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Right!?!?!? Thanks for the warning. Did you notice the small font at the bottom yet? I didn't see it until after I started to post. Even funnier now.

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bigger or better.

A Canadian man was handed the keys to a three-bedroom house Wednesday, exactly a year after he offered a red paper clip online, asking to trade it for "bigger or better" things.

WOW! Great Game! In only 14 trades, and one year of "playing" time, he got a house. And the funny is, his goal was to get a house.

We used to play "Bigger or Better" in Junior High at church. We just got old couches or ten-speed bikes or old wooden TVs. I rememeber one year we got a canoe! It came with a set of lifejackets and oars! Have you ever played? What did you get?

You can read the whole article here at yahoonews.

pause it.

Tonight my wife and I watched the movie, "50 First Dates", starring Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler. We have a Replay TV so we paused it several times thoughout the night as we made dinner, played with our son, ate dinner, gave him a bath, and finally did the dishes. What a fun night. (My wife did pretty much all the hardwork. But I did gave him a bath.)

I'm gonna recommend that you watch this movie, even if you have seen it already. Watch it again. It's pretty good. Do you think it's funny how they are all the same people in these kinds of movies.? You know..... it's like they stick together or something. I guess it's because they are all friends and they work well with eachother? Whatever.... their funny ficks.

50 First Dates trailer.

Check out The Movies Data Base on 50 First Dates.

bath time.

McKay loves his bath time! (He turned 15 months old today!)


(photo taken by WRP)

hot day.

Yesturday, Live Light Inc. had another Long & Hot day!

We started the Load-in at Noon and finished Load-out at 1245am. And I heard at was 108 degrees at the gig site. (I bet it was hotter than that on the blacktop.) The gig was at the new ThunderStirke Custom Motorcycles shop in Madera Ranchos, CA. It was a 30' x 30' box truss with four lamp bars, and a 32' x 16' stage. I believe it was a birthday party for the electric guitar player. It was a mini "RobFest". We'll be doing the main RobFest later this month at Table Mountain Casino. I'll be sure to post about that gig later.



(photos taken by WRP/AC)

movie on the lawn.

My Church had a movie night last night for the young couples ministry. I volunteered to set-up the screen and sound system. I grabbed a bed sheet, small projector, dvd player, and a portable sound system. There was a gazebo in the middle of the yard that I wrapped the sheet around to form the "BIG" screen. It turned out okay. We watched a pretty good film, the romantic comedy "Return To Me." The weather was perfect too. It was fun nite.


(photo taken by WRP)

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happy fourth.

F-o-u-r-t-h of July! YEAH BABY!!!

The Parker's love to party on this holiday. We hung out with family, stayed cool in the pool, grilled up some hamburgers & Hot dogs, and fired off some fireworks. Also had some watermelon! What a great day! What did you guys do to celebrate?


(photos taken by WRP)

fresno freedom fest.

My Church, New Covenant, had it's second annual Freedom Fest last night. It was a really great event. I heard there was over 2500 people in attendance. There was corn dogs, popcorn, ice cream, music, and of course, fireworks! And I mean good fireworks! The energy in the air was so awesome. Everyone there was just so fired up and ready to rock out to some patriotic classics and to celebrate freedom. Pat and the worship team/chior did a excellent job singing those patriotic songs. And the Sound guys did a great job as well. The wind was blowing pretty good several times during the night. Lighting was pretty boring for me. It pretty much was just front lite on. No back lites to bump and play with.

I got the opportunity to design the whole rig. It was a 40' front lighting truss on crank-up towers with the sound rigged to it as well. Plus a 24' x 40' stage for the band and choir. (The stage actually looked small once we had everyone on it.) But next year I say we take it up a couple notches. How about a 40' x 40' self-climbing truss rig. We then could have front and back lights with a flag back drop. Maybe even some moving lights. This event will be a tradition at newcov for many years to come that won't get old. People love fellowship, food, and fireworks! GOD BLESS AMERCIA!!!




(photos taken by WRP)

Pat Callahan's Blog.

New Covenant's website.

long day.

