Like I said I shot this out behind one of my restaurants while I was doing some cleaning earlier in the week.

Any idea what it is? Guess in the comments and if you really want to know, it's in the extended entry and down the page under the links.

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I think that she and I are going to see the new Batman movie today. I'll have to post a review of it once I get home. Love's me some Batman...

I've got a couple of fish ponds in my backyard. I love having fish. I don't currently have any tanks inside the house but have been thinking about it. Rather than goldfish or any other freshwater fish I've been thinking about some of the saltwater fish like they sell at Reef Hot Spot. There really isn't anyplace around here to buy decent pets or supplies (don't forget I am in a pretty rural area) so I would get them online anyway.

Reef Hot Spot is a pretty cool Saltwater Fish Store. They sell supplies, aquariums, aquarium saltwater fish and some other pretty cool items needed to set up a decent saltwater environment.

Hey look, it's Nemo!

When we went to Epcot back at the beginning of June we made sure to go to the Nemo and Friends exhibit. The girls had a blast. They have a huge saltwater aquarium with Dolphins and Sharks as well as all kinds of other fish, including the Ocellaris like that one.

Since I would want to have a pretty cool environment for the fish I would most likely get some rocks and plants that belong as well as Live coral. They have a pretty cool selection of live coral too!

The pictures are OK but you really have to go over to the web site to see what they have.

They are based out of Los Angeles and have a store there as well as the one online so if you are near LA you can just go to the store. They offer gift certificates too if you need a gift for someone else that might love saltwater fish.

Denny and Zonker (he of the defunct blog) stopped in as did some of my neighbors and a couple of our co-workers. Since it was on a work night not quite as many folks dropped in and several of our friends are on vacation as well.

It wasn't too terribly late when we finished up considering how late we have talked into the night on other occasions. Great conversation and Denny broke out the guitar for a while.

It's always an interesting mix when bloggers and "normal" people get together at one of our cookouts and this was no exception...

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Have Every Right To Dream Heroic Dreams. Those Who Say That We're In A Time When There Are No Heroes, They Just Don't Know Where To Look

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I have a site set up as well over here. I will post pictures over there and there is directions to the hotel as well as pricing.

What is your Bills IQ?

This is a pretty cool site. I stopped by to check it out after someone sent me an email telling me about it so I figured I would share it. You can go over to Bills IQ and see if you are "financially fit" or not. Yeah, I know it's not quite that easy and there are a lot of different ways to look at how your finances are doing. I scored a B+ on their quiz myself. I am saving more than 10% of my wages for retirement, saving for my kid's college, know my credit score and generally try to pay off my highest interest debt first. The reason it's a B+ instead of an "A"? That's because like quite a few Americans I carry more than my share of debt and credit cards. I know it's not a good thing and my balances are higher than I would like them to be as well. The biggest thing that worries me of course is the fact that I don't have a big enough backup fund available should there be an emergency.

I will have most of the credit cards paid off this year and then start trying to save a bit extra. I could have already done it but we chose to spend a bit extra on vacations this year instead. Yeah, bad decisions but it's one of those things. Work hard, play hard.

If you don't know what your budgets are or what your credit score is, get your tail on over to Bills IQ and get some information. If you are familiar with your finances and know where your retirement is going then you still might want to check it out and see what your score is.

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If you don't know who Susan Atkins is, she was known as Sadie Mae Glutz to the rest of the Manson family. She was convicted of participating in the murders of five people in 1969, including Sharon Tate whom she stabbed 16 times and then scrawled the word pig over the door at the house that Tate shared with Roman Polanski.

In 1993 Susan Atkins told the parole board that Tate pleaded for her unborn child's life as Atkins held her down and stabbed her.

Atkins has brain cancer and the California Board of Parole Hearings has been denied a compassionate release from prison.

Good damn deal. I hope she rots in prison. The only thing that would have been better would be if they had fried her sorry ass.

I haven't anything new so I am back to posting Flickr photos... :(