I put the shirt on Wednesday night just for that picture, took it back off and wore it on Friday... didn't wear it both days all day long...

You may want to clear this up for the less-than-innocent among us. You did have another shirt, right?

j/k

I'm pretty sure I'm right where I want to be in life; however, it's not where I thought I'd be or even planned to be. I've got two beautiful daughters under two years of age and a lovely wife who's also a great mom. We own a small home in a crappy area of town, but it's improving. Our cars, though old and too small for a family of four, are paid for.  My job doesn't pay a lot, but it's just enough to allow my wife to stay home with the kids AND pay the mortgage and other bills, plus, it's also fairly flexible so I can come in at 5 am and leave at ~3 just to spend more time with the kids. It's also fairly nonstressful, so I don't leave work bitter and annoyed.

I think if I'd been asked ten years ago where I wanted to be, I'd have said I wanted a family, but I'd have also included a high-paying, rewarding career and more money. We would be able to afford more stuff, and I'd still be able to buy figures and not have sold them to pay for kids supplies. However, I learned fairly early on that being intelligent and a hard worker in no way guarantees a successful career. Luck above everything determines where your career goes. (A little brown-nosing doesn't hurt, either.) Plus, things have a way of not going the way you plan, so I'm still extremely happy with where I'm at today.

Had to fill up at $2.61 yesterday (of course, at the lowest octane available). This was at one of the cheaper places. Later in the day, the station I normally go to near my home was at $2.69. It'll be interesting to see where they're at this afternoon.

Thanks guys. Though quality is very important, I've got so many pictures right now (at least a couple GBs) that I'm more interested in cheap and quick methods. I'm going to try a couple of the cheaper online sites to see what type of quality I'll be getting and compare them to places like Ritz and Costco to see if there is much difference. I'll try to post what I find. Thanks, again, for all your input!!  

And these lists don't even include those that have not been caught and those that have the potential to be offenders.

Maybe I'm paranoid or just being overly safe, but I tend to just think anyone is a potential criminal unless I know them very well. I always hear stories about ministers or cops that are convicted of these heinous crimes. Plus, we live in a crappy area, so it wouldn't surprise me if most of the neighbors were potential criminals.

Just another happy, happy society. 

Our date is the 16th according to the doc, the 11th according to the ultrasound tech. We're going with the doc, and my wife has been late with the last two, so we're really just enjoying the ride. I'm mostly praying for a non-St. Pat's kid. Our son was born on Halloween, but I don't think it would be very fun to have your birthday on a holiday when your friends are consistently drunk for you party...

I'm in the Pisces pool as well - Feb 23. We've got a lot of company in here.

That's a whole lot of Pisces...or should I say a school of Pisces.

Yes, by all means, tell your wife to try not to have the baby on St. Pat's. Drinking holidays and baby birthdays just don't go together. We're (well, she is) trying to aim for this week, since my wife is oh-so ready to have this child. Anticipation is getting the best of both of us.

Best wishes to you and your family for an easy delivery and healthy child.

I would really like to get the Darth Lazer chase, I was just looking on eBay Germany and nothing.  

Dale, I just checked eBay Germany and there was 5 or 6 of those black chase hippos listed. The highest bid price so far was like 18.5 euros (about US$25), so still relatively reasonable...unless you start thinking about how small these things are. 

Search for "Dark Laser" (with an 's'). Should be able to find some. Hopefully they'll ship to Canada.

Driving behind a 'roach coach' on the freeway at five o'clock in the blessed a.m. Nothing like the smell of hot rancid grease filling the interior of my ride early in the morning. Ugh...no, double Ugh! 

It was only going like 60 mph, too.