THE Wedding...

August 30 was a big day for our family. My little brother Jeff married Linde in Tyler, Texas. It was a great weekend of celebration and the wedding was just perfect. I am so excited for Linde to join our family and couldn't have asked for a better 2 sister in-laws (Lauren and Linde, lots of L's). Here are some pics...

The gorgeous FOG and MOG

Me and J

The happy couple

Linde and Me

The blog is back.

After a busy August and September, I am attempting to be a better blogger. Big 2 months, my brother got married, I started a new job, 4 friends told me they were pregnant, I had a birthday and a very busy week this week.

Wednesday night I went to the House of Blues in Dallas for the first time with my friend Anne and a couple of her friends. We got the hook up and got to hang in the Foundation Room where we hob-nobed (sp?) with the celebs. We had a great time but not going getting home until midnight kind of threw me off for the rest of the week.

Here is Anne and me with Marc Broussard, I really like his music.
Us with Sara Bareilles

Back by popular demand.

Due to several (um, two actually) requests for more posts, I'm back. So now I can officially say, "Back by popular demand..." Which is quite nice.

Also back, by no demand whatsoever, is my beard. Usually around this time of year, I like to pretend that I can grow one. I come from a family full of mustache-havers and bearded men, and I'd like to follow in that tradition, in my own patchy way.

You see, while I'm pretty good at the 5 o'clock shadow, after about a week and a half, my attempts at full facial hair look more like a case of mange. But I'm hoping, by really committing to a time frame of about a month (October becomes Octobeard), I'll get that thick winter coat for my face I've been striving for. If anybody's interested, I'll post a pic upon fruition (but only by popular demand!). It's itchy as heck in the meantime though.

Not only that, but for some reason whenever I make the effort, people are constantly asking me "Why are you growing a beard?" Which I usually take to mean, "Why would you think of covering up that handsome face?" but which invariably really means "Have you looked in a mirror lately?"

But, to answer the first question, a) because it's Octobeard, that's why, and b) do you really need a reason? If you do, I stumbled upon this today that should really make you consider growing a beard, if you haven't already, and reconsider, just in case you have.

Click on either image to check it out.

Reason 6 is my second favorite. My top is Reason 1, because it's so true.

One day shoot.

Thursday at Mediajuice we shot a commercial for a popular kids' video game. This was the most involved shoot I've gotten to be a part of and was a lot of fun. We were recreating a 1950s style family sitcom and our art director, cast and crew were incredible.

Our retro set.

A little behind the scenes.

Gretchen, our art director, really had a blast with the little details.

The view from the monitor.

The happy family.

A little special FX - I can't believe it's not butter.

Applying the butter.

Steve, our Dad, was a trooper.

The butter will make more sense when we put it all together. Stay tuned for the full spot. Hopefully, we'll get to do more of these - a lot of work, but a ton of fun.

Bringing the Thunder.

First - I think it's great OKC has finally has a professional sports team.
Having gone to a few of the games when OKC was a surrogate home for the Hornets, the city definitely deserves it.
I will miss the Sonics, though I'm sure someone in Seattle will revive them eventually.
My beef stems from the new team name and logo. Maybe it's just me, but I have a major peeve with singular team names (Magic, Wild, Heat, too many MLS teams to count), and now, Thunder.
This comic strip from Garbage Time All-Stars does a pretty good jorb of summing up my feelings of underwhelm-ed-ness.

Sooner rock.

The Kings of Leon have a new album coming out September 23rd, "Only By The Night."

Album of the year.

How did I get it? Some of my best friends are pirates. I will be purchasing it upon releasing - which is saying a lot.

These guys have been making country-fried garage rock for awhile now, and are consistently getting better on each record.

Here's a quick rundown on the Kings:
1. Keeping Southern Rock alive.
2. Keeping the Rock-n-Roll Mustache alive.
3. Keeping it all in the family (made up of three brothers and a cousin).
4. Keeping it real; I saw them last year and they are a tight live band, plus, check out the drumkit in the picture. Boomer.
5. Watch this video. Sooner.

Fantasy football has arrived.

And the team to watch this year is...
The Infant Batmen.
And before anyone even asks, which came first - the picture or the team name - I'm afraid I cannot answer that. The chicken and the egg, people.

Yes, it's that time of year again. That time when grown men across the country gather together and play pretend. "Okay, Billy, you're a NFL coach and I am too, and we'll have all the best players from every team, and when they do something good, we'll get points. And the couch is safe, but if you touch the carpet you die, because it's lava!" Sounds about right.

It's also a time my wife hates, because it requires me to watch as many football games as I possibly can - not entirely necessary, but I enjoy it. Honey, you're not alone - there's even an organization you can join, Woman Against Fantasy Sports. Yikes.

I leave with our team motto - taken directly from a 1940 Batman comic.

You tell 'em, Bats.