Lately I’ve been addicted to watching the Tour de France, well until I went back to Cincinnati for a few days. Here in Denver I have Comcast cable service which carries the channel Versus (formerly OLN). Versus has been broadcasting every stage for the past week or two. But back in Ohio, in the land of Time Warner, they don’t have Versus. I was without the tour for five days or more. I was able to record each day on the DVR, but that leaves with with well over 20 hours of coverage to catch up on. I’m still hoping that I can catch up before it’s all over on Sunday.

Well if you weren’t there let me tell you that you missed yet another awesome Pig-Fest! Fortunately I think a large number of my visitors were there. We had some of the best weather ever, with a high right around 80 degrees and the low temperature somewhere in the 50s. You know the weather was good because of the record number of tents around the yard. Typically people cram inside the house for the night to escape the heat, but this year the majority of folks who stayed over camped out back. It even got too cold for some who ended up moving inside to escape the cold.

My buddy MER came back again this year for some night entertainment and definitely rocked the party! Hopefully he will come back for years to come. I recorded his performance and will work on getting it online today. We should definitely be able to relive the party by tomorrow.

Pictures are starting to appear online. My mom has posted her’s on her flickr page. We’ll also get some pictures up on the official Pig-Fest website. For now links to everyone’s pictures can be found on the front page. Thanks to everyone who made the trip in for the party. I hope that everyone had a great time and hopefully we’ll see you next year.

One great thing about going back to Cincinnati is always Skyline. I had myself a 4 way and a chili cheese sandwich this afternoon for lunch. It was delicious! I normally don’t eat red meat, but have always made an exception for Skyline Chili.

On my flight to Indy Tuesday night, I bit the bullet and paid $8 to watch Blades of Glory (IMDb page). I wasn’t expecting much, but the movie was actually pretty funny. Jon Heder, the guy who played Napolean Dynamite, wasn’t funny at all and I did expect that. But on the other hand, Will Ferrell was hilarious at times. I don’t think it’s in the theaters anymore, but if you haven’t seen the movie I’d say it’s worth the rental price after August 28th. I’d give it one and a half thumbs up.

We flew to Cincinnati last night (well Indianapolis actually). I’m only working a half day today, so you’ll have to forgive me for the brief update. I am playing in my first ever Pig-Fest golf outing today. It should be a blast!

I just Simpsonized myself:

Let’s see yours…

The O.A.R. show at Red Rocks was just as great as I always imagined it would be, if not better. Our weekend started off with having all my friends who were in town over to our house for some cornhole, pizza, drinks, and good times. From there we headed back downtown and ended up at Sing Sing for a wild time to round out the night. I’ve been wanting to go to this dueling piano bar, and what better time to actually do it than with a dozen of your friends. Our camera didn’t make it out at all that night, so I’ll have to wait for other peoples pictures from those events.

After a brief recovery period on Saturday in the hotel pool and hot tub, we were quickly back at it and headed to a nearby dive bar in downtown called Shelby’s. After a few hours on the patio there it was time to catch our limo to the show. With such a monumental event we had to arrive at the show in style. I was really excited since I think this is the first time I’ve ever been in a limo, as strange as that may seem. I would highly recommend doing this for trips to Red Rocks. Limos get great reserved parking at the top parking lots where very few other people end up, which means much smaller lines to get into the show. Because of this we ended up with a huge spot reserved for our group within the first twenty rows.

The show itself was nothing short of amazing. The setlist may not be the best ever, but it was full of high energy tunes from the start and included enough rare songs to make it special. Obviously hearing Patiently at the show was a highlight for our group as it was the first time most of us have gotten together since our friend Jordan passed away. One of the reviews on oarsa.org (link above) mentions that even Marc may have had some tears during the song. It was definitely an incredible and highly emotional performance and I will never forget it. Overall it was great to finally see a band I’ve watch grow throughout the years achieve yet another milestone in their career. It was such a great event to be a part of.

The day that I’ve been waiting years for is finally so close. Tomorrow O.A.R. will be playing their first show at Red Rocks. Obviously I wouldn’t miss it for the world. Through my high school and college years I always dreamed of seeing a show at Red Rocks, and that finally happened a few months ago. Now one of my favorite bands of all time will be headlining a show at the famed amphitheater. A dozen or so of my friends from OARfans.com will be joining Kim and I for the show and the weekend. Good times will be had. Pictures and stories to follow next week. Have a nice weekend, I know we will…

I went to the dentist last week and all was well, except this dentist/hygienist wants me to have my wisdom teeth removed. Multiple dentists before always thought it would be okay to let them grow in, and I was perfectly fine with that. Honestly, I’m a little scared of the procedure and don’t want to go through it unless it is necessary. Am I just being a wimp?

Sorry for the late in the day post. I wanted to get this up earlier, but my installation of gallery was not cooperating. It appears that a recent update that I installed a day or two ago may have broken a couple of things. So instead I had to add some pictures to my flickr page. I guess this is also a good time to announce that my mom has officially moved her pictures to flickr since yahoo photos is apparently shutting their doors.

Anyway, a local Denver 7-11 store has been converted over to a Kwik-E-Mart to promote the upcoming release of the Simpsons Movie. And given that 7-11 is giving away free squishees today for their 80th birthday I just had to stop in and check it out. I got my free sour apple squishee, took a few pictures, and even bought a six pack of Buzz Cola and a box of KrustyO’s. Click here to see a list of Kwik-E-Marts and see if one is in your area. If not, you can still get a free squishee today from any 7-11 store. If they only had Duff Beer my day would be complete.