Funny story. We were eating out one night and I noticed a Jeep in the parking lot with a custom license plate. I stared at it. Why the hell would someone want that word on their license place?

It said "GOUT". Like having gout is something to be proud of.

I showed Melissa the GOUT license plate. That was the dumbest vanity plate either one of us had ever seen.

Then I realized that the Jeep was white with orange trim, and University of Tennessee stickers. The license plate was supposed to be read as GO UT with an imaginary space.

Two safety-related items.

Chris Range found these German stamps that promote safety. Or something.

Steve Killeffer and Zan like the Navy Safety Center Photo Archive:

Zan really, really loves this site...he woke up last night around 3 am, poked me on the shoulder, and whispered "Daddy, I want to see the picture of the car stuck in the hole. They need to call a tow truck and get that car out".

Wear goggles.

Melissa sent me an email late last night after I had gone to bed:

Everything was crazy on Friday, so I wanted to send Patty a note to verify she actually changed the dates. That would be awful if she forgot to change it in the book!!! If something else major happens, we are going to Hawaii with my dress and getting married on the beach!

Terri Killeffer wrote me an email last night after reading Wedding Plan Version 2.0:

Isn't it amazing how much organizing goes into something that only takes a few minutes?

Let's see, honeymoon in August. Depends on if you're on a tight budget and short schedule. Iceland. Montreal is suppose to be neat. The Pacific NW and Vancover is cool also. Of course where we went was also cool - Wales and England. Where is the off season in August? New Orleans I know is discounted in August because it is 100% humidity and 100 degrees. Take a cruise on a small ship up the Rhine or somewhere. Those are available in several countries. As usual, I'm off dreaming of places to go. Go to Newfoundland and to I think it is Prince Edwards Island where many Acadians live (associated with Cajuns - French folks)

Iceland will be sounding pretty good in August. Speaking of Montreal, Melissa and I almost went there last year when she was living in Illinois. We've talked about a honeymoon to Niagara Falls and Canada. Alaska looks great, too. Dave Attell had tons of fun when Insomniac was in Fairbanks.

Melissa wants to go to Paris, but I'm agin it for this trip. No time to learn French. Maybe for an anniversary.

I'm starting to customize the blog. I added a hit counter and quote rotater, courtesy of HostedScripts. Now that I've poked around the template code I can see how the Blogger commands work, so I can start changing the layout.