Same as Usual

On the way home from picking up my daughter at the annual youth choir kickoff pizza party, I noticed an interesting sign posted by one of those mini-storage places in Carrboro. You know, those places where serial killers hide bodies.

Anyhow, it was getting dark but I stopped and got a snapshot. Good sense of humor for a somewhat dry business. I guess there's no reason to drop by again tommorrow after all,

New Blogger

Today I just switched over to the new version of Google's blogging thingy. I'll do a few Blogs and let you know how it works. So far it looks about the same.

Bye!

The Blue Chairs

A long time ago, maybe 14 years or so, my wife bought a couple of very Blue Plastic Beach Chairs. Every time we went to the beach, I packed up those lovely Blue Chairs. Here's a picture of my lovely wife sitting in one of the two Blue Beach Chairs. This was taken in the summer of 1994.



Anyhow, starting sometime in the nineties, we began staying in the same beach house each year. And each year I would pack up the Blue Chairs and take them to the beach. Problem was, my wife hated the Blue Beach Chairs. They were too low, they didn't have arms, they got hot out in the sun and they were a little heavy. They were made of a lot of very fine Blue Plastic. About eight years ago we decided to get rid of the Blue Chairs, so we just left them down at the beach house. For the next few years they were always there when we came back. Their devotion to us didn't endear them to my wife. She still hated them. About four years ago, when we returned again in the summer, the Blue Chairs were gone. For me, that vacation just wasn't the same. We didn't actually take them down to the beach with us, but knowing that they were there always provided a sense of continuity for me.

This year we went back to the beach again as usual. The pain of losing the Blue Chairs was ebbing but I still felt it some extent. One day, as we were sitting out on the beach, building sand castles, catching some rays and waves and downing some brewskies, my cousin shouted out, "It's the Blue Chairs". We all turned around and looked and, I'll be damned, there were the Blue Chairs out sitting under an umbrella, enjoying the sun, just like the good old days. Turns out they had only moved over one house. I spoke with the renters who had brought them down to the beach, explained my special attachment to the Blue Chairs and asked if I could take a picture. They clearly thought I was crazy but indulged me anyhow. And here they are, twelve years later. They're aging much better than any of us.



And that's the end of my story of the Blue Chairs.

Bye for now.

NC Boys Choir's Chamber Choir Reunion

A few years ago, when my son was still in high school, we sang in the Chamber Choir associated with the NC Boys Choir. The Chamber Choir was composed of some high school kids who had sung in the main choir as kids, some dads, and a few friends who liked to sing. At our Christmas 2004 concert in Henderson NC, I was able to persuade the high school kids in the choir to pose while showing off one of the neat features of our new choir robes. I posted that picture on this blog some time ago.



Last night, thanks to organizing by Adrian Randall, the high school guys, most of whom are now in college, got together at BoJangles. I was invited along as the honorary "Old Man". We all ate a "Chicken Supreme Meal" which has 3 week's worth of the RDA for grease and calories and drank Sweet Tea which is 57.3% sugar.

Afterwards, I took a picture of the group.



Bye!

Pictures from Sunset Beach

Hi Blog readers. Not much to say right now. We went to Sunset Beach last week and had a great time. For now I'll just post the pictures that I took. Sorry, but they're a little heavy on the sand castles and I didn't bother to rotate a couple of them.

Enjoy. See you later.

Pictures from the Beach 2006