j: I see alot of guys wearing green shirts around here lately. r: yeah, Notre Dame is right down the street, Josh. j: ohhhh yeah…. Notre Dame…. Captain Obvious at Best Buy tonight… In other news… the Star Wars Trilogy is going to be released tonight at midnight. Be warned though… this is not the…

j: whatcha got there? r: woo hoo. j: woo hoo? r: i mean yahoo. j: (laughing) yah-hoo? r: (reading the label) yoo hoo. yeah, that’s what it is. � From a conversation with my blonde friend Robert in the truck this afternoon.

The beauty of these blogs is the fact that you can look back and see where you were a year ago … two years ago … three years ago (for those of us doing it that long now). I find it fascinating to see what I was thinking, what I was doing then. September 2001…

Waxing the 4Runner today and this little boy [about 5 yrs. old] comes walking over. This is the conversation [more or less]. Kid – watcha doin? Joshua – waxing my truck. Kid – why? Joshua – well, i want to get it all shiny. Kid – why? Joshua – because wax protects the truck. Kid…