NAILED

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I was walking home from the ER about a week after my tonsils were removed. (I thought I was bleeding a bit much that morning, it was thick and dark red and pooring out of me, so I kinda freaked a little bit.) After I stopped bleeding, I was walking home and on the corner of 18th and Cleveland I took this picture. I don't know how long the pole has been there or how many garage sales it has advertised, but I am very positive that this pole has gotten nailed many more times than mine ever has or ever will.

WORTH 1000

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My friend Shelly sent me a bunch of pictures today entitled "When Graphix Designers Get Bored..." Which I have saved to my yahoo pictures. Enjoy the slide show.

New Belle
Topic: Days of Our Lives

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I haven't seen Days of Our Lives for over 2 weeks because of the Olympics. I must say the Olympics were great to watch this year, especially the overlaid images of the Trampoline event - mesmorizing. However, I have this weeks episodes taped and ready to watch. Rumor has it, and I did see a sneak peak...that Belle once again has been replaced. Hopefully the new one will do better than the last.

Around the World

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Was browsing the web and I came accross a great website. When you view the satellite images of earth, you can then click on the images and rotate the view of the earth. It's incredible. It's also incredible how many satellites we have roaming above us. My friend Randy works at EROS. They have a variety of up-close images from around the world - available for purchase.

Getting the Worm

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This Early Bird got up at 7am on Saturday July 17th to grab a couple Kid Rock tickets...To my astonishment - about 65 other people were already in line. There are no lines at Ticketmaster.

Jonny Lang

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The Jonny Lang concert on Thursday July 22nd at the Washington Pavilion was awesome. Getting up and standing in line by 7:30am a few weeks ago was well worth it. There were 5 of us (Justin, Mark, Jim, Bob and myself) sitting in the front row of the Orchestra Pit. Less than 2 feet from the stage. During one song a string from his Fender guitar broke and the pick flew and landed right in front of me on the stage. Of coarse when we stood to applaud, I grabbed it. It was his signature pick for his tour. Take the time to see him live in concert. And just so you know... in the picture above, Jonny is the 3rd from the Right.

Lectomies

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I went under the knife. I got both of them snipped off, and the thing that dangles in the middle. Yes - that's right, I got my tonsils out. After 33 years, I finally shut-up. Unbelievable right? Well I had a little help by having a tonsilectomy, an adenoidlectomy and a uvulectomy. My uvula (the dangling piece) was huge too, so it was removed. This is the before picture. As you can tell, my tonsils (were) rather large. They were interfering with my sleeping, where I would have Apnea and stop breathing at times, so I went to a specialist and he took one look and said, "That's a no-brainer, your tonsils are the cause." I will wait a few weeks after everthing has healed to post the after shot. I had a lot of nervous laughter (giggles) while on the operating table. Afterwards I felt really drugged up and it took about 3 hours of rest to bring my blood pressure down. Pam, who stayed with me throughout the surgery, dropped me off at home and I drank and drank and drank Peach and White Cranberry juice - it's awesome. My roomate Brian said he didn't even hear me breathing this morning, which means possibly no more snoring - YEAH !! Thanks to Dr Todd and the Sioux Falls Surgical Center.

Hind Site

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There's always two sides to every story. I've always seen the front side. Here's the real ending to the real story. And finally, for all you Davey and Goliath fans.

You've Been Warned...but did you even notice?

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Have you happened to see this little sticker on a Coca-Cola vending machine? I didn't think so. Also, just in case you didn't get the chain email at work, here is the truth regarding Coke vs. Water. Finally, I also found this killer coke site...(not so funny though).

F-16 Fighting Falcon

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This is an F-16 flying just above where I work. It gets extremely loud when they land 6 at a time. But that's a small price to pay. Here are more pictures of F-16s.