November 25, 2004
It's just not the same
One of the things I enjoyed as a child was sitting down to watch the Thanksgiving Day Parades. I really liked William Conrad as the host for the CBS show.
So today, as I sat down with the kids to watch the festivities, I was frosted to see all of the other stuff that filled the parade time...the dancing, singing...etc. Not that these folks weren't talented, I wanted to see the balloons, bands, floats and so on. I realize this is the way its been done for the last few years but that doesn't mean I have to like it. It seems that if it doesn't contain a lot of hoopla and flash, no one will watch.
Call me old-fashioned, but I would rather see a marching band that worked hard to earn enough money to march at Macy's than see a production that's not much more than a commercial for some Broadway show.
November 12, 2004
New belts coming our way
I helped out with the White and Yellow Belt tests this evening. Tomorrow, Conor and I go for our Black-Tips and Trevor goes for his Green. I get to MC the 3rd test that as Black-Tips, Tiger, Dragon, and Temporary Black Belts. That should be fun!
Tomorrow evening we'll have a volunteer party at Grandmaster's house!
November 03, 2004
Hard Rock Weighs In
New Release
Hard Rock Halloween $5 2004
10-29-04
Nice to see the HR join the fun! Interesting obverse while the reverse is the typical HR guitar. My brother, George, is considering collecting Halloween chips as a new pursuit. Good luck with that! I thought Derby chips were rough, there are a ton of halloween chips available. At least most of them are $5 chips, not $25s and $100s like I see every May...sheesh!