The Dobrindt Family

Friday Jan 9 Update

It's been a while since I posted. It's Fri, Jan 9 2009, and I'm tired. No reason for me NOT posting, other than I am active on Facebook and for some reason I don't feel the need to post. Plus the holidays were busy and things at work are stressful. But I plan on getting some stuff out more often for the 3 people that read this thing (1 of which lives in my house). So for now, have a nice weekend and we'll talk soon.

Ethan the songbird.

Ethan singing a song from his Christmas concert. I didn't get a great view of him at the show, so he gave me an encore at home.

 

 

Emily saying the Pledge in French

Our girl saying the Pledge....

 

People who are afraid to fly

I fly a lot, and whenever I find a passenger who is deathly afraid of flying I try to help. If I see someone gripping their armrest until their knuckles are white, or they look frightened, I try to calm them down. It usually goes something like this…

 

“You know, statistically speaking, flying is one of the safest methods of travel. You are more likely to die from a kick from a donkey than in an airplane accident. Think about it…each day there are almost 90,000 flights in the US. That’s 180,000 takeoff and landings. 64 MILLION takeoff and landings a year are handled by air traffic controllers in this country. A full one third of those are commercial planes like the one we are in. The rest are military, cargo, private planes and hired planes like NetJets. Out of those 20 million commercial takeoff and landings a year there is what? One crash a year? Maybe? So I’m going to guess there are about 600 MILLION passengers a year and out of those, a hundred die. One hundred out of 600 million passengers. One plane out of 20 million a year. Those are pretty good odds.”

But then I always end the conversation with…

 

(pointing to the ground)

 

“But then again, this could be that one plane.”

All I want for Christmas.......

...are my 2 front teeth

Hyannis Marathon

I just signed up for the Hyannis Half Marathon on February 22, 2009. I am running with a buddy and am looking forward to a great weekend on the Cape. My buddy and his wife have a place in Cotuit, in the town of Barnstable. Barstable is made up of 7 villages, the village of Barstable, Centerville, Cotuit, Hyannis, Marstonis Mills, Osterville and West Barnstable. Hyannis is a popular town on the Cape for New Englanders, especially because it is home to the Kennedy compound.

My goal, at least with running, is to be able to do a half marathon at any point, then work up to a full marathon with minimal training. So this starts my 2009 running goal. As of right now, my average morning runs are around 4-7 miles, so I am at a good starting point, but since I am lazy, slightly pungy and like to sit around watching TV drinking beer, I need to get motivated to run!

Wish me luck and run with me if you feel like running in New England winter weather on the cape in Kennedy country.

My Mother with two of the kids

My mother, Donna Dobrindt, came up from Atlanta on Holloween weekend to help with the kids and just spend some time with us. This is her with Emily (6) and Ethan (4) on a hike in the Blue Hills.

Notice Ethan's stoic expression in this photo. He gets that from my father.

To the a-hole who stole my GPS on Long Island

To the ahole who took my GPS device, a very nice Garmin, from the rental car I had in my in laws driveway the night after Thanksgiving, I hope you crash into a tree while punching in the address for your drug dealer YOU SCUMBAG!!! How DARE you go into MY vehicle and take MY GPS YOU freakin loser!!! I hope you have a miserable freakin life. Better yet, punch in Home under My Favorites and drive up here and let's chat about it. I can give you the car recharger you missed and wrap it around your heroin infected neck d**khead. Ughhhh. As if I don't have enough stress in my life you have to freakin steal something of mine. I really hope one day I catch you or one of your loser friends breaking into a car, because things will get interesting real fast.

Have a miserable life you jerk.

Pine Tree

Emily (age 6) while driving in the car: Dad, what is the name of the tree with pine cones and pine needles?

Oregon Woman Loses $400,000 to Nigerian E-Mail Scam

I swear I thought people losing money to this scam was an urban legand. I had no idea that someone would actually fall for this. Wow.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,453125,00.html