Last night possibly the worst storm in 29 years rolled through the south east.

More than 200 people are dead across five southern states following what the National Weather Service is calling the deadliest wave of tornadoes since 1974.

Five southern states — Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee and Virginia — are reporting fatalities, with officials reporting at least 141 dead in Alabama and eight in Virginia.

Tornado riping through Alabama

This storm barely missed my town of Smyrna, and we were lucky.  Too many people lost their lives, and I struggle to find a reason for it.

Last night around 8:00, I started getting ready for the worst.  Mind you, I am rarely uneasy about storms, but this one seemed different.  It was just so hot and humid outside, and with a violent thunderstorm on its way, I knew this is what breeds tornado’s.  Unfortunately little else is known about why tornado’s strike with very little warning.

Fear sunk in as I watched the radar and the swirling red and yellow approaching, it was very sobering as I looked around our humble home and chose which of my valuables to save.  I packed a couple bags, of course the diaper bag for the baby with diapers and a change of clothes, milk, and juice.  Then I looked to our personal valuables.  I packed our firebox with priceless jewelry, some files, birth certs and marriage licenses, social security cards.  We took our baby’s book which had all the first memories, first hair clippings, and my computers and backup hard drive.

While looking at our bags, and got ready to start taking them down to the neighbors basement, I wondered how many by daybreak won’t even have these few things left.

Every time I hear of a storm, virtualy just wind and rain, 2 of the things that supply life, that is taking lives I have to wonder….

Why does this happen? How is it that 2 of the most important things that sustain human life kill so many people?

Bloodspite said it best when we talk of tornado’s, “They are the literal Finger of God”

I pray for the families that lost loved ones and of the families that lost their houses and businesses, nothing left to do now but to pick up the pieces and move on….

–v00d3W

Tags: America, death toll, Finger of God, Registered Evil, Severe Weather, Technorati, Tornado, unanswered questions, violent storms

That’s right my friends, I have not only found my daily cigar, but the perfect combo.  Here it is:

CAO Brazilia Gol and a brand of Birch Beer only available up north:  Weis.

How I came up with this killer combo?  When I enjoy a nice cigar, I like to have a beverage with me to keep my mouth moistened, and my palate clean.  This past weekend, I was headed out to the porch to savor my newly found favorite moderately priced stogie, when I went to the fridge, I noticed I had nothing worth drinking, then I spotted my wife’s stash of Weis Birch Beer, and figured “what the hell, I’m, an adventurer”  and out I went.

I fired up my cigar, and took a few puffs, then opened the can, and what ensued was a barage of flavor, and distinct enjoyment.  The flavors of both the soda, and the smoke combined in what I can only describe as an erotic dance.

Now if you will excuse me, I am off to find a distributor of the Birch Beer, as I live in Georgia, and not up north.

Till next time, Happy Smoking.

-v00d3W

Tags: America, Birch Beer, Brazilia, CAO, Registered Evil, Technorati, Weis

Hello, this is the long lost soul.  I have been a stranger here, but I finally have a chance to breathe.

A lot has happened in my absence, and here is a brief update.

First and foremost, my son started walking, and forced me to lock all the cabinets in the house, as he appears to be a little terror already.  Another  thing he has started doing is shaking his head no…I wonder where he got that one from.

Another new event is the introduction of yard work to my weekends.  For the first year of our marriage, we lived in an apartment, and there was no outdoor maintenance there.  Now that we are in a house, and the landlord said to me “Do whatever you want to with it, make it your own, paint walls, take down doors, and rip up shrubs if you want, we dont care…”   Yea, I have done all of that, even remodeled the kitchen a bit 

With that said, I have taken out all of the shrubs, and tiny trees that were making the front yard look like a bit of a jungle, and constructed 14′ flower beds on both sides of the porch, and the wife and I have planted about 40 flowers in there.

One of the most noteworthy ventures of late, is that I have quit smoking cigarettes yet again, and have repleced them with fine cigars.  The little one is starting to mimic everything I do, and I dont want that to be one of the things that he starts because he saw me doing it.

Aside from all that, I have been extremely busy at work, as I have made the move to an IT position in my growing company, it keeps me very busy.

