Inching closer

Spent the day in Denver on Tuesday and had a blast! The rocky mountain region is one of the most beautiful I've ever seen. Lots of things about Denver I found very appealing, may have to visit again.


Spent Wednesday back on the road, we'll be spending Thursday in Vegas visiting some friends.

I'm willing to place bets for anyone :)

Report from the Heartland

Not much to say at the moment. We covered a lot of ground after leaving Ohio. We crossed Indiana, Southern Illinois and into Missouri.

We spent the evening in St. Louis around the Arch and the historic Riverfront area basically being tourists.




Here is a shot of the arch taken at the Hyatt across the street from the park.


Which one is the bear?














Dinner at some Brewery joint in an area called 'The Landing'

Let's see where we end up tomorrow.

Looking for Blinky, the Three eyed fish.

Well, got out from Baltimore a little later than planned but still managed to make to Springfield, Ohio. Not too bad a days travel.
So other than MD, we hit West Virginia, PA, West Virgina again and then into Ohio. Not too much excitement on this leg of the trip. We did stop to briefly in Columbus to check out the Historic German Village. Not too bad, but once we saw the Starbucks we knew it wasn't quite as historic as we thought it would be.
Here are a few of todays pics.


Chilling in West Virginia.
Von Schiller's Statue in Schiller park.









My moment of religious clarity.


The Church of Sinestro!

Exhaustion doesn't even cover it.

So I've already missed one day. Moving is some tiring work.

Well, the semi showed up and managed to wiggle his way into the apartment complex. That was an exciting way to start the day. Once he got set-up we were on the clock. The six hours went by crazy fast as Jeannine brought stuff down from her apartment and I unloaded the Penske I had brought up the night before.
Temper were short. Voices were loud, but no one was hurt, no one was killed, and more importantly no one is single.


Our 10x10 space filled up.Sadly, this is not Optimus Prime.



So next on the agenda after getting some food and a decent amount of sleep was cleaning the apartment and getting the car packed. In what could only be called a miscommunication, I was under the impression we didn't have much to go in the car. This next picture will show the error of that misunderstanding.



But, after some careful work, we managed to get loaded up and hit the road in the early evening. First stop is back to Baltimore to see Dad. Oh and to get some fresh Baltimore Crabs...the kind from the ocean smart guy!

Prelude to Insanity

Yes, that magic day is upon us already. Seems like yesterday we packed up and left San Diego for the undiscovered country. Well, turns out that country is pretty cold for five or six months of the year so it's time to head back home.

Behold, phase 1 - I pack up a truck in Baltimore and drive to Jeannine's for the big day.


Sure driving a mans truck is fun for a while but this big bitch was expensive to fill up and sucked down the gas quick. Good thing the load was light. A full truck and I might have cried.









So I make the trip up with no problems and decide to take a peek in the back and see how much my stuff shifted and if anything was damaged enough to bring a tear to my eye.


Other than the bike sliding a bit, everything is where I put it. Thanks to Pop for suggesting the suitcase as cushions for the TV, worked great!




So tomorrow is Judgment Day. Last time we did this things got ugly, so will this time be any different?
Stay tuned... oh and if photo's of the lading of the big rig don't get posted it's because I got my angry on and photos could be used against me in a court of law.

Lord, give me stength...and patience and... cold beer....

Tom's complete lack of surprise.

Things have been super busy.

For those who may not have heard, Jeannine and I are moving back to San Diego. While exciting, this is very stressful and super time consuming. As a result of that the blog has become a bit neglected. I'm hope to be able to resume semi-regular posting next week, but please don't hold me to that. Everyting depends on how far along the packing is.

Also, if things go well, I'll update the blog with photos from the trip across country.

Indiana Jones - It's not the years, it's the mileage.

I'm not the kind of person who is impressed by celebrities.

I've lived in L.A. and have seen many film and TV stars as the make their way around town trying to lead as close to a normal life as they can while not out promoting whatever project they are working on. I'm happy to let them. I have no real desire to approach a celebrity while they are cutting into a steak with the wife and kids nearby. Because honestly, I really have nothing to say to them that wouldn't sound like the ramblings of a fan. I somehow doubt that we would become B.F.F.'s and start hanging out all the time. It probably the one area in my life where I'm firmly rooted in reality.

Harrison Ford, on the other hand...you can throw all of that out the window.

And Indiana Jones is pretty much the reason why.

Sure, as Han Solo in Star Wars he defined what it is to be a cool space pirate. Indiana Jones defined being cool period.

A lot of people make the mistake of thinking Star Wars is my all-time favorite films. Maybe it is, but so are the Indiana Jones movies.

I could probably go on to gush about all the reason why, but really, I'm pretty sure you already know all the reasons why. So lets cut to the chase.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull opens in less than two days and I really can't wait to see it.
When the project was first announced I must admit to being on the skeptical side. I was nervous about the whole idea, after all it had been 18 years since Harrison had last donned the fedora and Spielberg had evolved as a director and in some people's mind George Lucas had lost his marbles.
Then the first batch of rumors came out, about how scripts kept getting rejected, no one could agree on what the next adventure would be. A script by frank Darabont was turned down, word come out that Sean Connery was offered the chance to reprise his role and turned it down. Things weren't looking good.
BAM - then all of a sudden the principals all agreed, casting was underway and the filming was set to commence. I had trepidations. Most surrounding the rumors that were being spread about Shia LeBeouf's character. Shia is an actor I had never really taken a shine to. Supporting roles in Constantine, I Robot,

Then a funny thing happened. Transformers came out and I really enjoyed it and Shia was very strong reason why. So that alleviated a great deal of my concerns. But everything really fell into place for me when the teaser trailer hit. Once the opening notes of John Williams score sounded I was all in and ready for the adventure. Judging from some of the internet reaction I am not alone.

I can only hope that the fans are kinder this time around than they were when George Lucas released his Star Wars prequels. As I am one of the few defenders of that series I offer a small disclaimer for everyone who is getting ready to see Indy's new adventure - Lower your expectations!
I'm getting sick to death of people who build things up in their minds to such astonishing heights that no matter how good something it it will never top what they have built it u to be. You are going to see Indiana Jones have a new adventure on the big screen. Be happy with that, just enjoy it for what it is, a film that should provide a nice adventure for two hours.
When 'Last Crusade' came out I was 10 years old. It was the 1st time I got to see Indy in theaters. I'm really excited for the chance to go back and see him on the big screen again. Let try to keep our expectations grounded in reality people. Don't join the growing masses of haters who feel the need to go around (mostly on the internets) and blast the holy hell out of a film and everyone involved in it to smithereens.

The man with the hat is back, enjoy it. Harrison can't do this forver...

Or can he?