the teletubbies in my house

Leslie and I have both been baffled over John David's interest in Teletubbies. Yes, Teletubbies. After watching just part of an episode before Leslie turned the station, he began running around the house saying: "Tuby tuby". "Tuby tuby". "Tuby tuby". It took Leslie a few days to figure out what he was saying. I think it was not until John David noticed a commercial on PBS with the Teletubbies in it before she figured out what he was saying. Since then she has let him watch them a few times and he has become their biggest fan.

That being the case, I decided to sit down with John David this past weekend to see what the hullabaloo was all about. I tell you the Teletubbies are just strange! In short they are little baby creatures that run around with TV's in their bellies and have antennas on their heads.

According to Jerry Falwell Tinky Winky (the purple tubbie) is gay because he carries a red handbag. In the episode I saw Tinky Winky was not sporting the red handbag, but I guess he does at times.

The more I hear from Jerry Springer I mean Falwell the more I think he might be a dingbat. Talk about someone always looking for a conspiracy! I think every 2 year old has gone into their mother's closet and put on the first pair of shoes they find. Does that make them gay? I think Falwell might be off his rocker.

Well here are a few Teletubbie links if you are interested:

• Teletubbies BBC
• Teletubbies PBS-Kids

tennessee aquarium

In the past several weeks the Tennessee aquarium opened its $30 million Ocean Journey building here is Chattanooga. I have not had a chance to go in yet, but from what I hear it is really nice. Here is a link to the Tennesse Aquarium. If anyone has had a chance to go I would love to hear what you thought. Please feel free to leave a comment.

google page rank plug-in for firefox

For those of you who are into google page ranks then I've got the plug-in for you. Here is a link. Its great because not longer do I have to go to third party web site to see mine or others page rank. It just displays it at the bottom right of the browser. Very cool!

I've started a new business.

I've spent the last several months coding late at night and on weekends to get the LinkGrotto up and running. If you have a web page then please take a moment to hear about what I have going.

Business Plan:

The idea is to get really good google and yahoo placement on key word searches and by doing so we will get paid by online retailers for referring business to them. Yea the idea is nothing new, but the way we are going to do it is!

Did you know that affiliate companies that appear at the top of google and yahoo searches pay tens of thousands of dollars a year in advertisement in order to get their ranking? Bloggers have an untouched resource that has not been tapped. That resource is web space. By organizing we can in a few months time take the top position on thousands of key word searches.

To start off I'm going to focus on these key words:

• Get Gift Ideas
• Gift Baskets
• Unique Stuff
• Flowers

Once these are established we will pick others and go from there.

How do you get paid? Commissions work in two ways:

• Click percentage. Each visitor to your blog that clicks through to the LinkGrotto will be recorded. At the end of each pay-period a per-click value will be placed on all your referral clicks.
• Member percentage. As a member, you will also receive a flat percentage of LinkGrotto profit at the end of each pay-period.

I'm not going to go into all the details in this blog post but if you want more then head here to get the scoop.

outdoor chattanooga movie

I just ended up at the outdoor Chattanooga site and found that they have a small movie you can take a look at. Check it out and let me know what you think. I though it was pretty good. Does it make you want to visit Chattanooga?

greenway

Yesterday's afternoon we decided to head to the shady side of the North Chickamauga Creek Green way for a walk. As much as I dislike Chattanooga's winter weather I have to admit that living in Chattanooga has its perks. There are so many great walking paths, green ways, blue ways, playgrounds, and parks here in ole Chatt. I have not been to any other city that has so much free family friendly activities to offer. I look forward to getting a canoe when the boys get a bit older and hitting some of the blue ways.

While growing up just north of New Orleans in Covington Louisiana we lived for 4 or 5 years on the Abita River. I use to love to jump in the old pirogue and paddle over and under all the fallen trees in the Abita. The wildlife you get to encounter while quietly paddling on a river is an experience I want to pass onto the boys.

