While it may well be part of a Ku Klux Klan ritual, it ' s not being marketed as such... Looking for an effective way to express your Christian faith this Christmas season to honor our Lord Jesus?... with the "Original Christmas Cross" yard decoration... Light up your front yard, porch, patio, driveway, business, organization or church this holiday season with a stunning Christmas cross... [] Decorate this holiday season with the Original Christmas Cross to remind your friends, family, neighbors, and all who drive by your home, office, or church of the real meaning of Christmas... If you ' re looking to add on of these to your nativity scene you ' ll need to do a Google search for American Family Association as I simply don ' t feel like linking to an organization that "is for people who are tired of cursing the darkness and who are ready to light a bonfire."... … View Post »

Okay, we weren ' t actually on a road trip at the time, but we were in Rover (our car) and we were watching a movie about Africa ( Madagascar: Back 2 Africa at the drive-in), so that ' s kind of a road trip, right?... The Surefire 8NX Commander has a SureFire X80 xenon gas-filled lamp assembly with 110 lumens output for 50 minutes and is made from non-conductive, corrosion-resistant Nitrolon polymer, with an impact and heat-proof Pyrex lens window ... … View Post »

While it may well be part of a Ku Klux Klan ritual, it ' s not being marketed as such... Looking for an effective way to express your Christian faith this Christmas season to honor our Lord Jesus?... with the "Original Christmas Cross" yard decoration... Light up your front yard, porch, patio, driveway, business, organization or church this holiday season with a stunning Christmas cross... [] Decorate this holiday season with the Original Christmas Cross to remind your friends, family, neighbors, and all who drive by your home, office, or church of the real meaning of Christmas... If you ' re looking to add on of these to your nativity scene you ' ll need to do a Google search for American Family Association as I simply don ' t feel like linking to an organization that "is for people who are tired of cursing the darkness and who are ready to light a bonfire."... … View Post »

::sigh:: It was bad enough when Z and her mother got in their biggest fight ever on Sunday night... Then Wednesday afternoon I get a call that a friend had reported to a teacher that she was running away with Z that afternoon... Luckily we got the report early enough to head them off at the pass... Monday and Tuesday there was no school due to Veteran ' s day, but Tuesday night Z packed food into her backpack in preparation for taking off after school with her friend... I ' ve talked with Z at least a dozen times about the possibility of her running away (this wasn ' t exactly difficult to forsee) and we ' ve always talked about how she has it lucky because she has so many different adults/households in her life that she could "run" to instead of heading "into the wild"... Z: Can I have a pencil?... When she asked to use the rest room I reminded her that she needed no one ' s permission to void her waste, but that she did need such permission to use my bathroom... She ' s a bright girl, so it ' s equally as possible she just figured out that ' s what I wanted to see/hear... … View Post »

Our excitement for being the first to attend Halloween Haunt, was somewhat dwarfed by the fact that we were going to Knott ' s Scary Farm the following night, and Miley Cyrus ' Sweet 16 right after that... We started out with the Boo-fet, which was not only cleverly themed, but damn good food as well... Our hackles rose as we approached the next scare zone... Speaking of the midway, employees were few and far between (as seems to be standard Cedar Fair operating procedure) and not a single Halloween critter was available to the victors... Unsure of his bonds, Z cautiously approached only to quickly assert, that he would certainly not be moving, It wasn ' t until after our game, that the unseen warden must have thrown the switch as the convict started jerking spasmodically as Sparky sprung to life, and the convict ' s ended... Approaching the front of the park again, we came across a caricature stand and decided to finally fulfill our long delayed mission... We got to the show a few minutes late, but were ushered in the back door... Tags: amusement park , CA , California , Californias Great America , Cedar Fair , Corn Stalkers , costume , Dave Hill , Ed Alonzo , experience , ghost , Halloween , Halloween Haunt , haunted house , Knott ' s Scary Farm , Miley Cyrus , Monster , review , ride photos , sweet 16 party , tickets , Z Related Posts:... … View Post »

If you ' re seeing this message than you ' re looking at philaahzophy on the old server... Any comments you leave will NOT be entered into the new database and will vanish with 72 hours... I LOVE comments, and don ' t want to lose any, so please visit again, tomorrow or the next day at my shiny new VPS Post from: Philaahzophy Philaahzophy Is Moving (AGAIN!)... … View Post »

A few weeks back a friend pointed me to ForumFinder.net ... As the name implies the website is actually a forum, but it doesn ' t only deal with forums... Essentially, ForumFinder is dedicated to helping its members promote their online projects - be those forums, traditional static websites, blogs, or pretty much anything else online... It really is a great group of people that are interested in both sharing the hard lessons they ' ve learned and pushing other members to excel in all ways... In trying to find a way to give back to this new community I now call home I decided that the best thing for me to do would be to create the weekly ForumFinder Blog Carnival ... All of the rules and guidlines are available on the carnival homepage (check my right sidebar, or just click the link in th elast sentence), and if you have any questions or comments you can submit them in the forum thread dedicated to the carnival here ... The deadline for the first edition is tonight at 9pm (Pacific time) and there ' s still plenty of room for your best blog post of the week!... … View Post »

Great America will have it ' s first ever Halloween Haunt this year, and since Cedar Fair now owns both Great America and Knott ' s Berry Farm the same crew that runs the world ' s first haunted amusement park attraction, Knott ' s Scary Farm, will be designing and decorating Santa Clara County ' s premiere theme park for the spooky season as well!... Okay, so we actually stopped by because Z lost her season pass and we didn ' t want to have to deal with getting a replacement during Halloween Haunt hours, but we did take a look around Celebration Plaza and snap a few pictures for y ' all... We approached the Guest Services window to pay for the replacement and caught grief from them because Z ' s picture wasn ' t on file with her pass info... As if this was somehow our fault... The only thing we did wrong was assume that Cedar Fair would have their act together on opening day... But once the sun goes down, this place takes on a dark, twisted side... Similarly, the hay bales and black/orange bunting strewn around the park seems much too "family" oriented for an event that is rated PG-13 and advises against attendance by "wimps and children under the age of 13... Tags: amusement park , CA , California , Californias Great America , Cedar Fair , Corn Stalkers , costume , Dave Hill , Ed Alonzo , experience , ghost , Halloween , Halloween Haunt , haunted house , Knott ' s Scary Farm , Monster , review , ride photos , tickets , Z Related Posts:... … View Post »

This time not only all 20+ of my sites have gone down, but so have all of the TopHostingCenter.com domains that I know of, as well as the sites of: THC CEO Eric Vanier ' s blog, my supporter in my recent spat with THC Hendra, and my primary antagonist in that fight - on-again, off-again THC employee John Raul, and at least 75 other websites that share the same server as indicated by the screenshot on the right... Additionally, I ' ve already received one phone call from a friend who hosts with Top Hosting Center (on my earlier recommendation) who can ' t get into his control panel to do necessary work, either... Somehow, I ' m sure THC will find a way to blame me for this... I can ' t chat with customer support because that website is down (AGAIN); my email to tech support has, thus far, gone unanswered; and the only phone number I can find for Top Hosting Center is actually a cell phone (probably Eric ' s personal line)... I had already started the process of getting hosting elsewhere when the heater core on my Bronco went out and ate up the cash I had set aside for the new hosting company... Now I realize I have no choice... Of course, I can ' t move right this second because I can ' t get into my control panel to download my SQL databases because their website is down... Then again, I ' ve paid for "webhosting for life", so I ' ll probably leave a few of my less important blogs/websites on their servers just to save space and bandwidth on the new server I ' ll be paying for... … View Post »