Well, here it is, Dec. 03, 2007. I had my 3 day week-end off, and got to watch my Beloved Vols choke in the S.E.C. Championship game. It was announced this evening that we will be bowling in Tampa again, versus Wisconsin, in the Outback Bowl.

Anyway, here is a pic of me and Brooke on Thanksgiving. What a little Sweeite. We had a great Thanksgiving, and hope everyone else, did, as well. It was really nice, and I am glad that I was off for it.

Me and my loving wife have had a pretty good week-end off together. I swear, I don't know what I would do without her. She is totally my center, and my rock.

I anticipate Christmas will be pretty good, too. We are both off, and Rusti has busted her ass getting all the outgoing presents ready and wrapped. I don't know how she does it, really. The spare Bedroom is absolutely covered in wrapped Christmas gifts. Way to go, Sweetie. You are so well organized.

Anyway, Go Vols on Jan. 01, 2008. I will not mention the Vols history of choking in the post-season....(I guess I just did). Beat Wisconsin.

Well here it is ....almost Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving is my ALL TIME FAVORITE HOLIDAY! As it happens, our shift is off on Thanksgiving and Christmas. Just luck of the draw, I guess.



We will celebrate Thanksgiving down at Larry and Sandy's (my in-laws). Sandy always puts on a great spread of food, and my brother-in-law, Curtis will be up with his family....

I was down at Food City this afternoon, and I ran into my old friend, 'Birdie' Travis Carrier. I used to work with him at the E.P.D. What a great guy. He went to J.C.P.D. and then to Iraq as a contractor. After he got back, he went to work for the Dept. of Energy. He told me that he runs into my bro-in-law, Curtis, often, down there in Oak Ridge. He also told me that he now has 4 kids...wow! He was a great Officer, and a good friend. I was glad to see him.

There will be some changes at the Airport in January. Every year they do the shift change thing. If any poor, pitiful Night Shift guys wanna work Dayshift, that is the time. I love working straight night shifts. However, it looks like, due to defections from shift 4 to day shift, that I will be moving to shift 4. I will prolly be '403' which will be the absolute height of irony, being that was my last call-sign at the Elizabethton Police Dept.

Anyway, Happy Thanksgiving, All, Especially my Lovely Wife, Rusti....I sure do love you, honey. You are the one that I am thankful for!!!

Well, today, Rusti and I got back from the Smokey Mountain Criminal Justice Conference, Hosted by the East Tenneessee Human Resources Agency, in Gatlinburg. What a week. We both dreaded going, and leaving our home, and our little Boston Terrier, Tommie Girl.

The Conference, and, the week, passed by pretty quickly. We got to hang out a little bit, had some good food, and did some shopping. We stayed at the 'Conference' Hotel, the Edgewater Inn, in Gatlinburg.

http://www.edgewater-hotel.com/

Believe me, folks, this is the hotel from Hell. Too many horror stories about the hotel to even go into here, but suffice it to say, this is not even a 1 star resort. We got it done, and we are both sooo glad to be back in our wonderful little home. Anyway, hope all is well with all.

Feist - 1 2 3 4

Coach's that Suck Square Dancing

Star in Your Own JibJab! It's Free!

Kid Rock - So Hott

You gotta love 'The Kid'! Posting several videos lately, but, you gotta admit, they all kick ass!

Johnny Cash God's Gonna Cut You Down

Awesome Video!

Sarah Silverman - (8) German Cars*

Just another quickie. Here is the B-24 that was at the Tri. Number 18 off the production line out of almost 19,000.

You just never know what you will see at KTRI. I saw a Bariev flying boat the other night on the General Aviation ramp. Unreal. I am still loving it out here. Probably the best job that I ever had. Law Enforcement + Aviation. Doesn't get much better than that. I still feel sorry for all of the guys stuck at the Carter Co. Sheriff's Office under the new Management Team. It seems that there are 2 camps....the sucks (sell-outs), and those that are trying to hang onto their jobs. Pathetic. Too bad that it had to come to this.

I just wanted to post a quickie, to congratulate Appy State on their victory over Michigan (formally Div. 1 # 5 in the nation). Most sports outlets are calling it the "Upset of the Century"!

This game will be talked about for years. Not to 'jump on the bandwagon', or anything, but you can count me in the number of Mountaineer fans.

My beloved Vols lost to Cal. Not the end of the world, but our problems simply will not go away without a MAJOR shake-up in Knoxville! 'Nuff said about that.