Some times you have to wonder

I heard that my buddy Justin is coming to town this weekend, so I wrote to him and asked if he would lead singing at church on Sunday.  Here is his response......
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It is fully my intention to grace your city with my presence.  I submit to you a list of my demands.

1. I would like a basket of puppies, they all have to be golden retrievers at precisely 5 months of age.  The basket should be wicker with a soft pillow filled with only British Goose feathers. 

2. I would like an oaken barrel filled 38% full of only green peanut M&Ms.  

3. I need the my room to be held at precisely 68 degress Celsius.  Any temperature variance may inhibit my vocal performance. 

4. I would like my room painted a soft blue and all furnishings, decoration, and anyone entering the room to see me be likewise colored. 

5. I demand that until the performance is complete, nobody should look me directly in the eye or to try and gain my attention in anyway.  It is important to mentally prepare and I do not want my meditations to go to waste. 

6. Finally, I would like to be able to win at least one crib game over the course of the weekend.  It sucks that I always lose.  You would think they would at least toss one game my way.  Sometimes it makes me feel sad.  And I don't like to feel sad. 

OK.  Let me know when my demands are met and I will let you know when you can expect my arrival.  Oh, and I want a Panda to greet me at the city limits with a sign that says, "I am not Endangered, You are,  You awesome fellow you."  

Looking forward to blessing you with my angelic voice this coming Sunday.

Justin

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Maybe I need more normal friends.  :)

Opening Day

It was opening day at "Estevan Motor Speedway" today.  It turned out to be a great day!  Lots of cars.  Lots of fans.  Lots of fun.

I volunteer out there as a track official so I thought I would post some pictures just so you get to see what the races look like from my point of view.

This is just a nice looking car on an "old school" hauler

Here is the new style "car over" hauler. (Note the steering wheel sticking out of the back of the car that allows the driver to steer the car as he pushes the car into the trailer or rolls it out)

This is my normal point of view.... on what we call "The staging lane".  This is in front of the grandstand where we line the cars up before they go onto the track.  One of my jobs is to let them know when it is time to go.

These two are from the end of the front stretch wall.  I get to stand here and wave caution flags, wave black flags at people (to disqualify them from the race), I check damage on cars when there is a caution and I throw debris off the track

A couple more shots from around the pits.....

 On the staging lane with the dude that I am training.....

And, lastly, a video just so you get the idea of what it is like.....