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• There’s a rule in my house where all home improvement projects are stopped once football season starts.  WifeGeeding is trying to fit in giving the master bathroom a makeover which we started this weekend.  I say football season starts at the beginning of training camp (June 25) but she says football season doesn’t begin until the first week of the regular season (Sept 04).
• The master bath makeover started with lots of painting, which I actually enjoy.  My first job in college was as part of the paint crew.  It’s about the only mark I left on campus.
• Just like two thirds of America, WifeGeeding and I saw the latest Batman movie.  I really like the more realistic approach the last two films have taken.
• Heath Ledger’s performance was exceptional.  Probably Oscar caliber, but I’m not sure Oscar winning.  I prefer this movie’s version of the Joker over Jack Nicholson’s, but I think Jack’s acting was better than Ledger’s.
• What I don’t like about the new Batman movies is the Rachel Dawes character.  Not only do I not like the character, but I don’t like the actresses that have portrayed her.  I simply don’t think that Katie Holmes or Maggie Gyllenhaal have strong acting skills and I don’t think either are “leading lady” attractive.  Attractive, yes, leading lady sexy strong minded lawyer attractive, no.  Both are extremely over-rated in terms of looks and acting ability.
• The mayor of Gotham was one of the “Others” from Lost and seemed to be wearing a lot of eye liner.  He also seemed too young to be a mayor.
• Chicago makes a great Gotham.  Nothing against NYC, but it was great to see another city get some big city attention.
• The film was well directed.
• The action scenes were unbelievable.
• Amazing camera work.
• Aaron Eckhart’s did a so-so job.  His Two Face character was a bit limited.
• Christian Bale’s “Batman Voice” was a little silly at times, especially when out of costume.  It is funny to hear him speak in interviews – I think he’s from the East Coast.
• Gary Oldman is a great and under-rated actor.
• I read that Bill Murray was considered for Batman in the early 90’s to play the Adam West kind of Batman.  I think that would have been entertaining.
• I’m surprised Adam West hasn’t made a cameo in any of these movies.
• I’m addicted to the hotdogs at Costco.  For $1.50 you get a drink and a quarter pound hotdog on a sesame seed bun.
• SisterGeeding is in Vietnam visiting her biological parents with her boyfriend.  Boyfriend is now her fiance.  I am no longer the man in her life.  She also moves to NYC in the next week.
• I want a new car, but don’t need a new car.  This has got me to thinking of what kind of car will be around in the next 5 years and has made me keep my current ride.  I wonder in the next five years will 80% of cars be some type of hybrid or will run off another source of energy other than gasoline.
• I understand the argument for drilling for more oil to help drive down prices, but I have a concern it’s only a band aid to our energy problem.  Eventually oil has to run out, if not in 50 years then the next 500.
• Dale Hanson has lost weight.
• I think the only place I will watch a movie now is the Studio Movie Grill.  It’s great being able to eat a real meal at the movies for an affordable price, and it tends to weed out any annoying kids and teens.
• That last sentence makes me sound old.
• I still enjoy watching old Superfriends cartoons.
• I wonder if any celebrities check out this webpage, I mean, other than Jimi.
• I wish I could catch an airing of two old cartoons called G-Force and Star Blazers.
• Men, if you mother is still alive, give her a call and tell her you will be coming home next weekend and have her cook your favorite meal.  There’s a lot of things I miss about my mom, and one is her cooking, and it’s sad to know I will never again be able to experience such a blessing.  Women, give mom a call and tell her your coming home to learn her recipies.
• I bought a color HP laser printer last week on clearance for under $100 with print cartridges.
• I find I function better with six or less hours of sleep.
• There was a health fair last month and my cholesterol was very bad.  I started to eat a little better, and on the advice of some friends I started to take red rice yeast and cod liver oil.  Last week I ordered this cholesterol checker to monitor my results, and it was very similar to the one at the health fair.  When I checked my results over the weekend I found that my total cholesterol dropped by about 100 points.  Perhaps my new cholesterol check isn’t working right, or last month’s reading was incorrect, or those new supplements are pretty darn effective.  I’m going to continue to watch my diet, but the next time I go to the doctor I’m going to have him send a blood sample to the lab to check my cholesterol and on that same day I’m going to test that result against my new cholesterol checking device.
• I wonder who will pick their running mate first.
• I miss having a bunch of guy friends to do guy stuff with.
• My 401k is taking a beating.
• I listen to a lot of talk radio, but now that I have a longer commute I start to channel surf during the commercial breaks.  I’ve discovered MOViN 107.5 and really really like it.  It’s music from my high school and college years.  I’m not really sold on the DJ’s, but really like the music.
• I tried my very first bratwurst yesterday, I’ll stick to hot dogs.
• I’ve been eating a lot of bison as of late, and I actually prefer it to beef.
• The webspace for this blog is paid up to the middle of August.  This blog is fun, but can get a bit time consuming.  I’m about 60-40 on continuing this thing.
• Weekends sure do fly by.
• WifeGeeding is starting to become unbeatable at Wii golf and bowling.  Oh, and she has a mean serve in Wii tennis.
• I’m still trying to get use to Twitter.
• I love the on demand service from DirecTV.  WifeGeeding and I have caught up on all 30 Rock shows we missed last season.  We think it’s the funniest thing on TV in the history of ever, it’s just so clever and witty.
• A pastor made fun of me for still using Hotmail.  Hey, if it’s not broke . . .
• I have never seen a John Wayne movie.

Sorry for an empty BON this Friday, but I spent all last night celebrating WifeGeeding’s 30th birthday I didn’t have anytime to post.

She and her best friend spent the day at the spa at the Four Seasons, and then I took her out to dinner at III Forks.  For her take on the day, you FaceBook folks can check out her page.

One of the highlights of dinner was when WifeGeeding was asked for her ID – one of many things that made her day.

I’ll share a quick funny I observed at dinner.  For those of you that have dined at III Forks, you will remember that the main dining room is seperated by large glass doors (basically a glass wall), that’s where we ate.  The dining room adjacent to us had a private party.  There was a group of people that walked in that room and one women tried to inconspicuously move behind her group of friends.  She then reached into the back of her very tight designer jeans and started to pull a wedgie out by placing her hand inside her jeans.  She was digging so deap that her elbow was almost in her pants and I would say she spent a good 15-20 seconds adjusting herself.  Here she was trying to avoid any embarassment, and little did she know half of the dining room on my side were cracking up.