IF

IF you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,'
Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!

Chris Paul who????

Yeah, I haven't posted for a while, I've been busy - sue me! (kidding :-D)

I've been waiting for this little number to show up on You Tube and here it is.

Meet Mr. Deron Williams! GO JAZZ!!!!

stacy at work, she has no idea i filmed this!

I had to wait mid-haircut for this girl to get her bangs done, I got bored, and this it what happens. The girl left a very happy customer, and so did I...eventually :-D

Audi R8 Super Bowl ad

The exhaust note alone gives me chills!

Super Bowl Commercials

Since I don't really care who wins the Super Bowl, though if I HAD to pick, I'd take the Giants, I'm SOOOO sick of the Patriots, I'm going to track the commercials - I've heard theyre supposed to be a lot better this year. By the way, Jordin Sparks was really good singing the National Anthem - two thumbs up!!!

Go HERE to see all the commercials, I missed some good ones. Shaq as a horse jockey was funny!

#1 - Audi R8 - a play on the "Horse head in the bed" scene - AWESOME! 1, I love the car; 2, it's pretty clever; 2, I LOVE the car!!!!

#2 - Diet Pepsi Max - everyone falling asleep - pretty funny. The dude dunking his face in the soup was good.

#3 - SalesGenie.com - cartoon - nothing special

#4 - Bud Light - wine and cheese club - eh, kinda funny I guess, beer commericals are played out

#5 - Underarmour - football guys - nothing special

#6 - Bridgestone - Screaming animals - kinda funny

#7 - Doritos - nothing special - though I'm sure the singing girl is stoked

#8 - G2 Gatorade - Derek Jeter - nothing special

#9 - Go Daddy - I immediately went to the web LOL - not really, DUMB commerical!!!

#10 - Dell laptops - Rolling Stones - Nothing special, though I like the computer

#11 - FEDEX - Carrier Pidgeon shipping - I liked the huge pidgeons, that was funny!

#12 - Cars.com - Plan B - Gladiator fight - pretty funny - "Please step outside the circle, just so there's no confusion." LOL

#13 - Tide Stain Stick - Talking stain - clever, I liked it!

#14 - Budweiser - Horses - these are SOOOOO played (two big thumbs down!)

#15 - I haven't been doing Movie trailers, but Ironman looks MEGA-dumb! I'll watch it on DVD :-D

**DINNER BREAK (sorry if I missed any good ones)

#16 - Ice Cubes Gum - Carmen Electra - no lines, she looks good, I like it! LOL

#17 - Bridgestone - Richard Simmons - weird???

#18 - Careerbuilder - Spider eats happy cricket, you're not going to get a better job by wishing - FUNNY!!!! LOL

**Took Griff Back - Break, will miss a LOT of commercials, please add you own input here**

#19 - AMP - Push it - Dumb

#20 - American Idol - Roethlisberger - doing Karaoke ruining the Pina Colada song - pretty funny

Gotta make a comment on the game - if it's 4th and nothing and only 1:40 to go in the Super Bowl against the Patriots - you GO FOR IT, the announcers act like there's a choice - DUH!!! (and then the Giants almost don't make it - sheesh!!!)

Oh, and someone needs to teach Manning how to throw the ball away - just terrible time management... (rolling my eyes) - I almost sound like I care, huh??? :-D

Holy Crap! Manning to Burress!! Wow. Who'd a thunk it? And Brady was scoffing at the low score Burress predicted - HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Congrats to the Giants I guess, anyone think Tiki Barber is pissed right now? LOLOLOLOL

If anyone wants to share their favorite commercials, feel free!

gti owns all!

On a very snowy winter Sunday, Griffin and I proved it on video, the VW GTI will beat a Porsche 911, a Lotus Esprit, and a Nissan Skyline head to head - and it's not real close! The VW GTI also costs a small percentage of the other three entrants to this challenge, making it the value choice as well! The line up - video left to right - GTI (white), Skyline (black), Esprit (yellow), 911 (red). Here it is, coming right into your living room!!!

griff's 1st time skiing

Griff and dad went skiing for a while on Saturday - it was PERFECT conditions at Brighton. We rented some skis and boots for Griff and then found out that Dad forgot his boots (DUH!!!) So, luckily Unkie Payce was just finishing up snowboarding and let Dad use his board (that was an adventure in and of itself! LOL) So, Griff did great for his first time, he did crash a LOT, but that was dad's fault for not having his skis. It was way too hard to try to figure out snowboarding while trying to teach Griff how to ski. Next time we'll do better. We had a good time, and since Griff is free, we'll go a few more times. Next year well get him in lessons :-D

All ready to go - pass, skis, boots - big smile!!! Up on the slopes, ready to get on the lift!

Dad and Griff on the lift