I was fully expecting to see some chick’s round bum, or (at the very least) some boobies!
What a disappointment… 
Ug, not for me…I have a stuck homepage on msn. What did I just see when logging on just now? An article entitled: “‘It’s Kind of Sad, to not have a Daddy.’” Right next to it: “Daughter writes to 9/11-victim dad she never met” It’s almost like it’s an over-the-top Onion parody of the coverage of 9/11 except it’s not.
I’m sorry, Mighty Thor. No more soiling the good morning thread for me. Please don’t smite me with Mjornir. (Heh, I used to collect Thor as a kid…always good stuff). Thor needs to regulate more message boards on the internet.
By the way, FOOTBALL!! I’m so pumped for tonight. I’m in one fantasy league, a suicide league (went with NE this week), a pick-em league against the spread, and a family-only pick-em league without the spread between just my Mom, Dad, brother and his fiance. Always a fun time. My Mom barely knows a thing but actually had a shocking 15-1 on her picks in one week last week…she had the first 15 games won and then blew the no-hitter in the 9th inning by picking Denver to beat the Chargers on Monday night.
Are we back into a good morning OKP head yet?
Yes, very nice.
No…
What the hell happened in here, ha.
Good evening, Pa.
Had a shitty day thanks to the marvels of modern technology. I swear, I’d rather chizel x-rays on a stone tablet then deal with digital processors, computers, and wireless internet connections. FUCK’EM!
Got alot to do tonight and I haven’t started on any of it. At the beep, the time will be 10:03 p.m. …BEEP. Makenzie’s birthday party is tomorrow night, so I have to make brownies and dirt cake (oreo dessert), so even if I started 5 minutes ago my night won’t end until midnight-ish.
I was married on 09/09/09, so my 2nd wedding anniversary begins in less than 2 hours. Seems impossible for someone like me, but I know it’s where I’m supposed to be in my life. There’s not a man on this earth that can compare to my husband and although we’ve had our share of roller coasters already, I am so thankful that I have him as my partner. I look back at all the times I didn’t think I’d see my first anniversary and feel pretty proud we’ve made it to our second, lol. Just have to keep taking it one day at a time.
While for me this is a feat deserving of huge celebration, we’re keeping it nice and easy. He works until 11p tonight and for the next 2 nights, so we’ll be having an early dinner on Sunday and possibly exchanging presents tomorrow morning or maybe tonight when he gets home. It’s a celebration that fits us, I think. I’ve decided events that get blown up or over celebrated feel forced or even pompous at times. I think you should take time to appreciate things, but moreso with a mental acknowledgement: look at some photos (which we didn’t take when we hit up ye old courthouse, ha) listen to a song, recall a conversation or the smell of the air, but don’t kill a memory with oversaturation, hype, or event planning. Perhaps this ties into the last couple of pages which was completely inadvertent. I’m all for remembering, but as with everything in life, there should be balance.
So with that in mind, have a completely balanced and wonderful weekend, Pa!
Read the end of your post Ollie while Phish is climbing to climax during an incredible Reba from 3/22/93 and they both are so wonderful. Sounds like the anniversaries of your wedding and your daughter’s birth have given you some great insight lately. These are the markers that help define your family, and their recognition, in balance, enhance all of your lives so much. Thanks for sharing that love.
Been a really busy short week, and I’m looking forward to it ending today. Having two of the gdaughters sleepover tonight, and we’re kind of looking foward to it. They’re 10 and 11, and at a good age where things are still fun, but you really don’t have to still treat them like children. You know, those years just before puberty catapults them into teenagers where everything is a major crisis.
The rest of the weekend will be for Marie and I. There are some local town fairs that we’ll visit, maybe go to some local farm market, but otherwise take life on the mellow side.
I’ll join Ollie and wish you all a wonderful weekend as well.
^Have a great weekend.
Tomorrow is my bachelor party. Me and 30 of my closest friends chartered a boat on the Mississippi River. I am ready to throw down! Hope the rain stays away…pretty nasty out in Chicago right now. 
^Have fun MAtty!!! Go get crunk’d!!!
TGIF Pa!!
Morning!!!
So much sports this weekend!!!
Football is back in full swing!!!
Great game last night sans the defense!!
Making chili and grilling dawgs tomorrow all day long (and night as well)
PEACE
Morning Pa!
Been ‘working from home’ all week, which is swell as I needed the R&R after a fantastic Labor Day Weekend run of shows in Colorado. Had loads of fun and the atmosphere for seeing shows was just wonderful in Commerce City. Our small but steadfast OKP contingency of Hank, Devin, Judson and myself met up every day and thoroughly represented.
As with most multi-show Phish runs, I’ve caught the ‘post-tour bug.’ Still trying to fight it but already know I’ll be sniffling and stuffy for the rest of next week. Bummer. Gonna have plenty of fluids, vitamins and chicken soup for the next few days to minimize this pesky virus the best I can.
Aside from that to continue following all the live US Open Tennis from the comforts of me couch, nice!
TGIF 
Good morning dudes! The cops are outside my office, flashin their psychedelic lights on some truck they pulled over. Kind of a good way to start the day, in that I’m not the one in trouble, and there’s a light show goin on too. Bachelor party sounds an awful lot like nearly married to me. Congrats, have a blast, party smart, don’t take any shit from guys like me. Wha?