Well, thats all the updates for now, stay tuned…

-v00d3W

Tags: America, changes, Home, IT, Life, Registered Evil, Technorati

Hello, sorry I haven’t been posting in quite a while, work has me slammed.  I just wanted to post some pictures of my new antique dresser, I have found that I like new clothes, and old furniture.  After all, I am living in a house that was built in the 20′s.

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Tags: Antiques, furniture, Golf, Registered Evil, Technorati

I’m home sick. Trying to work on my finals for college this week and finding it difficult through the haze of antibiotics, drugs, and flem. It’s great fun let me tell you.

However I would be remiss if I did not mention that today is my good friend, brother in blog, and one of the remaining Merry Men with whom I ran with in my younger years birthday.

Happy Birthday V00d3w

Got some goodies for ya after the jump, that should keep you entertained! Possibly NSFWish depending on how uptight your place of employment is.

Maybe I shouldn’t phrased that quite like that…..

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Tags: Birthday, Friend, Gifts, Technorati, v00d3W

Let me start by saying, I love my dad, but he drinks coffee like it is the only thing keeping him alive.  My wife and I received a coffee pot for our wedding shower, that was just over a year and a half ago.  My dad recently came up with mom and stayed at our house for a few days.

The coffee pot did not survive.

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Tags: Coffee, Coffee Makers, Georgia, K-Cup, Keurig, Mr. Coffee, Random, Registered Evil, Technorati

This is in reply to a previous post: Don’t go Fixing your Dishwasher.

Bloodspite and myself had a conversation yesterday about the phosphate content in dish washing detergent.  It started when he told me of his woes in the dirty dish land, in which he couldn’t seem to get his dishes clean via his automatic dish washer.  I told him tales of the marvelous detergent I had been using in my 22 year old dish washer.  Gave him the link in which to find this modern miracle which removed 5 day old spaghetti sauce, and dried up re-fried beans… I was even so bold as to tell him that if id didn’t work, I would refund his money personally….

Then he told me that he had tried it, and that when I opened my new box of this miracle product, I may find my self in his same situation…

He was right….

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Tags: America, broken dishwasher, cascade, detergent, Dishes, Obama, outrage, phosphorous, Registered Evil, Technorati, unclean, Weasel

I wanted to post something for Christmas, as that is my holiday of choice for this time of year.  I could find nothing cooler to post than the first pictures my son (11 months old) had made with Santa!  So without further ado, here they are, Enjoy!

This is one of two professional photos taken by Santa's Staff....

This is the second professional picture.

More after the jump….

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Tags: America, Believe, Christmas, F*** Quanza!, Jesus, Registered Evil, Technorati

Hello Folks, sorry I have been inactive for a while, havent had much to write on, and actually, I still dont    so here are some pictures of what Christmas looks like in my neck of the woods.

2000 lights, and a Deer Family in the yard

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Tags: America, Christmas Lights, Grizzwalds Lights, My Home, Registered Evil, Technorati

Today I received my copy of my high school year book. It was the last copy the school had, and over a decade later than everyone else’s. Words from a man long since gone, and to me directly that I never got a chance to read are on its pages. I will never forget.

But within it is another story, as that one is for another time.

I had been looking for this picture for some time.
I had contacted Calimus because I could have sworn he had a color copy of a picture similar.

V00d3w also did not have one.

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Tags: BloodSpite, Calimus, Cartersville, Cass Comprehensive high school, Cass High, Friends, Georgia, High school, Technorati, v00d3W, yearbook

I can tell I am gettin old just by the way my back feels.  You know your gettin old when you wake up with aches and pains.  I woke up this past 3 mornings, and had a hard time sitting up in the bed.  One of  the first things we do in life as humans is sleep – now I am having trouble doing that right!

"I'm old and give out" - one of my favorite quotes from the movie Slingblade.

You might say that my “rough and rowdy past” is catching up with me, well, you might be right.  The years have been…rough on me and my person, and in the back of my mind, I always knew that it would catch up – I just didn’t expect it to be this soon.

Kids: take good care of yourself, if you don’t, you’ll end up like me, 32 going on 65!

This is how I feel - Most days...

-v00d3W

Tags: America, Bad Back, Go Dawgs!, Old, Registered Evil, Technorati

Go hard, or Go home…

That’s always been kind of a motto of mine, well tomorrow, I am definately goin hard.  I have cleared my calender of everything except sports…and the best kind!

