Random Thoughts 9/22/06

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• Gas prices are supposed to go down another 25¢ in the next two months. It's currently $2.10-2.20 around here, even better in Missouri. If it was Bush's fault the prices went up, can it be his fault for going down too?
  
• Jay-rod and I are often referred to as a category - Jareds. People at church say, "Hi, Jareds, how are you doing?" Now even my son is getting into it. The other day Jay-rod and I drove seperately to meet Shannon and the boys at a gas station and Brennan asked, "How did the Jareds get here?" Shannon replied, "Those aren't "Jareds," that's your father and Ethan's daddy!"
  
• No dinosaur teddy bear for you! We were going to have Brennan's birthday party at a new restaurant in the area called T-Rex. It's your typical restaurant except that it's filled with animatronic dinosaurs, including a forty foot Tyrannosaurus Rex in the lobby. This would have been the perfect spot for Brennan's party, except that it's about $30 or $35 per child. That pays for the kids meal and a stuffed dinosaur toy. But wait… You want the adults to eat? Or the toy dino to have a little T-Rex t-shirt? Or you want a birthday cake? All of that will be extra.
  
• I only have three words to say about this last week's Survivor (episode two): "I love you." That was the most pathetic thing I've ever seen on Survivor.