It’s not strange for me to receive what you may call “weird” text messages.  For example my brother sends me pictures of wrestling action figures (read: dolls) posing around town, his house and climbing on Tasha, his Siberian husky.  I’ve always said that text messaging excels in distributing absurd non-sequiturs.  Today Mike Fortunate sent me a rather bizarre series of messages.  Have you ever dieted with a group of friends?  It can be easier when you know there are others monitoring your…

I would like to thank everyone who attended our 18th Annual Awards Banquet tonight.  Our new digs at the Pearl at the Webb were fantastic.  It is a really nice place.  Thanks to Josh and Julie Ketry, and the staff at Pearl for running such a wonderful event. The food was great, the drinks were just as good or better, or so I've been told.

We had about eighty or so in attendance and everyone seemed to enjoy the…