We saw BEARS! Most of my family is in from Maryland — they escaped the flooding. We decided to hike in Ramsey Canyon Preserve this afternoon (a local hotspot for birdwatchers). Anyway, on our drive out, there they were. I was busy flapping my gums with my sister, Karen, and then she was speechless and pointing hysterically. In all of our hysteria, I was able to remember we had a camera — in my other sister’s car who was also pointing at the bears. Needless to say, we were able to get the camera and take a few pictures. The kids thoroughly enjoyed seeing bears in the wild and only a feet away from us at one point. It was incredible! I hope we see them again and hope we are still in closed quarters if we do.

Superman returns came out on June 28th. So I was thinking what it would be like to Superman. I began to think about “personal” kryptonite. Personal kryptonite is what prevents you from being Superman. Mine is stubborness to do thing my way versus what might be the best way to do things. Post what you think your personal kryptonite is in the comments.

I looked back at the archive and I cannot find a post later than June 28th, 2005.  So, since this will be a day that is easy to remember, I have decided to accept this date at the anniversary for Rader’s Rants.

Anthony is just like his old man. I am tough and ruthless and Anthony is rough and toothless. He wouldn’t tuest any of us to help him get the tooth out, however, he does trust FPS Chris for some reason. We lost the tooth somewhere on the floor. Anthony found something else that looks like a tooth to give to the tooth fairy.

1. “Merry Christmas, Shitters Full.“ (Christmas Vacation)
2. “It’s a real shame when folks be throwing away a perfectly good white boy.” (Better off Dead)
3. “Fragile, It must be Italian”. (A Christmas Story)
4. “No time for love Dr. Jones.” (not Indiana Jones, but in Clerks)
5. “Nobody puts baby in the corner” (Dirty Dancing) –Not really, but I needed 5 to make it look good.
6. “You thought that was a regular old bunny didn’t you” (Monty Python and the Holy Grail) –Happy now slim?

What I would like to focus on here is #4. Not everyone has seen Clerks, but here is the situation. An angry guy walks past Randal, one of the stars of the movie, and asks if Randal has seen his keys. Randal’s friend Dante had thrown the keys in the trash because the guy was a prick. Randal’s response to the guy was “No time for love Dr. Jones.” There is great wisdom here. Randal has shown that this response can be used at any time. Here are some examples to questions that can be answered with “No time for love Dr. Jones”:

Honey, do I look fat in this?

Dad, can I borrow the car?

Can you help me move?

Are you going to spend the whole day on the computer?

Can you help me pick out some shoes?

As you can see, the perfect respone here is “No time for love Dr. Jones”. Not only do you get out of doing something that you dont want to do, but you really do not have to give a real opinion.

Today Anthony lost a tooth while eating a grilled cheeze sandwich

Before

After

His other front tooth is hanging on by a thread.

OK, So I am already afraid to walk around in Tombstone at night. Tonight I was the designated driver for the Marine Corps League. I the hotel was a crew from a TV show. I saw the van that they had with the word TAPS on it. I knew that these guys were the ghost hunters. I talked to the guy on the left. I dont know his name. I told him that if they found anything in Tombstone, I would be afraid to come back. He told me it was too late. The episode that they are working on will be aired at the end of the summer. As I left town I saw them at the OK Coral. I am going to try and get with them tomorrow and maybe get a picture.

I am now using wordpress and my own hosting site. I was paying for hosting, but not doing much with it. So I decided to move the blog here. Also, I outgrew blogger. Wordpress offers a lot more than blogger. It will take me a while to figure out everything it has to offer. It has automated a few things that blogger made difficult.