Check your self, before you wreck yourself!

NOTE: Take heed of the title.

I needed a very funny movie tonight and went to see "Due Date". The commercials look very funny, but it is rated R so what you see on TV is not exactly what you get. My brother went to the race with us Sunday, but Saturday night they went to "Due Date. They don't get out much and well, they were startled to say the least. They were still in shock on Sunday.

Don't get me wrong. This is a very funny movie in a "Hangover" sort of way. The language was bad but not as bad as "Hangover". The scenes were as outrageous but there is no sex scenes. Check that: There is a masturbating dog!

Think of this movie as "Planes, Trains and Automobiles 2010". It has many cameos, from Jamie Foxx to the cast of "Two and a Half Men."

I had to see this movie because Robert Downey Jr. played an Architect. So, this was research.

In the booth scene above the Zach G. character is having a reaction to waffles. He tells the other guy that is is allergic to waffles. Robert asks, "Then why are you eating them?" He says, "Because you bought me to a Waffle House." Zach's character is basically the same guy he played in "Hangover" and just as funny.

The blog title is from the movie.

The poster says: Leave your comfort zone. You will.

I give this movie ***stars (research)

2010 Movie # 48.

Texas Weekend

This weekend was about Family and Racing. Friday we went to the Nascar Truck Race, Saturday we took family photos and shopped and Sunday was the big NASCAR Sprint cup race. My guy, Jeff Gordon wrecked but as they say: "A good time was had by all," with a little Willie thrown in. Well until Sunday Night. We drove back listening to the Dallas Cowboys get creamed and then when I got in to McAlester, I got creamed! Going 63 in a 50 zone! $155.00 Yikes!

But I will tell you that the best thing we did was the family photos.

Mad Dogs and Okies

The Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame inducted Jamie Oldaker last Thursday night. You probably don't know him but you have heard him. This Tulsa boy was drummer for Bob Seger and later Eric Clapton. As a matter of fact the band that Eric had when he did "I shot the Sheriff" and "Cocaine" and "Tulsa Time" was ALL from Tulsa! Jamie was also the drummer for the Tractors and a session drummer for Leon Russell, the Gap Band and others.

For his induction he put together a band of 15 of his OKIE friends, many of which played in the bands mentioned. I was a once in a lifetime moment! It was music history played out before me. And it was super cool.

By the way he has a CD out called: Mad Dogs and Okies which features a whose who of talent including Eric Clapton and friends. It is also great.

My worlds collide

Tonight was the Induction Concert of the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame. As a founding board member it is a great rush each year. Tonight, though, was cool. We inducted broadway singer and showman deluxe, Sam Harris from Cushing and Sand Springs. This guy can sing anything and sing it great!

It was special for another reason though because his dad, Bill, was my seventh grade music teacher in Haskell. He was fresh out of college and was our town's new band director. You could say that he had an impact on my love of music. In a Small, Small way you could say that I had something to do with Sam's induction. After the concert I found his dad, Bill Harris and mentioned the connection.

He said to me, "I tell you something that you didn't know. Sam was born in Cushing, but he was conceived in Haskell!"

I say again: Sam Harris is GO-O-O-D! Probably because of the Haskell thing!

Two Little Girls

When my daughter, Lindsey, was three, we had our first stand off. She was in the bathtub and she was kicking water out on to the floor. I went in and told here to stop and before I could leave she splashed water, not only on the floor, but on me. She did so with a defiant smirk. I snatched her out of the water and took her straight to our bedroom and set her on the bed, still wet and naked.

I told her that when she said she was sorry, I would let her get dressed. She screamed and yelled and rolled around. It was my big test. I would either win this or she would control the house. A true alpha dog moment! It took one hour and 45 minutes. At one point I said, "Why can't you just say that you are sorry?" She stared at me and replied, "Its too hard!" (A 3 year old's exact words)

At almost two hours when I was about to crater, she finally started crying and said, "I'm sorry."

At that moment I understood the meaning of Strong Willed Child.

Funny thing happened this week. Lindsey took her little girl to the doctor. Kinley is only 7 months old. As the doctor tried to examine her, she rolled and screamed and tossed and prevented him from his job. It took both Lindsey and the Doctor to hold her down so that he could check her vitals. She had other plans. When the Doctor finally finished he asked, "Who was the strong willed child? Her or her husband?" Lindsey just had to laugh.

Pay Back so soon!

The Mid Term Test

I always dreaded Mid Term tests at school. I had to study hard to show that I was paying attention and that I understood the subjects. I was not perfect in every subject, but I tried. In all this, I was taught that if you do the best you can, good things will happen. I also new that Mid Term meant that there was still time to get any weakness corrected.

Today we have a Mid Term Test for our Good Country. It doesn't work like school. If I could have only pointed out to the teacher what was wrong with everyone else in class, I wouldn't had to study so hard. I could just keep the attention off me. Or I could tell the teacher what I did two years ago with my grades. Experience counts. In the election today we tend to vote by emotion not necessarily on fact. We vote for crazy reasons and if we guess wrong, its not my fault. I don't have to study, I have people to tell me what to believe.

I thing I know from my school days: "We get what we deserve."

Obama said that if he was elected he would change health care. He was elected, He changed things and the country did not like it.

Today things will change again: The other guys will win and they didn't have to stick there necks out at all: UNTIL NOW.

I am very anxious to see the changes coming from tea parties and disgruntled people. At worst it will be Bush2 and at best it will be that the little guy will be heard. In my experience, people who just gripe have a hard time leading. It is easier to gripe.

Some times you need to go back to school a study the subject so that after the test, there is proof of moving ahead.

Another thing I remember about school is when the circus came to town. Starting tomorrow, the CIRCUS has arrived again.

It's that time again