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September 14, 2007

C’Mon, Take Your Tray Back, You Loser

(Note: This is especially for my Iowa friends Matt, Jon and Kristy – wonderful, hip, and groovy people those Iowans and still my best friends on the planet. And for Marcia, Sharon and whoever else may be out there and remember this…) This made my morning. My colleague and friend Brent Sharp sent me a […]

September 1, 2007

Rush Snakes & Arrows – Cleveland, August 30 2007

I spent Thursday night in the 5th row at Blossom Music Center for Rush’s Snakes & Arrows show. I was on the right side in front of Geddy Lee. This was my 5th time seeing one of my favorite bands and as always, all 3 hours of their show was spectacular. Being up front, I […]

August 28, 2007

Ausbury / Bottenberg History Part One

Jacob Bottenberg > Lewis Bottenberg / Isaac Newton Ausbury > John Price Ausbury > Harold Ausbury > Phil Ausbury > Doug Ausbury I’ve been doing some research on the Ausbury name and believe I’ve found the tombstone of my great, great, great Grandfather whose name was Jacob Bottenberg. Born sometime between 1803 and 1809, the […]

August 13, 2007

Die Hardly Working

Anyone watching On The Lot on Fox? My favorite Director, Zach Lipovsky was voted off this week which is a real shame. He reminds me of Chris Daughtry who was by far the best of the final American Idols, but somehow didn’t get enough votes to stay in the competition. Here’s Zach’s finest work from […]

August 9, 2007

High Five: Great Music Finds (Aug 2007)

It’s that time again! I didn’t want to keep all of you waiting for the second edition of ….. yes that’s right ….. the August edition of High Five: Great Music Finds!!! (echo, echo, echo …..) Disclaimer: Some of this fine fine music does not come with very good videos, so keep in mind this […]

August 9, 2007

Gulp

This post is especially for my Mom, who I know will get nauseous when she sees this picture. This is Dar Robinson hanging off the CN Tower which is the world’s tallest building.

August 8, 2007

Paradisimo

Just returned from our annual summer family vacation. We took the boys to Grand Cayman for their second trip. It was my 6th time in paradise. We love staying out on the East End of the island where there are just a few resorts and away from the crowds of Seven Mile Beach. If you’re […]

July 30, 2007

40 Is The New 30

I’d like to join my blogging buddy Dorsey in wishing his brother Jeff a happy 40th birthday. Both these guys have awesome blogs that I highly recommend checking out. Senor Jeff, happy 40 you old man you and welcome to the club! This is where I would go on and on (and on) about all […]

July 23, 2007

What Google Thinks About Me

I got a kick out of this. I recently decided to say a little bit about who I am over in the right hand column of the blog. Now if you search for my last name on Google, here is the search engine result. Check out the text I highlighted in yellow: —————- Listening to: […]

July 21, 2007

The Baseball Beer Song

I am thrilled to welcome my first guest blogger, my youngest son Collin (age 10). On Father’s Day this year, while at an Indians game, Collin wrote new words to “Take Me Out To The Ball Game”. He calls it “The Baseball Beer Song”. Take it away Collin! Take me out to the food bar […]

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