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I LOVE SHARK WEEK!

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taken.

Every second counts, when you have 48 hours to make a film!

Earlier tonight, my buddy, Pat and I watched the short film "Taken" that was created for the 48 Hour Film Project in Nashville, TN by Radiate Films. I was truly amazed. WOW!

Watch the short film here.

48HFP

radiatefilms.

Great job Ben and Paige. (and the rest of the cast&crew)

(HT: two blonde boys , ethos)

blue crew.

The LA Dodgers are on the move. Last night was their 11th staight win.



Since (P) Greg Maddux has join the club, the team has picked it up after a trouble restart from the all-star break.

GO DODGER BLUE! Win the Pennant!

amazing food.

Tuesday Night I had a "business meeeting" dinner
at Max's Bistro & Bar here in Fresno, CA.



WOW! The food was AMAZING!

Check out a another Blue-Dog. amazing resturant here.

OAK pre-season wk1.

I'm not happy. The Raiders looked really bad last night in their opening pre-season game. The offense didn't even move the ball. Aaron Brooks needs to pick it up. The whole game was pretty bad, on both sides of the ball. The Philly Eagles starters, however, did move the ball pretty well againsit oaklands staters. The only highlight for the Raiders was Janikowski (SeaBass) making three FG and no shanks! .

pre-season wk2: Aug 14th @ Vikings.

awesome quote.

"Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others; it is the only means."
-Albert Einstein

let the games begin.

Today is the start of the BEST time of the year!
FOOTBALL SEASON!!!!

My family might not agree with that... but they love it too! I try not to get to crazy during the games. But I do bleed silver and black and cry Bulldog red tears. It's a great weekend when they both win their games. Stay away is they lose. It will be fun watching the games with my son this year as well. He already likes to the throw the ball around. (kind-of) Plus Fantasty Football is a must. I join a few leagues. (4 total)

Oak-Town Raiders...Yeah Baby!
Go Fresno State Bulldogs.... win the WAC! Beat Bosie!

popular baby names.

So... Just in case you didn't know.....My wife and I are pagenant again! Yes! We are due Feburary 24th. Cool! Anyways.... We were thinking of baby names and I was playing around on the internet today and found a really cool site. You can see a list of the most popular names for babies from almost any year. It's pretty fun to see your own names rankings. You should try it. This site is really neat, because you don't want to name your kid the same name as every other kid in america. (right?) Here are my rankings. (I have three names that I go by.)

William in 1979 was ranked 13th / in 2005 ranked 11th
Randall in 1979 was ranked 134th / in 2005 ranked 608th
Randy in 1979 was ranked 86th / in 2005 ranked 301st

What were your rankings?

Check out your own names here.

fast facts: ipod hook-up.

Your automobile can be iPOD READY TO GO!



The iPod holds about a 75 percent share of the portable player market in the U.S.

GM and Ford are the nation's No. 1 and No. 2 automakers, and the new alliances mean the iconic audio gadget will now be compatible with more than 70 percent of the new 2007 model vehicles sold in the United States, Apple said Thursday.

Ford said Thursday it will offer the iPod integration as a dealer-installed option called "TripTunes Advanced" at a suggested price of about $200, plus installation. An adapter that doubles as a battery-charging station would go in either the glove box or center storage console. Users would then be able to control the iPod through buttons on the steering wheel or the radio. Playlists, artists, and other song information will also be displayed on the cars' systems.

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I know.... we all look the same! HAHAHA This was at the last RobFest. (alex, randy, eric, ryan)

Check out the 17th blue-dog. friday funny foto here.

dang it.

So.... remember when I was in Vegas for a week and LA for three weeks on a gig...

I grabbed a AOL CD-ROM and installed it so I could attempt to blog while I was gone. I did the whole credit card thing so I could get 90 days free. All I needed was a few weeks worth and I would then cancel it. Right?!?!? This morning... four months later..... my wife reminds me that AOL has taken out $23.90 from our checking every month. Now, I haven't used this service since May. That's like $90 bucks man for nothing!

