Looks like the non-toxic fallout from the big Apex EQ plant explosion is finally settling out. A federal judge gave the ok to a 7.8 million dollar settlement between EQ and those affected by the resulting evacuation. The Dolberries share of this fortune is expected to be a cool $750. Sheesh, I got out of a day of work ... I should be paying EQ.
Other stories from Apex lately have not been nearly as pleasant. This one (about 1 mile away) and this one (about 1/2 mile away) are unpleasant reminders about the transient quality of life.
On the brighter side, Forbes magazine voted Apex the third best place to move to in the U.S. Presumably, the voting closed before people started shooting and running over people.
Sarasota landed the Orioles for $31 million of public money ... to be funded by a tourism tax. Great ... so when Dolberry comes down for Spring Training he'll be taxed to see the team that replaced the team that he started coming down to see in the first place. I'm staying in Manatee county.
Things are ok w/ Dolberry and his affiliates. APD got scalped and is no worse the wear for it. tbKMD has been running a whole bunch and is also no worse the wear for it. This week Dolberry worked a five day week for the first time since the Taft administration and am the worse for wear. And I wore the worst.
It's time for softball to start.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Small wedding
The Dolberries had a great time out in Asheboro on Thursday night at the Small wedding (Shelly and Cleve). Always great to see the Asheboro kin. It was a really nice ceremony ... held under a big tree just off the 9th green at Tot Hill Farm golf course. Interestingly, the THF course is rated the 7th hardest in the whole country by Golf Digest. Dolberry estimates he'd shoot about a 140 there.
Anyway, here are some pictures ...
Anyway, here are some pictures ...
Sunday, July 12, 2009
This needle in a haystack life
Great time yesterday w/ the youth group up at KingsFest at Kings Dominion. Conversations w/ good friends, wooden roller coasters, and the refueling of my soul that is a Switchfoot show ... that's a great day. (Even if it takes being awake 26 hours to get all that done. Then my 6 hour nap has me up at 12:30a)
Here's the highlight of each of those 26 hours (approximately):
4a: Waking up to tbKMD accidentally dropping a boisterously noisy dish on the kitchen floor.
5a: Getting a free water from Enterprise when renting the "sketch van"
6a: Heading up to Virginia basically on time
7a: Picking up the awesomeness that is Suzy Q in Durham
8a: Listening to Skillet and Fireflight on the drive up.
9a: Seeing blue lights in the rearview and having VA State Police nab someone other than me.
10a: Getting pics of the youth group in front of the KD fountains and Eiffel Tower.
11a: Riding the Log Ride w/ Chowda & JR32
12p: Getting soaked on the Whitewater Canyon (but not as soaked ...)
1p: Seeing Chowda's face when his uncle & cousin met him for lunch.
2p: Riding the coasters and chatting w/ the crew in the lines.
3p: Watching John's $4 103 F "grape"drink melt a cup of ice in around 90 seconds.
4p: Getting a thumbs up from Jon Foreman and Drew Shirley outside the indoor coaster*.
5p: Being able to get tbKMD into the pavillion despite her having lost her ticket**.
6p: Soaking in Hawk Nelson while lying on cool grass under partly cloudy skies.
7p: Really good talk from a pastor from Queens. Learned a lot about Rdy2Ride.
8p: Am starting to like Skillet more. Adding the violin & cello were a great call.
9p: Switchfoot's Beyonce/Rhiannon version of "Gone".
10p: First ever listen to an incredibly uplifting song "Needle and Haystack Life" (see left)
11p: Watching 9 hungry youth try unsuccessfully walk-thru McDonalds drive-thru.
12a: Drinking 2 X-large diet cokes to stay awake for the drive back.
1a: Finding a open reststop to pee.
2a: Getting back to church safe and sound.
3a: The world's groggiest Monopoly game ever w/ Ry, APD, Chowda, and JR32
4a: Trying to stay awake and be banker at same time.
5a: Getting the rental van back & finding our car in the RDU lot.
6a: Returning to church for 120 minutes of sleep before pickup.
* - Dolberry conducted one of his famous interviews of Switchfoot's guitarist Drew Shirley who was wearing the same shirt I was (a lowercase people shirt). As always, Dolberry interviews are not a lot of fluff.
** - It should be noted that she successfully managed about 1000 other things throughout the course of the day.
Switchfoot introduced their new song "Needle in a Haystack Life" w/ a quote from Einstein: "There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. This is a song about being that second type of a person." Check out the song to the left. It's better than "Hello Hurricane" ... which held the title best song ever for about a week and a half. We are all "once in a lifetime" people.
Here's the highlight of each of those 26 hours (approximately):
4a: Waking up to tbKMD accidentally dropping a boisterously noisy dish on the kitchen floor.
5a: Getting a free water from Enterprise when renting the "sketch van"
6a: Heading up to Virginia basically on time
7a: Picking up the awesomeness that is Suzy Q in Durham
8a: Listening to Skillet and Fireflight on the drive up.
9a: Seeing blue lights in the rearview and having VA State Police nab someone other than me.
10a: Getting pics of the youth group in front of the KD fountains and Eiffel Tower.
11a: Riding the Log Ride w/ Chowda & JR32
12p: Getting soaked on the Whitewater Canyon (but not as soaked ...)
1p: Seeing Chowda's face when his uncle & cousin met him for lunch.
2p: Riding the coasters and chatting w/ the crew in the lines.
3p: Watching John's $4 103 F "grape"drink melt a cup of ice in around 90 seconds.
4p: Getting a thumbs up from Jon Foreman and Drew Shirley outside the indoor coaster*.
5p: Being able to get tbKMD into the pavillion despite her having lost her ticket**.
6p: Soaking in Hawk Nelson while lying on cool grass under partly cloudy skies.
7p: Really good talk from a pastor from Queens. Learned a lot about Rdy2Ride.
8p: Am starting to like Skillet more. Adding the violin & cello were a great call.
9p: Switchfoot's Beyonce/Rhiannon version of "Gone".
10p: First ever listen to an incredibly uplifting song "Needle and Haystack Life" (see left)
11p: Watching 9 hungry youth try unsuccessfully walk-thru McDonalds drive-thru.
12a: Drinking 2 X-large diet cokes to stay awake for the drive back.
1a: Finding a open reststop to pee.
2a: Getting back to church safe and sound.
3a: The world's groggiest Monopoly game ever w/ Ry, APD, Chowda, and JR32
4a: Trying to stay awake and be banker at same time.
5a: Getting the rental van back & finding our car in the RDU lot.
6a: Returning to church for 120 minutes of sleep before pickup.
* - Dolberry conducted one of his famous interviews of Switchfoot's guitarist Drew Shirley who was wearing the same shirt I was (a lowercase people shirt). As always, Dolberry interviews are not a lot of fluff.
Dolberry: Hey Drew! Nice shirt.
Drew Shirley (pointing at my shirt and giving a victory hand gesture): "Awesome!"
** - It should be noted that she successfully managed about 1000 other things throughout the course of the day.
Switchfoot introduced their new song "Needle in a Haystack Life" w/ a quote from Einstein: "There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. This is a song about being that second type of a person." Check out the song to the left. It's better than "Hello Hurricane" ... which held the title best song ever for about a week and a half. We are all "once in a lifetime" people.
Monday, July 06, 2009
Back from vacation
Great time at Emerald Isle w/ the folks, Lallys, and G'ma Fitz. Only thing that kept it from perfection was absence of Boards and Harley's owner (& maybe a nightime t-storm).
Only took one day at work to re-realize how great vacation was.
Here's a few pics. APD did a fine job manning the camera.
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