Where are all the good men dead...?

The list of people that I would like to meet is quite a eclectic grouping of people. The "Iceman" Chuck Liddell is at the very top, He was the undisputed light heavyweight champ of the UFC and there is not one of his fights that I missed. Well no one can be on top forever and that fact was sadly proven as Chuck dropped his second fight in a row last Saturday night.

It was tough to see and we were all left very quietly. Chuck is still my guy though and I think that he might have another push left in him. I still believe in you Iceman.

Nashville...

I had never been to Nashville or Tennessee for that matter. I was excited to go and even more excited that my family was able to come along. Sure I got a lot of business taken care of and got to meet with some pretty important people. Heck I was even allowed to sit in on a recording session at a Warner Bros. studio. But really the most exciting had to be the Bass Pro Shop.

For all of us Californians let me just give some background: Imagine a Costco building gutted out and filled with fishing poles, guns of all kinds, and camouflage. It was awesome. In fact we went back about four times throughout the week and bought all of our souvenirs from there as well.

It was a blast and I was really impressed by Nashville overall. What a great city that had a great blend of charm, beauty, great freeways (even though everyone drove crazy slow), and ridiculously low housing prices. I would definitely recommend it to anyone. That and they have great gun laws.

No. 132 cont'd...

So I got to meet Mel Gibson's producer. We met at his beach front office in Santa Monica to talk about promoting some of his faith based products that they are working on. I was very excited to say the least. I think that my excitement peaked when I noticed a gleaming piece of thin metal in the corner of the conference room. It was the sword. I will leave you with that.

LA trip no. 132

As you may have surmised from the title I travel to LA quite a bit for fun but also a lot of business. I love it there, my wife love's it there and my son knows that it is the home of Disneyland. Well I was not yet prepared for the experience that awaited us on this particular excursion. First of all, my sis and her hubby live there and have given is a slew of new restaurants to eat at. The star of this profile is a mind blowing trip to the heart of the most amazing greek food I have ever eaten. Papa Cristos is the name of the place and I was not prepared for what was about to unfold.

I was blessed enough to experience what had to be the most succulent gyro, pillow soft pita, and creamy delectable tzatziki sauce that the western mind could comprehend. It was after the my plate was clean that I saw the autographed poster from My big fat Greek wedding that thanked them for all the catering. Everything is making sense until they brought out the baklava. This is just any baklava this is the kind of delicacy that causes you to consider a change in nationality. When was the last time you were excited about baklava? Well I would be willing the wager that this small slice of honey dripping heaven could incite passion on the most stoic of souls (in case you were wondering I do think I will be 400 lbs. by the time I am 60). I have had a lot of amazing food experiences and this has to be top 5 easy.

About the time we were all feeling as though we had become examples of gluttony my son started flirting with the waitress and scored us another baklava this time it was filled with custard! The mind cannot comprehend and I cannot possibly go on any longer else I will get it my car and make the drive right now.

Reforming the reformation

This blog originally started out as a sounding board for all of the deep, plaguing, introspective and theological issues that I had to let the world know about. Turns out there weren't that many and I am happy to report that I am relatively an untortured (is that a word?)person. So from now on I will post the happenings of my frenetic and crazy family. It should be fun and I have some great pictures and stories that have happened. Here is to some good reading!