Jim and I went to see Jeremy, Christy, and Ryland last night. I forgot my camera (again), but luckily Jim had his digital arsenal (LOL!) with him and snapped off a few pics and some video. Hopefully I can snag those from him later this week, but in the meantime here’s a quick pic I snapped off with my Helio Ocean:

Daddy, baby, and Mommy

Aren’t they sweet? Christy’s mom was there when we got there last night and I told her that Jeremy needs to tell ‘Bama to hold her a spot on the women’s basketball team, ‘cuz she’s gonna be TALL like her daddy! LOL

A ‘Tider’ in Need

I was reading the sports news this morning and was surprised to hear of a former Tide player who’s been recently diagnosed with cancer. We hear all the time about players in trouble with the law, being sent to detox camps or drug rehabs, you rarely hear about one of the “good guys” needing our help:

Victor Ellis played four seasons at linebacker for the Crimson Tide from 1998-2001. He finished second on the team in tackles in 2000 with 94, including nine for a loss and 2.5 sacks.

He was an academic all-SEC performer and one of the more beloved members of Alabama’s program. That’s a trait that goes to back to high school. Victor graduated from The University of Alabama in 2002 with a B.A. in Communications.

Victor has recently been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called Renal Medulary Cell Carcinoma and now needs the help of the Crimson Tide family to help support him. With the support of your prayers and donations, Victor is going to fight and achieve Victor-E over this terrible disease!

(Source: The Birmingham News)

For those interested: You can visit his website for more information, and send a message to him and his family. Keep him in your prayers, Tide fans … he’s one of the good guys!

The Face Off

Luckily the hype over last week’s heartbreaking loss to Georgia, I’ve been able to avoid most of the bitching and whining and moaning of remorseful Tide fans. We made some mistakes, we lost. Get over it and move on to the next engagement: FSU

For the first time in many years, the Florida State Seminoles and the Alabama Crimson Tide will be facing each other on the pigskin battlefield this weekend. Jim’s team vs. my team … this is gonna be a sweet matchup!

Last week’s loss was a lesson, let’s hope everyone learned from it. We have a strong team. We finally have a coach with some BALLS. Let’s go out there and kick some ass.

Tide, it’s time to roll on! ROLL TIDE!

I was browsing through the morning additions at Heliocity and saw JustinB’s post about Helio adding feeds to their Helio UP service. This is very handy for those of us who store images and videos via Helio UP and had no external way of retrieving them … until now!

To access your images via Helio UP’s feeds:

• Open your phone in numeric pad mode, dial 87 and hit the Helio flame key.
• Helio UP should be displayed in the web browser
• If you don’t already have an album set up, make one.
• Go to the ‘Share’ tab
• Click ‘E-Mail URLs’
• Enter your E-Mail
• Check your mailbox, and look for an URL that looks something like the following: http://photos.helio.com/feed/*/****/****.xml
• Put it into your web browser or favorite RSS feed reader and enjoy!

Keep in mind that any media in your albums that are marked ‘private’ will NOT show up in these feeds! ;p

Thanks, Heliocity!

One of my coworkers sent me this.

Because I’m a man, when I lock my keys in the car, I will fiddle with a coat hanger long after hypothermia has set in. Calling AAA is not an option. I will win.
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Because I’m a man, when the car isn’t running very well, I will pop the hood and stare at the engine as if I know what I’m looking at. If another man shows up, one of us will say to the other, “I used to be able to fix these things, but now with all these computers and everything, I wouldn’t know where to start.” We will then drink a couple of beers and break wind, as a form of holy communion.
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Because I’m a man, when I catch a cold, I need someone to bring me soup and take care of me while I lie in bed and moan. You’re a woman. You never get as sick as I do, so for you, this is no problem.
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Because I’m a man, I can be relied upon to purchase basic groceries at the store, like milk or bread. I cannot be expected to find exotic items like “tampons”, “cumin” or “tofu.” For all I know, these are the same thing.
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Because I’m a man, when one of our appliances stops working, I will insist on taking it apart, despite evidence that this will just cost me twice as much once the repair person gets here and has to put it back together.
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Because I’m a man, I must hold the television remote control in my hand while I watch TV. If the thing has been misplaced, I may miss a whole show looking for it, though one time I was able to survive by holding a calculator instead (applies to engineers only)
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Because I’m a man, there is no need to ask me what I’m thinking about. The true answer is always either s3x, cars, s3x, sports or s3x. I have to make up something else when you ask, so just don’t ask.
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Because I’m a man, you don’t have to ask me if I liked the movie. Chances are, if you’re crying at the end of it, I didn’t and if you are feeling amorous afterwards, then I will certainly at least remember the name and recommend it to others.
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Because I’m a man, I think what you’re wearing is fine. I thought what you were wearing five minutes ago was fine, too. Either pair of shoes is fine, with the belt or without it, looks fine. It does not make your ass look too big. It was the pasta and potatoes and margaritas that did that. Your hair is fine. You look fine. Can we just go now?
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Because I’m a man, and this is, after all, the year 2007, I will share equally in the housework. You just do the laundry, the cooking, the cleaning, the vacuuming, and the dishes, and I’ll do the rest. Like wandering around in the garden with a beer, wondering what to do.
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This has been a public service message for women to better understand men.

I think Rita Rudner said it best: “I think men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage. They’ve experienced pain and bought jewelry.”

I hope to have more soon, but these are a couple of shots I took of Ryland and her Daddy when I went to go see them at the hospital during lunch today.

Isn’t she precious?

…this would so be me and Jim.