Saturday was a very long day for me and the rest of the Live Light guys. We started load-in at 700am and finished load-out at 130am. The gig was out at the Fashion Fair Mall. It was a self-climbing 30' x 30' truss rig with Sound and Lighting, plus Staging to go along with it. It was so HOT, HOT, HOT! We started an early load-in that morning just for that reason. So we then had some time to hang and get some lunch at BJ Pizza and Brewery. Mainly we just tried to stay off our feet and out of the sun before sound checks and what not.

There was three talents during the show. One of them was the Local American Idol contestant, Jose “Sway” Penala, that got in the top 20, I believe, of this most recent season. The other was a band named Mumbo Gumbo. The wasn't able to use any lights for Sway do to the setting sun on stage. But the bands second set was after sundown. So I was able to bump some lights to the beats for them. And the last talent was the awesome fireworks show. All in all it was a fun day. It was just a Long and Hot one.




(photos taken by WRP / MW)

Sway

Fashion Fair Mall

Mumbo Gumbo

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xyz top ten.

I got this E-mail the other day from a friend. I held on to it just in cause I wanted to post a Blog with it. So... Here it is. I sure hope you think it's funny. I sure did! (It might be a little bit to much of guy humor.) I guess it's from The Late show with David Letterman.

Top Ten

Most Polite Ways to Say Your Zipper Is Down.

(#10.) The cucumber has left the salad.
(#09.) Quasimodo needs to go back in the tower and tend to his bells.
(#08.) You need to bring your tray table to the upright and locked position.
(#07.) Paging Mr. Johnson... Paging Mr. Johnson..
(#06.) Elvis is leaving the building.
(#05.) The Buick is not all the way in the garage.
(#04.) Our next guest is someone who needs no introduction.
(#03.) You've got a security breach at Los Pantalones.
(#02.) Men may be From Mars...but I can see something that rhymes with Venus.
(#01.) I always knew you were crazy, but now I can see your nuts.

another quote.

"Don't let what you cannot do,
interfere with what you can do."

~John Wooden

amazing stadium.

WOW! The new Arizona Cardinals stadium in pheonix is amazing! Last night I watched a show, on The Discovery Channel, called Extreme Engineering, it was about the construction of this new stadium due to open this coming NFL season. I was blown away. After the watching the show I had to find out more about this stadium. So I checked out the Cardinals website. Again.... WOW! This, by far, will be the coolest stadium ever built. (Well... maybe the coolest so far.) All of the detail and planning that went into this state-of-the-art stadium is amazing. This proves that if you get the right people together, working on the same project, you will get something great.



Check out some of these "totally awesome" features of the new Sportsman's Park.

The exterior walls were engineered to replicate a rattle snake curled up or a golden barrel cactus.

A retractable roof that is 240 feet wide by 360 feet long and fully exposes the playing field.

Two huge LED screens. One of them measures 96 feet by 27 feet and the other measures 40 feet by 22.5 feet.

The field is on a "tray" that rolls in and out of the stadium.

The seat capacity is 63,000 with field tray in and 73,000 with the field tray out.

The four colors of the Cardinals were divided into percentages - red (60%), black (20%), yellow (13%), and white (7%) – which are proportionally integrated throughout the interior of the building.

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HA HA HA! Now that's funny! I don't care who you are!

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usa fails to advance.

This morning we watched the USA soccer team get beat (again) in the 2006 World Cup. I don't ever watch soccer during the year, but I have always enjoyed watching the world cup tourney every four years. The USA did great in the last world cup. They made it to the quarterfinals losing to germany 1-0. I, like many others, had high hopes for this years team. We were ranked #9 in the world. But we just couldn't get it done. The officals were pretty bad, making really bad calls, but the US team just wasn't that good this year.


(photo from gettyimages)

On a side note: We only scored two goals in three games. (One of them was from the other team.) And Ronaldo from Brazil scored two goals by himself againist Japan today.

Well...we do have four years to train for the next tourney. GO RED, WHITE, and BLUE!!! Win the cup!

USA fails to advance article.

USA world cup 2006 team page on espn.com

good quote.