At High Noon:  The moment I wait for every year like a rabid foaming-at-the-mouth English Bulldog: The UGA Dawgs First Game!!!

at 4:00:  My wife and I along with my parents are headed to Atlanta Motor Speedway for the Great Clips 300 – not to mention: it’s the 5oth anniversary of the track…

gimmie a sec…gotta wipe the drool…

Thats better.

So to all you Football fans out there, most of our players have been arrested, but we sobered up the rest, and we’re comin’ for ya!!!

GO, YOU DAMN DIRTY DAWGS!!

Tags: AMS, Go Dawgs!, Registered Evil, SEC, Technorati

Writers block today, so here’s a “fluffy” post, just because….

A few weeks back, I told you about my shave….well, here’s more.  Shortly after that article (about 5 mins to be exact) I ordered a new shaving brush.  An Altesse Pure Badger Hair brush.

Very Nice!

Now, don’t get me wrong, I liked the Boar Hair brush I already had, but when I bought it, the ultimate goal was to replace it.  Hell, it was a $9 brush, and the hair had started to fall out of it – no big shock there.

After using this new brush, I will never go back to Boar…

I have to work a bit harder for the lather, but the feeling of this Badger hair is well worth it!  It feels like a soft cuddly kitten brushing against my face, and believe it or not, the foam is a thicker lather than the Boar, and the coverage is better too.

Well, I guess that’s enough rambling out of me, thanks for reading, and don’t forget to vote in the Dawgs Vs. Vols poll!

-v00d3W

Tags: Badger, Go Dawgs!, Shave, Technorati

This is for my wife.

Lori, I had a great weekend with you, Gavin was such a good boy.  In case I haven’t told you lately, I appreciate everything you do for our family.  Sometimes I sit in wonder of the things that I have had to sacrifice for our for the good of our little family, and I forget to notice that you, too, have sacrificed a lot.  I’m sorry if I don’t say it enough, but you are the light of my life, and I can’t imagine going on this journey with anyone else.

Thank you for all you do, and I look forward to many, many more years together with you.

-voodew

Tags: Family, Love, Registered Evil, Technorati

On the exit ramp that I use every morning on my way to work, there has been this guy collecting for charity.  I love contributing to charities, especially the Shriners.

This guy has a nice white outfit, with blue stripes on the edges, and a can that says “Help fight Drug Abuse”.  OK, I like that cause.  Here’s the thing, I have been giving this guy change, and loose dollars for a month or 2 now, usually, I haven’t have enough time to “chat” with him, per se, until today……

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Tags: Charity, fake, Random, Registered Evil, Shriners, Technorati

Last night, my wife and I went to Bible study at our church.  Sounds simple enough, right?

Not this time.  You see, yesterday I celebrated being off drugs for 2 years.  I thought it would jut be a regular day, maybe I would get some congratulations from the people that knew of this anniversary, but I didn’t expect what I got last night.

Around noon or so yesterday, my wife calls me and asks if we can go to church, as we haven’t been in about a month, due to Gavin being sick one weekend, and my wife working the other 2 weekends.  I said “sure” even though my neck is still killing me, and I was already tired, and just wanted a nap.

This gets better…

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Tags: 2 years, America, Church, I did it, NA, Registered Evil, Sobriety, Technorati

Well, today marks the 2 year anniversary of me being off drugs.  Some say that this is a great accomplishment, well, it is.  I couldn’t have done it without the help and support of my family and friends.

I’d like to thank my parents first of all for dragging me from the hell that I was in.

I’d also like to thank my loving wife, for without her, I may have wandered back into the darkness.

In celebration, I am posting some of my favorite posts, they show some of my biggest accomplishments, and the things that I am most proud of.  So, without further hesitation, here are my greatest hits:

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Tags: 2 years clean, America, Celebration, memories, Registered Evil, Technorati

So,  if the misadventures of Sunday evening weren’t enough, I seem to have a quite intense pain where my neck and back meet, so for now I look like a robot when I try to look to the left or the right…and I can’t remember what I could have done to aggravate it….

Man I’m gettin’ old….

-v00d3W

Tags: Crick, Neck Pain, Old Arse, Registered Evil, Technorati