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[ehowton]

060616_1730 Depart work, listen to BSG on the way home.
060616_1740 Wife meets me at the door with an ice cold Corona.
060616_1750 Order Chinese, change clothes.
060616_1830 Finish dinner.
060616_1900 Start Flightplan.
060616_2100 Start 4th installment of Revelations mini-series.
060616_2230 Bed.
060616_2300 Blissful sleep.
060617_0900 Wake.
060617_0930 Coffee, emails, blog, shower, dress, breakfast.
060617_1030 Depart house.
060617_1045 Arrive Carol House furniture store to peruse the selection.
060617_1150 Arrive Ruby Tuesday's. Order the ALL-U-CAN-EAT salad bar.
060617_1230 Home to pick up gift we forgot.
060617_1300 Arrive Brunswick Zone for neighbor kid's birthday-party.
060617_1301 Start drinking beer, Bud Select on draft.
060617_1430 Depart party.
060617_1500 Arrive Dillards at the Galleria...4th floor, furniture.
060617_1600 Arrive Lay-Z-Boy.
060617_1645 Arrive IHOP. Order the chicken-fried steak skillet.
060617_1730 Arrive Weekends Only.
060617_1800 Arrive Value City.
060617_1845 Arrive home.
060617_1950 Check emails, blog.
060617_2000 Start Goblet of Fire
060617_2100 Rid XP box of trojan.
060617_2200 Bed.
060617_2230 Blissful sleep.
060618_0830 Wake.
060618_0900 Coffee, emails, blog.
060618_0930 Shower, dress, breakfast, mow lawn.
060618_1050 Depart house.
060618_1115 Arrive Target.
060618_1215 Arrive Lone Star Steakhouse. Order dreadful steak nachos.
060618_1345 Arrive home, call Dad.
060618_1415 Watch Food Networks "Build a better burger" competition.
060618_1510 Update blog, scooby-snack, play Hot Wheels with children.
060618_1800 Finish Goblet of Fire.
060618_1830 Grill salmon, while smoking a cigar and drinking a Tecate.
060618_1930 Scan some pics of when I was in Germany for my buddy, then called him.
060618_2045 Added Google Chat to Adium using my gmail logon information - played Power Rangers with my son.
060618_2145 Read to both my children, then put them to bed.
060618_2230 Post. Bed.

Talking with my Air Force buddy, he's extolling the virtues of 'Google Chat' and I say, "Yeah, send me a message. I'm 'howton.'"
"OMG! You got that? Just howton? At gmail?"
"Well, yeah - there were like nine users when I got my account."
"Arrogant as ever."
"I've been accused of that a lot lately."
"At least you always manage to live up to it."

Those who are not familiar with TheTheologiansCafe, he asks simplistic questions several times a day, and people usually answer yes or no. Today, in response, I asked him, in his own format, "The building at my work has walls which create corridors you have to traverse to get anywhere. Do you think buildings should have hallways?" I don't expect an answer.



Sent my father this photograph. Its the identical one I had in Texas. Told him, "Happy Father's Day. You can keep my old grill." He uses it as much, if not more, than I use mine. He needed a new grill.

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January 12, 1991 - I receive my first stripe, bringing me from the rank of Airman Basic to Airman at Goodfellow Air Force Base, San Angelo, Texas.

That's me on the left.

Comments

[celtmanx.livejournal.com]

It has been a loooooooooooooooooooooooong time indeed since you were that skinny.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Ass.

[celtmanx.livejournal.com]

Touchy aren't you!!!!!

Bitches, man...bitches

[(Anonymous)]

only someone who had teenaged years during the late 80's will get that reference to classic cinema dialogue - one of John's best films, alright - his absolute finest.
It was so cool to hear from you old friend - I do hoep we move through time as the characters we once so innocently admired, I now realize how naive I was then - being alive is so much more fun. Saw the corresponding film again the other night on cable - damn, did that suck. Such possibilities - such disappontment.
Can't tell you of any books I've read as of late - I actually miss the times I would 'retire' early to finish a chapter or two before slipping off to sleep. Once my degree is finished I plan to recapture those days. If for only once more... stay timeless Eric - CMB

[celtmanx.livejournal.com]

060616_1740 Wife meets me at the door with an ice cold Corona.

She meet you at the door with a Mexican beer. Mexican beer sucks dude.

Now had she meet you at the door with an ice cold Guinness that would be another story!!!!!!!!!!!

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Guinness isn't good ice cold.

[celtmanx.livejournal.com]

I don't know about that.

Shaun of Shaun of the Dead says he likes Guiness Extra Cold!!!!

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

[celtmanx.livejournal.com]

Dude you are so RIGHT!!!!

And if you were being attacked by a female zombie he would so stop to take a picture!!!!

