John Kerry supports the troops

Like a jockstrap filled with Icy-Hot.

Note: The link above has nothing to do with jockstraps or Icy-Hot, well except for maybe wishing we could strap one on Johnny-boy.

Star power

You know dear readers, all two and a half of you left, of all the "celebrities" I can identify with most in life there's one I never thought I'd emulate. Okay so there's more than one, but there's one I was 99.9% certain I'd never have to say, damn, it's just like the situation she was in.

See dear reader, for those of you keeping score at home, the phinlet is almost eight months old. Which means he's gone mobile, very much so and is into anything and everything that he can get his cute little paws on.

When you pair the phinlet's new found mobility with his lack of fear, well dear reader, there are bound to be some bumps and bruises. Like the latest edition to the phinlet's war chest of bruises that the missus is documenting should I ever piss her off too bad.

The phinlet as it seems takes after his dear old dad and something sparkly caught his eye. So what's the logical thing to do if you're an eight month old who has only recently started walking while holding on to the edge of the couch? You dive for said sparkly and face plant onto a couple of toys, one of which happens to be a plastic block.

Well after a bit of hollering, mainly the missus at me, the phinlet calmed down and we determined he was going live. No blood, no foul is what I was thinking. Well that's what I was thinking 'til the goose egg above his left eye showed up. With a little ice the swelling went down, but no doubt the boy's going to be sporting his first "shiner" at the ripe old age of eight months.

Me, I'm documenting it with pictures. At least he'll have something to show the therapists when claims the beatings started at an early age. I'm kind of expecting to hear the all too familiar knocking on the door, which would be our friendly social services officer paying a visit. Just like Brit-Brit.

I guess it could be worse, I have been emulating one of the Hiltons.

Big Trouble in North Korea

Hot Air is calling for the manipulation of Kim Jong Il and if it weren't him being in control of what we presume to be a formidable arsenal his his cravings for attention and adoration would be laughable.

Well he's still laughable, just a bit on the scary side too.

Once we get our hands on him,
Kim Jong Il will break under our unlawful torture techniques.

Road trip

So lets say, hypothetically speaking, that you wake up at 4 O'Clock on a Saturday morning and know that you're not going to be able to go back to sleep. What do you do? I've asked a couple of people and their responses were all pretty similar, saying they'd either lay in bed or get a head start on their "honey-do" list. Me, I decide to register for Carolina FreedomNet 2006 to see several of your favorite bloggers (one of which is my older brother) and hit the road for a three hour drive. It's a good thing the missus is an extremely patient and understanding woman. There aren't many people, I would imagine, that would tolerate being woken up at 4 in the morning to hear that their husband is going on a road trip, much less tell him to "have fun and I'll see you when you get home".

I made it to the hotel called my older, and sometimes wiser brother, who blogs at Confederate Yankee to find out where he was and to let him know that I was in the lobby. After meeting up with him we headed to the conference where I got to speak with Lorie Byrd of Wizbang!, Sister Toldjah and Josh Manchester for a bit before the conference got fired up. During the first break I was able to speak briefly with Mary Katherine Ham, Bruce from Gay Patriot and Scott Elliott of Election Projection.

I know I'm missing a couple of people, and yes I'm a knucklehead for not remembering, but hey I was operating on three hours of sleep so gimmie a break.

I had to bail between the second session and lunch so I missed Scott Johnson's keynote on Rathergate. All in all I had a great time and it was well worth the trip.

I'd provide a recap, but well, Mary Katharine, Kathy of Hang Right Politics and Lorie Byrd have already said everything I'd have said and much more eloquently.

I am amazed that a number of bloggers I've been reading on a daily basis for a good while now are NC residents and somehow I'd missed that bit of information. Hey, I've never claimed to be the most observant person in the world.

Now before you start reading the list of folks that were in attendance, it wasn't just right of center blogs. There was a token hate filled lefty in attendance that felt the need to act a fool. The token conference troll's version of events (that I won't link to) aren't what anybody else I've talked to remembers, but hey what's use of the internet if you can't publish self flattering fiction?

If anybody in attendance wants pics let me know and I'll shoot you the address.