"It just doesn't get better than this"

Is this fall? Things I'm looking forward to this fall:

• Rosi Golan concert
• Rogers' 26th Birthday
• A haunted house
• A campfire or two
• Jackets
• David Gray and A Fine Frenzy albums
• Listening to Imogen's new CD
• Getting a little more settled into Life Church
• Catching up on a few more Woodlawn sermons
• Reading a chunk of the Old Testament
• Surviving Quantitative Analysis and Economics for Managers
• Walking outside while the leaves fall
• Fall Golf
• Sleeping with the windows open
• Living
• Praising
• Serving

"This is not a fire drill"

Things I came across while sorting through boxes and trying to clean up our house:

• My ticket to the movie Titanic on 1/3/98
• My ticket to a no hitter Phillies game pitched by Terry Muholland
• A Peter Pan cup from Burger King still in the box
• A picture of Josh Campbell in high school...he wrote on the back:

To Lisa
From Josh Campbell

You are fun to pick on,
But I hope our friendship will never be gone.
May your brain & beauty grow
Away from your friends I hope you never go

• A wristwatch from the Ringling Bros circus in 1990 with a cool zipper pocket attached to the band.
• Mix tapes I'd made for Rogers in high school.
• Lisa's chapstick from high school. (Still smells good.)
• A talking baseball card machine.
• My dad's Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays cards.
• An unopened 1996 NBA Calendar.
• A Lincoln - Kennedy assassination coincidence document...did you know Lincoln's secretary, whose name was Kennedy, advised him not to go to the theatre. Kennedy's secretary, whose name was Lincoln, advised him not to go to Dallas. (There's more where that came from...)
• A Sears catalogue from 1994.
• Robin Hood Prince of Thieves trading cards.
• And so much more...

"Tell me everything, anything true"

It was a nice weekend, which included playing a game of Canasta with my paternal grandparents earlier today. It was a good time and a treat, although the old folks beat us. And they are old...my Harold and Verna Rosenberg have been married for 67 years as of last Friday. Amazing. Grandpa still works in the yard every day with good weather and without a sore back. I learned today that Grandpa used to raise baby chickens with a light bulb when he was young.

The weekend also included some Fraziers ice cream, a nice meal at TGI Friday's with friends, a date with Rogers and a pretty good movie by Quentin Tarantino. It's a good time watching Nazi's get beat up.

Anyone who hasn't heard yet, please save the date October 16. Rosi Golan is reportedly playing a set in our house! Check her out at www.rosigolan.com. This is national recording artist Rosi Golan and is sure to be a good time. She's doing a house tour and we volunteered! So save the date and tell your friends.

"Surrounded by the sky and sea"

Last week was completely and utterly exhausting. Kelley Direct was kicking my tail. At the same time, it was stimulating, enjoyable, engaging, exciting and rewarding. It was a good week in the end, although Friday morning around 3 a.m. when we were still wrapping up our presentation content -- before moving to practice presenting it -- didn't seem so good at the time.

Rogers and I spent the weekend catching up on time with each other and relaxing. It included two movies in two days, which I don't know if we've ever done. Both (500) Days of Summer and A Perfect Getaway were great movies though.

I also enjoyed St. Elmo's Fire, which I watched over the last few days. Interesting movie.

Two questions:
1) Why would A Fine Frenzy have a CD cover in black and white, hiding that hot, fiery red hair. What a mistake!
2) Could Rosi Golan really be doing a house tour and potentially playing at our house on October 16? That would be sweet! Trying to confirm the details so stay tuned!

Albums I'm looking forward to:
A Fine Frenzy - Bomb in a Birdcage
David Gray - Draw The Line
Imogen Heap - Ellipse

"We are doomed, but we wanted more"

It's been awhile...A lot has been going on. Rogers and I spent a week in Myrtle Beach with the Rosenberg clan before I began my in-residence week in Bloomington at IU on Saturday. Suffice to say, the program has been kicking my tail so far. Basically 18 hour days all spent in the classroom or with your teammates working on the case studies every night. Challenging. Exhausting. Can't wait to finish this on Friday morning and head back to Fishers for some quality downtime with Rogers! Missing her all the time.

Time for bed.

"I'm crazy from all this spinning"

Dave show tonight:

Friday Jul 31 2009 Verizon Wireless Music Center
Bartender
Proudest Monkey
Satellite
Seven
Shake Me Like a Monkey
Funny The Way It Is
#41
You Never Know
Why I Am
Crash (Into Me)
Spaceman
So Damn Lucky
Lie In Our Graves
(Shotgun )
Squirm
Alligator Pie
Jimi Thing
Time Bomb
__________________
Rye Whiskey
The Maker
All Along The Watchtower

Great as always...the new songs are sweet live. Vacation tomorrow...Myrtle Beach yayhoo.