"When you reach the end of your rope,
tie a knot in it and hang on."

-Thomas Jefferson

virtual seats.

Check this out!

It's a 3-D view of the McAfee Coliseum in Oakland, CA. (Raiders!) This is great, because it gives you a view, from your seats, before you purchase your tickets for the big game. What a great tool!

Virtual tour of McAfee Coliseum.

totally awesome.

After I posted my last blog entry. (virtual seats. I changed the time of post so you would read the that one before this one. Got it?) I continued to research the whole Virtual Tours idea.

I did know that reality companys do something like this to show homes on the internet so families can shop around without having to drive all over the city.

Virtual tour of some random homes.

But I got to thinking that wouldn't it be cool to have this on your church's website? People could view the church's sunday school rooms, the santuary, the chapel, and offices before they stepped a foot onto campus. So I did a google search on virtual tour churchs and found that there are several churches already doing this. This is totally awesome! What a Great tool.

Virtual tour of a church.

Virtual tour of a church.

1.21 jigawatts.

Alright... Do you love the "Back To The Future" movies like me?

If you do.... Then you gotta check out some of these replica items I found while I was doing some random WebSurfing this afternoon. I wish I had a extra $56K.


Delorean "time machine" replica - $55,000.

Marty Mcfly's ‘authentic’ 2015-era Nikes shoes - $405.

Flux capacitor - what makes time travel possible - $555.

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I guess the guys who lay down the street lines don't mess with road kill!

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tmc boxing.

Last night was "Mellee on the Mountian" at Table Mountain Casino. This was a pretty kick back gig for us. We just refocused some lights and called it good. Looked really good I thought. (I still need a better camera to take these kind of pictures with.)



(photos taken by WRP)

mellee on the mountain.

table mountain casino.

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Remember to always put your shopping carts back into their return cart areas in the parking lot! Cause you just never know when one might just get away.

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three years.

Today I'm celebrating 3 years with my sweet wife. What a time it has been! Thanks, babe, for sticking with me!
I love you!





(photo taken by KJZ)

mobile google.

Did you know?
You can search the google web search engine from your mobile phone text messaging system. Just text your search question to (GOOGL) 46645.

This could be cool for like movie times at a local theathre or like finding out the weather in a city your traveling to. Try it! It's pretty cool. Plus it's cheaper than a 411 call.


(photo from googleimages)

google text message help.

redneck humor.

Tonight my wife and I watched the blue collar comedy tour: one for the road. It was so hilarious! We laughed so hard.... I think some pee might have came out!


(photo from googleimages)

The first one from their blue collar comedy tour is still the best. But this last one is pretty good too. All of these guys are real funny comedians, but I think Bill might be my favorite. They all have their own bits that are so funny. The best part, as always, is then they all sit out on the stage and tell jokes.

Well... I guess you have to be a redneck to enjoy this kind of humor.
And I are one.

blue comedy tour online.

barbecue.

I love to BarBeQue!


(photo taken by wrp)

Yes... That's true! Tonight the power was out..... so I was forced to BBQ the whole meal. Darn!?!?! We had chicken, steaks, and veggies. I love it! Yeah baby!!! Let me say it again......I'm Love to BBQ! All four seasons long. I grill it up! Do you?

Check out the BBQbible.

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Wow! I can't believe it. You got to be kidding me. Go Aggies!

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some music.

Recently I purchased a CD. (I know... weird.) I saw the CD in a Best Buy and just had to get it. I knew my wife would enjoy it, plus I really wanted it too. Remember the band, Sublime? This album "droppped" in 1996. Their music style is in a category of their own. It kind of like reggae, folk, and punk rock all mixed together. I listened to them in high school all the time. I can just see me and my friends blasting it in my mom's mini-van. (My wheels in high school.) It's funny how music can recall so many memories. I know that there is a lot of cussing and bad stuff in their lyrics, but I really enjoy this CD. It's what they call a guilty pleasure I guess.


(photo from sublimespot.com)

travelin' america.