I called the AOL hotline this afternoon. I called at 1201pm. I entered in my home phone, said my screen name, and answered my security question. Then I pressed the correct number for "cancel". I then was on hold. FOREVER! At 1215pm, after 14 minutes on hold, I got to talk to a service person. They then asked me the same questions that the automated phone person asked. (WHY?!) I got my service canceled, but they wouldn't refund me. I was bitter! I know the payment was for membership and not usesage, but come on! I didn't even touch it for like four months.

I truly believe that they are "banking" on the fact that retards, like me, will sign-up and not pay attention to the bills and rack up a few payments. Beside this issue, I never had good success with this service. I was always dropped from corrections and I wasn't able to post blogs without tons of pop-ups. I do not recommend AOL for your internet service. Sorry if you love it! I sure hope it works for you. It didn't for me.

715th for 220K.

Bonds 715th home run ball fetches $220K.

The ball was sold by Andrew Morbitzer, who was waiting in line for beer and peanuts May 28 when Bonds hit the home run. "For standing in line waiting for a beer and something to eat — you can't be unhappy with an amount like that," Morbitzer said.

Talk about being in the right place at the right time. But the real question is... Why was he in line for food when Bonds was due to come up in the inning? He had center field seats! LUCKY!!!

local espy's.

(photos taken by RW)

last sunday.

(photos taken by WRP)

robfest part two.

(photos taken by WRP/AC)

sweet quote.

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." ~Mark Twain

This was an good quote for me to hear today. Hopefully it encourages you as well.
Let's just do it! Let's step out in faith and Explore. Let's Dream. Let's Discover.

i'm back.

SORRY! I have been a little busy.
I'm back now!

fast facts: ringtones.

Here's another blue-dog fast facts.

RINGTONES!
I know... this is random. But....These figures will blow you way. Just think that each one costs about $1.99 a peice. (cha-ching! cha-ching!) Someone is making some money.

-USA ringtone sales totaled $500 million last year and should increase to $600 million this year.

-Globally, ringtone sales were $4.4 billion last year.

-Candy Shop by 50 Cent was the No. 1 downloaded ringtone last year at 1.9 million sales.

Do you have a custom ringtone on your cell phone?
What is it?

muy hot.

It was a record setting day. It was 112° on Sunday, here in Fres-yes! That broke the record for the hottest day on record for July 16, since 1925. It was muy hot!

Live Light, Ryan Wissink and I, had a gig out at the Paul Paul Theathre located at the Fresno Fair Grounds. It was for the local radio station 107.9 "La Kalle". It was their one year old birthday bash. They had a lot of popular mexican singers and Disc Jockeys playing to a pretty big crowd. We had only a front truss. It was 40' of pre-rig with 48 Par 64's. I did enjoy most of the beats from the DJ's, but I couldn't undrstand the lyrics from the singers. Most of the artist sing in Spanish. (I know...duh.) One thing I found funny was that the MC's of the event spoke in english to the crowd, along with most of the artist. But they sang alot their songs in spanish. Some of the tunes were in spanlish. You know... half spanish, half english?!?!














(photos taken by WRP/RW)

107.9 "la kalle"

bigger or better. (update)

***UPDATE***

Last night on the ABC News show 20/20 there was a report on this "Bigger or Better" story that I posted about on Thursday. Kyle McDonald had a great idea to barter stuff off and see were it takes him. This is him wearing his "lucky trading shirt". (This shirt paid-off for trade number eight.) I still can't believe he started this game with the full intention on getting a house.

If I could figure out how to have yourtube on my blog I would post this video, but I havn't done that yet. So... watch the 20/20 video here.

oneredpaperclip.com

Check out ABC.com for complete news story from the show.

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Here's the 17th blue-dog. friday funny foto!

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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