Merry Christmas...

Well...I have been meaning to update this thing for quite sometime; however, I suppose my real world obligations have just been overriding my cyber-world for awhile. I hope this blog finds everyone who reads this in good health and swarmed by numerous presents of all kinds. For Allison & I, it is the first time for either of us in our lives we have spent Christmas Eve away from our parents. We plan on having a nice bubble bath together, followed by some sitting at our respective computers, which will be followed by some quality family relaxation. Puppy got all her stuff tonight because she just kept barking at her stocking!

So, to everyone, Have a very Merry Christmas! *and if you don't like that phrase, lol, take it in more general "Goodwill to you" terms......


I love all you guys a lot and hope that we can all get together again sometime.
Your loving brobro,
Adam...

One More Politcal Correctness gag....Just One More....I Promise....Seriously....

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MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL

Question, Is it real? Answer: No.... I asked someone to do the paint schem for Liberty Belle for a FS B-17..... Looks damn good... 

To a WWII Vet....

Quietly you’ve all turned grey
You did your job - you saved our way
Our life and freedom you preserved
We’ve thanked you less than you’ve deserved
You never boasted, bragged, or asked
For adulation for your past
You did the job you knew was right
And quietly, you cry at night
For bodies maimed and comrades lost
For sights beyond our furthest thoughts
For what you’ve lived and felt and seen
For what the cost of freedom means

You leave us blessed with every breath
That cost you arms and legs and death
You won the worst and greatest war
We owe you more, we owe you more
Thank you for your wondrous feats
For open speech and quiet streets
For worship as we choose to pray
For preservation of our way

Before you go, we need to show
That in your silence we still know
What you accomplished and what you did
For who we are and how we live
So go with love from wives and sons
and daughters for a job well done
From kids who’ve never seen a tank
We give you thanks, we give you thanks
Thank you for your wondrous feats
For open speech and quiet streets
For worship as we choose to pray
For preservation of our way
For homes and jobs and baseball games
For many colors many names
You saved our lives and we’re still free
From shining sea to shining sea
Thank you, thank youThank you.... Go in peace

After shoving the cake in Justin's face.... 

The guys at the wedding....Just got the wedding photos back so I thought I'd put this one up there....We look awesome.... 

LMAO This is great...please not orginal search, and then the "did you mean" option....I think Wise will like it... 

Yes, that is our dog in a soccer hooded sweatshirt.... 

My B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L bride.... 

That pilot is pretty handsome looking... 

Well Steve, they're not pillows, but it's close.. 

Just a few pics...

I thought I would just post some pics. Allison & I went out to the airport today to see what the plane looked like with the new paint scheme. It does indeed look pretty good. Especially when you compare it to what it did look like. Supposedly the B-17 is still in Urbana and is being held in the old Paint hanger...Word has it that the "Paint" guy is closing his shop, probably because he is a piece of crap painter who probably shouldn't even be allowed to paint houses, let alone airplanes. Ok, perhaps more later....
-drainy

Would you believe these are the same engines? 

Allison 

Flying Lab 

Happy Holidays My Fat White America Ass......

Dear Bloggers.....
I am writing this on behalf of white middle class males everywhere. It seems that this "holiday" season is going to be one filled with more controversy and idiocy, than silver & gold. I am personally sickened with the notion that it is now essentially politically incorrect to say Merry Christmas....... Now, as you leave the Wal-Mart stores of America, you will not be sent off with a warming Merry Christmas, but yet a cold hearted "Happy Holidays".....Fuck that.... Seriously.... I'm as considerate to minorities and all kinds of religious sects as the next guy, but the red-blooded American in me cannot grasp the concept that we must now be careful who we say Merry Christmas to. Lest we forget our entire country’s origins…. Thank you ACLU….

WAKE UP AMERICA….(Insert Patriotic, Christmas sounding music here…..)


My fellow Americans, We need to take it upon ourselves to wish everyone we encounter a "Merry Christmas". If they are Muslim, Jewish, what have you…..tough shit I say…. As Steven Colbert said, It’s the one time of the year Christians can get away with it… Everyone will probably hate me for sayin it, but liberal extremists will destroy this country… You know, that or our horrible foreign policy, you know, one of those… Please join me and refuse to refer to that pine now residing in your living room as a "Holiday Tree"……I do not have a "Holiday Tree", I have a Christmas Tree….. and it’s real….but that’s a different debate….

Okay, Hopefully that last little interlude helped to cheer everyone up a bit… I would say it seems like everyone is down in the dumps, u know, if it had not already been stated by everyone else…. That’s what I get for waiting to blog… Not sure what is going to happen to those two planes in Urbana…. It was a strange week after that happened, just thinking about the whole death thing…

So mom called me on the way home from work today and happened to mention that dad was graduating tomorrow…Just gotta love how the parents give ya those nice less-than-24 hrs heads up…

Let’s see….Just to cover some bases here….
–Steve: It seems we all hit that wall at one point or another. God willing we all get through it one way or another. Good luck, and know that we all have your back……oh, and penis….

–Jon: Good luck w/ the bookstore over break….. I’ll take a copy of Kama Sutra and the Joy of Sex…that’d be great… Don’t get to cold up there.

-Brian: Sorry to hear about that….. I’ll be thinking about ya…. Hopefully you’ll get through your thesis w/o slitting your throat….It’s hard to do…. If ya ever need any help, Pat & I are here and have done it once and could tell ya every short cut possible…

Gabe: I’d probably kill ‘em… Nuff said…. Hopefully everything works out ok…. Just find something to hold onto to keep ya sane….like your art…. Hey, there’s an idea… Get really drunk & pissed off, paint some outrageous shit, and make thousands…….isn’t that how they all do it??

-Chris: Hey, build a snowman up there for us w/ the stovepipe hat, button, nose, and two eyes made out of coal…………..oh, and give it a gigantic penis, maybe the kids can help….

-Andy: Whats up nigga……ok, now that I have officially offended everyone in this blog….I must say as the most prolific blogger of us all….keep it up….your blogs will perhaps be published in a book, not much unlike Ringo published that 70 pg book of postcards, which had like only 35 postcards in it, barely legible, and the book sells for like $30- $40………Just an idea, u know, after the Watching Stars breaks up because Grayson gets caught w/ a prostitute, but he didn’t know it was a prostitute and………………….

Allison: I love ya babe, and although we are now paying more in bills than we are actually making, I’ve decided that you are going to have to turn tricks to pay our Road Runner bill…..