WOW! I have seen 13 states (about 25%) of the USA. And the cool thing is, I still have 37 states left to see. I sure hope I get to see all 50 states of America in this lifetime. (Especially Hawaii!) I'm averaging one state every two years. I better stay healthy, cause I'll have to be alive still at 100 years old, to see them all at this pace. (Like my quick math skills?!?!)



Get your own USA states visited map at world66 website.

HT: rich kirkpatrick

memorial day weekend.

It was a great Memorial Day Weekend for the Parker's!

We went to the lake, church, hung out with friends & family, and of course had a BBQ! We hope you got to do the same. What did you and your family do during the weekend?

Summer Time is offically here!!!!!



(photos taken by JMP/WRP)

fast facts: memorial day.

Here's another blue-dog fast facts.

Why do we have memorial day weekend? I asked myself that same question. So I did a llittle internet researching. Here is what I found about this great weekend.

Why we Celebrate Memorial Day:
It's a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service.

The History of the Memorial Day Holiday (U.S):
Originally called Decoration Day

First observed on May 30, 1868

Congress changed the observed Memorial Day date in 1968 to the last Monday in May to ensure a three day weekend. (There is a movement to change Memorial Day observances back to the official day.)

Ways we can celebrate Memorial Day:
Wear a red poppies on Memorial day to honor those who died serving the United States during war.

At 3 p.m. local time on Memorial Day, Americans should pause for a moment of silence or listen to "Taps"

Visit cemeteries and place flags or flowers on the graves of veterans for Memorial Day

Attend a Memorial Day parade to honor fallen heroes

Family and friends get together for a Picnic for Memorial Day


Check the whole article here.

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our redneck suv.

The Parker's family SUV is now offically the Parker Redneck Mobile. We have a 2004 chevy tahoe that was nice.

What do you mean, you ask? Well... I'm glad you asked.

The first thing is that it's really dirty on the outside. Theres like layers and layers of dirt on it. Also theres hands & finger prints all around every door where you close it. It looks pretty funny. (It seems like everytime we have time to go to wash it, it will rain or it would be raining very soon in Fresno.) Plus a few months ago my wife had several rocks hit the front windsheild traveling down the freeway that developed into little round cracks. Recently one of the cracks has spilt from one side to the other. Another thing, earlier this week she got a flat tire so the black rimmed spare is on the back right side. And to make sure all side of the car are covered, with the redneck look, a lady hit our tahoe in the parking lot and put a dent on the left side. All we need now is a rocking chair on top and grandma along for the ride.


(photo from googleimages)

Hopefully we can get our great truck repaired soon. I totally give our tahoe five out of five stars for SUVs. I love our car. I wouldn't trade it for anything else. Even if it does have a little redneck look to it. You know what.... it fits right in with us.

chevy tahoe.

auto shop 101.

Have you ever been so angry at yourself, in a situation, that you just started saying cuss words out loud to yourself? Anymore? Anyone? Well.... I did this morning.


(photo from fotosearch.com)

Today my wife got a flat tire while driving to work. She called me and I was there quickly. I got out the jack and tire iron and went to work. On my first attempt I must have had the jack a little bit on unlevel ground so it slipped out. On the next attempt I had the flat tire off the ground, and as I was removing the tire from the truck.... the jack slipped out again! This time the car fell into the brake rotor. This is when I started to yell out those bad words. I was so mad. I hate that stupid bottle jack. But as I was checking the rotor for a huge bend or cracks, it then hit me. The Parking Brake was not on! The rocking movement of the truck was jacking around (no pun intended) with the balance of the bottle jack. After the Parking brake was set it was smooth sailing from then on.

Okay.... I did take auto shop in high school and love it! I should have rememeber the whole parking brake thing. I did some research and find some tips to refresh myself on the task for next time. (Since we have had two flats in fours months.) I need a high school auto shop review course. Plus I love working on cars! I just haven't worked on a vehicle in a year or so. Not since the big tranny change on my bronco. (Man, I miss that truck.) My current little Hyundai needs a little TLC. Maybe I can get my grease monkey fix soon.

My old-truck.

How to change a flat tire tips.