By the way, I wish the city of Chattanooga would put some more effort into their website. It does not do justice to what we have

what did you have for breakfast

I bet you did not get to dine on a radiopaque agent. I bet you had to suffer through many cups of coffee didn't you. You poor thing.

Well I'm trying to kill 45 minutes before I head in for the cat scan. Everyone in the house is still asleep, so I'm entertaining my breakfastless body with this Cyclops sitting on my desk.

mr. elliot

It has been a while since I've posted a picture of Mr. Elliot. He is really growing up so fast. Today was his 5 month birthday. It's hard to believe. He just loves hanging out in the sling. He is constantly smiling and laughing.

Other news, I have been having some pain in my left kidney that has been more than uncomfortable the last few days. I went to the doctor about it today and he was pretty convinced it was not a kidney stone. He is sending me in for a cat scan in the morning. So I am pumping myself up for the barium breakfast. Oh, I can't wait.

he called me a fundie

Talk about little things that can make your day.

I'm the head of "one of those Bush-loving Christian fundie families:"

friday the 13th activities

I took last Friday off from work to celebrate Leslie's birthday. We had a good time. We spent the first part of the day shopping at antique and salvage stores. We ended up buying three items. A teak end table, a chair for John David, and another small table that I am not sure what we are going to do with. It was a good deal at only $10 but I'm still not sure what we will do with it. After the shopping was done we went out to eat at Macaroni Grill. It was not a good as I had remembered from when we ate at the one in Atlanta about 7 years ago.

If I'm not mistaken this was the first time we had gone out to eat by ourselves since Elliot was born. We had a good time.

After we ate we ended up back at the house so the boys could take naps before heading down to the grand opening celebrations for the new water front in downtown Chattanooga. The new water front is very nice, and John David had a great time running around while listening to the music in the background. Well, I don't guess it was all music because we did get to hear Zack Wamp speak for a few minutes.

I think we left the grand opening at around 9:30 and then headed back home to get the boys in bed. We finished the night by having birthday margaritas and watching The Notebook. Yea, she picked it out. :) To give her credit she also picked out Hotel Rwanda, which was both disturbing and good.

to thank thee for the things I miss

I really hesitate to share a poem on my blog because I always skip over blog posts that contain poems. Though, this one spoke to me a bit. Being thankful to God for those things I don't have is something I need to consciously do more often.

An easy thing, O power Divine,
To thank Thee for these gifts of Thine!
For summer's sunshine, winter's snow,
For hearts that kindle, thoughts that glow;
But when shall I attain to this:
To thank Thee for the things I miss?

For all young fancy's early gleams,
The dreamed-of joys that still are dreams,
Hopes unfulfilled, and pleasures known
Through others' fortunes, not my own,
And blessings seen that are not given,
And ne'er will be—this side of heaven.

Had I, too, shared the joys I see,
Would there have been a heaven for me?
Could I have felt Thy presence near
Had I possessed what I held dear?
My deepest fortune, highest bliss,
Have grown, perchance, from things I miss.

Sometimes there comes an hour of calm;
Grief turns to blessing, pain to balm;
A Power that works above my will
Still leads me onward, upward still;
And then my heart attains to this:
To thank Thee for the things I miss.
-Thomas Wentworth Higginson

proposal

Vin, one of the bloggers in my Torchbearers blog roll, asked Kesha to marry him. His proposal was pretty good. Check out Kesha's post about it.

citizen soldiers for the atomic bomb

On the way to lunch today I saw this broken down truck with a guy in camouflage sitting in the back of it. When I first saw the mushroom cloud on the side of the truck I though I must have been seeing things, on a second glance I realized that it was indeed a mushroom cloud, so we stopped to take a look and a picture.

I am going to do some more research on the “Citizen Soldiers for the Atomic Bomb”, but what I have seen so far is that they are some wacos from up in Ben's stompen ground.

If I remember correctly this June Griffin is the Lady the was harassing Zack Wamp's office. At lest I think that is the same person.

Here are a few links of what I have found out so far.
Stop The Bombs
Serve
The People News

If you know anything else about this group, then please let me know.

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