[galinda822.livejournal.com]

Do you keep a log of your whole life?
Just curious!

Glad you had an eventful weekend! Believe me you had more options than I did.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't know what else to keep a log of!

Eventful it was. I prefer uneventful weekends myself...

Yes, your options were rather limited. 15.5 hours at the office on a Saturday *bleh*

I'm thrilled you got your mac mini ordered though!

[galinda822.livejournal.com]

I think I was alluding to keeping this kind of log period! Why?

You wouldn't know how to behave if you ever had an uneventful weekend....always sooooooooo much to do!

15.5 hrs. AND I burned the coffee pot - I'm so bad!

I knew you'd be thrilled about the mac!!!!! I'm glad!

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Captain's log, Stardate 060621.

Wow. That's a tough one. At first, I did it because Tony did it. I'm not exactly what you'd call an 'early adopter' and usually wait to see which way the wind blows before attempting something myself. And Tony was just having so much damn fun with it. I found that I didn't actually have a lot to say at first, so I would post about work, mostly. But there's a lot of crap out there, so I chose to only post on things which I found humourous. Why this post then? As I thought about a journal - a log of my life, I thought about my children possibly reading it one day - to get a glimpse of their father as we never had of ours. So yes, at times it is mundane, others fun - I think I want to show my children that whatever they are going through its not just them, and that I'm not another old guy who "doesn't understand" if indeed, something such as this can be used as a tool in that way. And although I always get giddy when we get a good thread going, I really don't post a lot of this for other people, rather myself mainly.

[galinda822.livejournal.com]

Wonderful explanation! Now I understand completely and will never ask why you do anything every. Thank you!!!!!

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

I don't get it. You appreciated that I answered you r question so much so that you're never going to ask me any questions again, ever?

[galinda822.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry - my meaning was that from now on I will assume that you have a very good reason for doing whatever it is you do so I will not ask "WHY?" again.

[oxy-irony.livejournal.com]

Wow. Congrats?

"Arrogant as ever."
"I've been accused of that a lot lately."
"At least you always manage to live up to it."

Suitable. *Grins*

[schpydurx.livejournal.com]

mega dittos!

[oxy-irony.livejournal.com]

mega dittos!

*Laughs*

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Really, thank you. *bows*

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Really. Thank you. *bows*

[oxy-irony.livejournal.com]

*Applauds* Bravo! Encore!

[schpydurx.livejournal.com]

you mock my Chattanooga updates!


That's great about Dan's site. I doubt you'll see a reply, but he has commented on my site before. But I think you're right. You're not going to bait him. Keep it up though, I'll put in a plug for you.


That's a nice patio. Is that there in STL? I'm on my way!


D00d! Your 'stach is like your calling card or something. Talk about "Where's Waldo". I think I like your current pictures better. P.S. That picture sooo looks like it was taken in the 70's or even the 80's.

Oh. and. I've made a very recent discovery lately: no matter how pretty or rich a person is, they still have have the same basic wants and needs of any other person: namely, a companion.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

If you're referring to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, yes, that's well established as the third layer of human needs after physiological and safety needs are fulfilled.

[schpydurx.livejournal.com]

whilst not familar with Maslow, I can see how the other two would be important. I guess what I was saying was I didn't realize that there were that many lonely people out there, particularlly my age. Everyone looks so happy, especially those who are beautiful or rich.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

It was his proposed theory in A Theory of Human Motivation published in 1943.

I assure you, being beautiful, rich, or both has no bearing on happiness. That's simply a juvenile perspective.

[schpydurx.livejournal.com]

ergo, my public asseration that I'm "putting away childish things."

btw, I see that you are ignoring my charge of ripping my blog off.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

you mock my Chattanooga updates!

That certainly wasn't my intention, and in fact didn't know what the hell you were referring to the first time you asked. Furthermore I'd be shocked if anyone else saw anything at all similar in the two posts.

Usually, when I mock you, I take a photograph of you and create a striking visual to highlight some humorous attribute.

[schpydurx.livejournal.com]

you sir, are truely an ass!

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Where do you get this unending reserve of pent-up anger? Seriously - it's impressive.

[schpydurx.livejournal.com]

btw, what did you think of FlightPlan?

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

It was an entertaining couple of hours for a Friday Movie Night and held my interest.

[schpydurx.livejournal.com]

yeah I know what you mean. You want to say good things about it, but words just don't seem to come.

[unixwolf.livejournal.com]

Wow.. I bet if you really worked at it, gave up the nasty ass manure scooby snack shit, you could get back to your youthfull size. Also in your chonology, I notice there were no mention of molesting the wife. I prefer morning sex, its a great solution to morning wood. You have a hot wife dude.. You are truely lucky/blessed. You should molest her at the earliest convienance.

lol!

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the kind words. I'll keep that in mind ;)