Some of my favorite websites

http://www.ndnation.com/index.php

Great info on Notre Dame football, try the Rock

http://www.ndshop.com/BlueAndGold/assets/html/homepage.asp?URLCheck=1

Notre Dame stuff

http://www.movieswithheroes.com/

My brother in law's band... that's him on the right

http://www.addictinggames.com/

a total waste of time

http://www.jewfaq.org

Interesting site on Judaism and the Hebrew language

http://www.eric-anita.blogspot.com/

Our friends Eric and Anita Johnson's blog

http://www.huttig.com/

Where I work

http://www.moviewavs.com/tvlist.shtml
Great selection of .wav files

I just found these

http://www.toothandnail.com/

Tooth and Nail records

http://www.christafari.com/

Mark Mohr / Christafari website

Humor

So, every year around the holidays I attempt to spread Christmas cheer. Some of these posts I have sent to you over the years. In fact, some may be ones that you have sent to me. I decided to post a few of my favorites (and those that are child friendly) on the family blog. I hope all of you have a blessed Christmas, a safe New Year and the most fun you have ever had in your life on Monday Jan 2 when the Irish take on the Buckeyes!

Pilot Complaints

After every flight, pilots fill out a form called a gripe sheet, which
conveys to the mechanics problems encountered with the aircraft during the flight that need repair or correction. The mechanics read and correct the problem, and then respond in writing on the lower half of the form what remedial action was taken, and the pilot reviews the gripe sheets before the next flight. Never let it be said that ground crews and engineers lack a sense of humor. Here are some actual logged maintenance complaints and problems as submitted by Qantas pilots and the solution recorded by maintenance engineers. By the way, Qantas is the only major airline that has never had an accident.(P = The problem logged by the pilot.) (S = The solution and action taken by the engineers.)

P: Left inside main tyre almost needs replacement.
S: Almost replaced left inside main tyre.

P: Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough.
S: Auto-land not installed on this aircraft.

P: Something loose in cockpit.
S: Something tightened in cockpit.

P: Dead bugs on windshield.
S: Live bugs on back-order.

P: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces 200 feet per minute descent.
S: Cannot reproduce problem on ground.

P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear.
S: Evidence removed.

P: DME volume unbelievably loud.
S: DME volume set to more believable level.

P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick.
S: That's what they're there for.

P: IFF inoperative.
S: IFF always inoperative in OFF mode.

P: Suspected crack in windshield.
S: Suspect you're right.

P: Number 3 engine missing.
S: Engine found on right wing after brief search.

P: Aircraft handles funny.
S: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right, and be serious.

P: Target radar hums.
S: Reprogrammed target radar with lyrics.

P: Mouse in cockpit.
S: Cat installed.

P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding on something with a hammer.
S: Took hammer away from midget.

The curse of Arizona

Once upon a time in the Kingdom of Heaven, God was missing for six days. Eventually, Michael, the archangel, found him resting on the seventh day. He inquires of God, "Where have you been?"

God sighed a deep sigh of satisfaction and proudly pointed downward through the clouds. "Look, Michael, look what I've made."

Archangel Michael looked puzzled and said, "What is it?"

"It's a planet," replied God, "and I've put life on it. I'm going to call it earth and it's going to be a great place of balance."

"Balance?" inquired Michael, still confused.

God explained, pointing to different parts of the earth, "For example, Europe will be a place of great opportunity and wealth, while Africa is going to be poor. The Middle East over there will be a hot spot," God continued, pointing to different countries. "This one will be extremely hot and while this one will be very cold and covered with ice."

The Archangel, impressed by God's work, then pointed to a large land mass with mountains, deserts, and a large canyon and said, "What's that one?"

"Ah," said God, "that's Arizona, the most glorious place on earth. There are beautiful mountains, lakes and climate. The people from Arizona are going to be modest, intelligent, and humorous, and they are going to be found traveling the world. They will be extremely sociable, hardworking and high achieving people and they will be known throughout the world as diplomats and carriers of peace."

Michael gasped in wonder and admiration, but then exclaimed, "What about balance, God? You said there would be balance! Everyone and everything seems so totally perfect in this place you call Arizona!"

God replied wisely, "Wait until you see all the idiots I'm sending down from the North every winter!"

Evil Dad

So I took Josh to the sporting goods store. We were out Christmas shopping for Abby, I mean we were out bowling, and there is a new store that has opened up down the street from us. We were looking at the "skateboarders", as Josh calls them, and weights when I spotted these. The size on these was 125-135 pounds. The guy in the department stopped by as we were screwing around and said "Those are probably one size to big for him, try the mediums". The mediums were 100-125 pounds. Josh weighs all of 40 lbs.

Waiting for Mom

Project update 12/05/05

Things are moving slowly, hopefully we will have decking some time next week. I am praying we will have something more presentable by the time all of my in-laws arrive for Christmas. Precision Pools in Chandler has done a great job, unfortunately once the hole was dug things have progressed very slowly.

Boy Interrupted

Joshua likes to have "spiky" hair (see photo). He will actually create this look himself in the morning by wetting down his hair and spiking it with a comb. One morning I noticed he had missed a large section of hair to spike up. I ran my fingers through it to help this section of hair stand at attention like the rest of his head and Josh sharply turned to me and said, "Mooooooom! You can't interrupt someboy's hairdo!".

Ignorance was bliss

I thought we were creating a blog free of spam and bull. I am looking through comments posted on our family blog and there is stuff like dating websites and how to fix a bicycle. What a lame world. Here we are sharing with family and friends and I have some grease ball out there advertising through a comment on a family update. If I ever meet someone that does this type of drive by grafitti I will do something not nice to you in return. How do you like them apples?