provide quotes. One of the first that called turns out to have a bit of a bad reputation on the net, which makes us hesitant to deal with them.

What a mess!

Have you heard these guys?

Oh, I forgot.
I took my boys, and a friend of theirs, to hear Roper Saturday evening. About 100 or so people turned out. Most were quite a bit younger than myself.

There were 3 bands playing. I didn't know of the first two - I'm not even certain of their names.

The third band was Roper. One of the members of this band, Reese, was formerly in Five Iron Frenzy, Guerilla Rodeo, and two or three other bands. I really respected his work in FIF, so I was interested in seeing the new band.

Ben (my eldest) had bought their CD which was released Oct 19th. Of the cuts there, I found a couple that I liked
(1985 is the one I like the best).

Their Saturday nite gig was primarily the new album, with one or two cuts missing and one or two other songs tossed in.

What I enjoyed the most was the energy that Reese brought to the stage. He seemed truly to enjoy himself, and he lifted the crowd (who was already energetically waiting to see them) to a higher energy level. It was a fun night, and I found myself respecting Reese even more than before.

If you get a chance to see Roper, try them out.

Well, what a weekend. I had such a bad headache yesterday that I slept nearly the entire day. Today there's no headache, but my shoulder is throbbing.

On top of that, my eldest son and I have been working on trying to get him medical insurance. He's working in a place that provides him no benefits (he doesn't get 40 hrs a week), so we need to find something that works . However, so far, we've not had much help resolving that issue.

It is no wonder people are in such a situation these days.

Rain...

We've had a lot of it. So much I something think I'm growing webbed feet.

Right now, it's foggy, with threats of rain several of the upcoming days. My hands are aching from the weather (I suppose) but I'm in between headaches.

The kids' report cards came this week. One had several A's, a C, and a D- , another had A's, B's, and C's (I don't recall if there was anything lower or not) and the other had an A+, some A's, and a B or two. They are good kids, and I've talked to them about making certain that homework is done, studying for tests occur, and papers are turned in on time.
I also had to scold one because the excuse was that a school id was lost so access to the library was denied. Sigh...

I've not been writing much primarily because I've had a ongoing headache for several weeks now. Over the past weekend, I spend Friday nite with my daughter, watching television and helping with her homework. That was fun - really. She is pretty self-sufficient and seldom asks my advice, so it was fun to spend the evening with her, talking about school, her plans for after graduation, etc.

Then Saturday I spent with my youngest and his friends, coaching their Bible quiz team in a competition in Lancaster , Ohio. They did pretty well, even if several of them haven't studied as much as they need to. Then, Saturday evening, I was on my own for a couple of hours, then kids started coming home from their various activities and I was up until 2 am or so waiting on them.
Sunday, due to the headache, I slept a lot of the afternoon.
This week, we celebrate my wife's birthday (tomorrow).
So, not very exciting lives, but we keep busy.

Neat - I'm listening to friends at a conference - they are broadcasting an audio broadcast ...

Another morning with lots to do, and a headache to slow me down.

Well, Ben made it to his first Roper concert. Seems like
he had fun.

We're talking about going to the one near here, in Westerville, in a couple of weeks.

But first, we have to get some other issues addressed. I need to help him find a personal budget manager software package, so he can begin planning his future.

If he will start planning, and stick to his plans, he will do better than me, I expect.

Nintendo DS wi-fi explained

The boys and I are watching this subject, as we've wanted online play. I suspect, however, that all that Nintendo is going to end up delivering is head to head play in the immediate area - not internet (aka xbox live or playstation 2 online equivalent) play.

When the seasons change, my headaches increase. I don't know why - the doctors just tell me to take something (typically off the shelf) for the pain.

The past few days I've been struggling with the headaches.
I've tried not to take off time from work due to them, but some days it is tough to do.

Today is a lighter headache than normal. But I'm still struggling.

Monday morning, first week of October. Weather is cooling, and I walked off without my pull over this morning.

And of course, I think my mp3 player is in the pull over... if it isn't, then I'm really in trouble.

My head aches, and I was out sick on Friday, so I've got a mailbox full of stuff to sort out.

It must be Monday.

Monday morning, first week of October. Weather is cooling, and I walked off without my pull over this morning.

And of course, I think my mp3 player is in the pull over... if it isn't, then I'm really in trouble.

My head aches, and I was out sick on Friday, so I've got a mailbox full of stuff to sort out.

It must be Monday.

Early Sat. morning, and no cartoons!

Ah well - I'm up early this am because I'm thinking of attending the Ohio Linuxfest
down at the Hyatt today. It's free. I looked over the presentations and there are a few that sound somewhat interesting. It's just that I now have to get various people up who have to be various places around town this morning, I've got to dig up some money, etc. Sigh.