SNOW!

 

That's right...a bonafide blizzard right here in Gwinnett County! Grab the bread and milk and keep the kids indoors, because this is Georgia and we don't have a clue what to do when this white junk starts falling from the sky.

Seriously, those of you not from these parts don't realize how everything shuts down WAAAAAY before it gets serious. Many people are not going to work today, but I am (that's me with a couple of my coworkers at work after our shoot this morning). It wasn't so bad. My wife has to drive north of here for work where it is MUCH worse...sheesh. We got a couple of inches in the span of an hour at about 4:30am this morning (I had to be in early so Hilary and I were already up).

Well, I hope everyone enjoys their SNOW DAY, and remember...don't eat the yellow snow.

Okay, so read this quote, and ask yourself why someone would say something like this:

"I'm not going to spend $9 just for a few laughs" -- CBS's Andy Rooney to Don Imus on why he won't see PASSION OF CHRIST.

Well, I understand it's a joke, of course, and it IS Andy Rooney saying it...just seems like someone is trying to take the wind out of someone else's good work just because they don't understand it.

Last Friday, Senator Zell Miller and Sean Hannity were signing copies of their new books down the street from where Hilary and I live, so we stopped by...

 

It was a lot of fun to hear them both talk, and get to meet both of them. Although I don't make a big deal out of it all the time, I'm a political conservative, and I've recently started listening more to what my conservative leaders have to say. Senator Miller has actually sort of stirred things up in the Democratic party with his recent speeches (and book) about the failure of the Democrats to do things right (Senator Miller is a Democrat himself, just not the typical leftist variety).

Anyways, it was good to meet both of them. I thanked Senator Miller on my parents behalf for making it possible for me to go to college virtually for free. He "invented" the HOPE Scholarship here in Georgia, which pays tuition and fees as long as you keep a 3.0 average.

SCAP had a practice this weekend in Athens at Nuci's Space. Had a pretty good time...we really needed the practice, and still need some more. Everyone's just real busy. But, it's a good start, and it was cool hanging out with the fellas. Hilary came along, but hung out with her friend Alice while the band practiced. Good times.

Alright, I don't think I really have anything else to say. It's been pretty busy here in Duluth since Christmas...get a little bit of a break, then get swamped, eh? Well, Hilary is just about done with her training (almost 6 months!) so she'll have a bit of a load off here soon. I'm enjoying my job still, good folks and all.

Okay, last thing....Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" comes out tomorrow, and everyone should go see it. Although with something like 3,000 screens sold out through the weekend, you might have to wait. Some churches have actually purchased the tickets for some theaters and then instructed the ticket takers to just let people in for free if they want to see it. Good luck finding those theaters and getting in. Hope everyone's doing well.

So real quick, here's something that I got in an e-mail...this is good. Just don't laugh so hard that milk comes out your nose, eh?


WHY IS IT THAT WE HAVE TO SPEAK ENGLISH?




An officer in the U.S. Naval reserve was attending a conference that included admirals from both the U.S. Navy and the French Navy. At a cocktail reception, he found himself in a small group that included personnel from both navies. The French admiral started complaining that whereas Europeans learned many languages, Americans learned only English. He then asked: "Why is it that we have to speak English in these conferences rather than you speak French?"



Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied: "Maybe it's because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you would not have to speak German."

The group became silent.