I’ve got a three gigger, kinda stoked. Trio gig in Plainville tonight, solo in Waterbury Sat., full band Sunday afternoon in Boston. Busy though, shit. Youngest kid has a soccer game tomorrow morning and a birthday party I have to skip. When’s a man supposed to throw?
Peace & good morning, good sports, good soup, good Mississippi, Heavens to Murgatroyd.
Hi everyone.
Mornin all!!!
Ollie, enjoy the day! It is an awesome adventure you are on and it sounds like you and your family have a GREAT future ahead! I loved the read as well!
Matty, Enjoy the boat and do not go swimming!!! Happy guys night out!
Bill, Farmers markets rule, we have a small one here that happens every weekend through September here! Loving the fresh food!
BRETT!!! That game last night was a mile a minute, whoa, G.B. looks good… Wait, so did N.O…
PYK, I have a bit of a bug here too, they suck! Vitamins and liquids are key! Smile!!!
Kevin, I saw on FB you had a nice weekend lined up, when will that happen near the TC area?
Will, HI!
Loves to all and smile all around!!!
Good fucking morning OKP, it’s Friday! Granted, I do have to work tomorrow. However, I will come in in the morning, set up an experiment, walk to the stadium to watch some Spartan football, then return to wrap up the experiment. So really it won’t be all that bad 
How are you posting in here? 
Those photographs are amazing. Richard Drew is a fantastic photographer.
HAMMER OF THE GODS!
Yeah, have a great party, Matty. Sounds like it’s going to fun as hell.
Just try not to get sick. Of course that’s pretty hard especially when everyone’s goal is get you destroyed.
Good Afternoon Pa.
Today I decided to go to see teh Phish in Vermont. It’s a good day, indeed.
You have chosen wisely.
^Agreed.
Morning 'Pa. Thought I’d be making chocolate chip breakfast pancakes for our two gkids currently asleep upstairs in the guest room, but our plans for today have taken a change. Instead, at nine this morning I’m taking my gson to his first soccer game with the new town “travel” team he joined this seasom because his dad has to work and his mom wants to go to a town festival with Marie and four of gdaughters.
It didn’t take my daughter much to sell me on the idea of taking him to his game. Love the oppotunity to hang with him, and know that he’ll be much more relaxed with me for his first game than with either of his parents taking him. His father puts a lot of performance pressure on him, and his mother, well, treats him like most smothers.
Marie and I will have to start our weekend together sometime later this afternoon.
Nothing better on a rainy Saturday than to head to work all day.
Good now afternoon Pa! I just caught up on a busy week in here and there is so much I want to comment on. First, being that I just love this thread. It seems to be the only one (besides sports related) that keeps chugging continuously and meaningfully, and I enjoy checking in with all of you that I truly respect and admire so much. I think we here at the Oh Kee Pa are a very lucky virtual community in that we are an intelligent and thoughtful group and can have a meaningful discussion without resorting to personal jabs over simple disagreement. Everyone is not always going to feel the same way about everything and that is OK.
My fondness for Louis CK keeps growing every time I see him. He is so smart and funny, but in a very accessible, non-pretentious way. The clip Devin posted was a perfect example of it. It’s almost like he is a public comedic voice that represents me (Louis CK for president!). I’m glad he’s garnered himself a great career and that we get to reap the continued benefits of it.
The 9/11 coverage debate was awesome. It inspired several thoughts in my head. I was already in 9/11 memorial mode when I came on, after watching videos from that morning for about an hour before coming on here. I may do another post entirely regarding my feelings about that day, so here I’ll just say that a big thing I took away from the debate here was how lucky we are now, to have such power and control over the way we recieve information. Never before have we been, on one hand bombarded constantly with “news,” but, on the other, able to pick and choose, almost entirely, what, if anything, we want to know (I hope that crazy, run on sentence made sense). Stevo, I know you argued against this, but even with “just” paltry cable you can still access other sources that may be in line with news you want to know. It is the 10th anniversary this year and it was a majorly devastating event that has barely healed over, so you kind of have to accept you’re obviously going to hear about it at some point. I completely agree that our media 99% sucks and their priorities are majorly askew, but I won’t go into that here and now.
Bill, that post you wrote about the experiences driving and listening to music was communicated very well. I have had some of my most profound philosophical, cosmic, and spiritual moment while driving alone and listening to music. So many things I would love to have shared with others, but couldn’t due to forgetfulness or lack of words or maybe just wanting to keep it purely for myself. I often appreciate your ablility to articulate the less tangible and difficult to relate feelings that coming with listening to, and fully loving, Phish. Actually, feelings on a lot of things for that matter. Thank you.
Sorry for the rambling book everyone! And that was me trying to stick only to the biggest of the things I wanted to say and being as concise as possible. Just a few more quick things…
Enjoy your party Matty! Hope it is/was a blast and no one falls off the boat.
Ollie, congrats on the anniversary. I thought what you said about celebrating was spot on and it really made me think about how I may mark certain events in ways that don’t honor them appropriately.
Thanks for being you Pa. Have a great weekend.