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I'm totally hooked on this show called "Fight Quest" on Discovery. It's crazy. These two guys go around the world learning new fighting styles from different countries/cultures. It's a great show if you like to see a diversity of fighting (and self-defense) styles.

The episode from Israel was completely OUT OF CONTROL. Krav Maga is seriously one of the toughest fighting styles I've ever witnessed.

We found out we are having another baby girl this past Thursday. The sonogram isn't 100% conclusive...because this baby was being modest and not showing the goods...but we're pretty sure it's a girl.

Today...we just finished Anna Beth's birthday party. She turns 5 in two days. It was a total girl-party. A tea-party, to be more specific. She loved her presents...but her favorite? Her Han Solo action figure...

Pitchers and catchers report to Surprise Arizona 15 hours from the time I'm typing this. Let the resurrection of my favorite dead franchise begin...

Two funny, recent pics:

Rae had her 100th day of school the other day...and to celebrate, the teacher wanted them to dress up like they were 100 years old. So here is Rae, circa 2101 A.D.

And I title this little AB pic, "How can you say no to this face?"

I was a youth pastor for 10 years...and because I was a fan of the Star Wars series, I would tend to receive Star Wars toys from time to time from teenagers...for birthday, Christmas, Ground Hog Day. You get the picture.

Well...what does a grown man do with Star Wars toys? Playing with them is out of the question. So I displayed them...usually on a shelf. In our house, they sit on my office shelf...on top for all to see (plus Steph wouldn't allow them anywhere else in the house).

Well...we finally started letting our kids watch a few "non-kid" movies...and one of those was Star Wars. They have gone absolutley BONKERS over Star Wars...as if its the newest thing ever. Anna Beth is especially obsessed. All she can talk about is Star Wars.

To make a long story short...the kids began taking special note of the toys on the shelf. I knew what they wanted. Eventually they asked if they could play with them. Of course...I got them down and let them have them. Now I have an excuse to play with my Star Wars toys--it's called "playing with your kids".

This year's presidential race has been dizzying. It's completely crazy. Not only is there a short schedule, but the very purpose of such a schedule has been thwarted. Unless something radically changes on the Democratic side, Obama and Clinton are going down to the wire...which will make an interesting convention...where two very charged portions of the party will be playing "chicken" with their super-delegates.

In my wildest political dreams, my hope is that both Romney and Huckabee stay in the race at this point. Why? Because it makes it interesting. Nobody seems pleased with this field and voter turnout is depressed on the GOP side. While I doubt Romney or Huckabee could muster the delegates needed to win (actually, Romney could...but it would take a miracle...and Huckabee I believe is mathematically out of it), they could both play spoiler and prevent McCain from getting the needed delegates to clinch.

What would all this mean? Well...since I doubt the conservatives are wanting to "fall in line", they'll continue to support Romney. And in light of Dobson's recent statements, I'm even more convinced that evangelicals will be less likely to move away from Huckabee to McCain. So...this could come down to an unlikely brokered convention. It's a long-shot scenario, but the most interesting one by far...and it would be out of character for Republicans. In the end, a brokered convention might be the only way they could stand against an Obama victory on the Dem side. How is that?

If a FOURTH candidate that is both tolerable to all sides and exciting to all those involved (becoming a party "savior") emerged from the GOP convention...it would create new media buzz/hype...a shortened campaign season where he/she would not have to face the many months of criticism and scrutiny...and more importantly, it would energize a base to a party that is utterly un-energized this year. I doubt any of this will happen...but if it DID...it would make this an incredibly interesting political season.

Well...now that the NFL season is over and we can put the Patriots bid for a perfect season away, we can now look forward to the boys of summer bringing the "talking man's sport" back to the forefront.

I must admit...I'm excited for the Royals season this year. They have a great general manager now...and what seems like a legit manager. While I don't see anything higher than 3rd place, I DO think this will be the corner-turn year.

Which brings me to my latest temptation. I'm really eyeing xm radios right now. An XM radio subscription (while I hate the idea of paying for radio) would get me about every MLB radio broadcast anywhere in the USA. Very tempting...