In Search of Loose Nukes

Blog Moved!

2010-01-17T13:12:00.000-08:00

I don't know how you arrived here, but......this blog has moved uptown (to a more viral location). The USPS should have notified you with my new address.
Anyway, the moving van has delivered my boxes, furniture and web appliances to the following location:
Toby's Adventures
Apologies for the inconvenience and please remember that it's not my problem :-)

Prejean, My Type of Christian

2009-05-11T12:54:00.001-07:00

Even though Prejean's views of humanity are a bit neanderthal, she is my type of right wing Christian.....
Miss CA Committee: "Are there any nude photos of you out there on the web?"
Prejean: "No"
Miss CA Committee: "Well, we found one."
Prejean: "Oh"
Miss CA Committee: "Any other pics out there?
Prejean: "No"
Miss CA Committee: "We found another one."
Prejean: "May I call Donald Trump to bail me out?"

After viewing her questionable photos, I volunteer to help. She has an open invite to come to my church anytime. That type of pew candy has to help my church street cred.

Joe The Independent?!?!?

2009-05-11T12:51:00.000-07:00

NO!!!!!
We don't want him either!

Father/Son Moments

2009-05-11T12:29:00.000-07:00

I find it troubling that my son, Sydney, may want to off me.
First there was our trail hike (Beaver Brook outside Golden, CO) conversation....
Syd: "Do you want to push me off the mountain?"
Toby: "No. Do you want to push me off the mountain?"
Syd: "No."
Toby: "Alright. We got a deal!"

Then yesterday on a bike ride (Westminster, CO).....he kept trying to run me into a water filled ditch.
Maybe this is just kids being kids, but I am going to get my Last Will and Testament in order.

Divorce

2009-05-11T11:36:00.000-07:00

The divorce rate in a country is just north of 50% these days.
And I'm certainly helping to pad those stats with my own two failures.
But why is it that couples in my circle of friends have a wash out rate south of 10% or maybe a lot lower?!?!?
I need new friends :-)

One Ride

2009-05-11T11:33:00.000-07:00

Recently I bought a used mountain bike and fixed it up for my son, Sydney (lives with his mom in north Denver). It's just a little big for him, but he managed to make it work despite some discomfort to his "biscuits". His word, not mine.
A couple days after I got the bike ready, his Mom announced she was moving back to TX.
We only had time one ride before they moved, but it was worth it :-)

Barking Dog Duathlon

2009-05-10T05:56:00.000-07:00

I participated in my first duathlon (5k-30k-5k) this past weekend.
What a great experience. I was horribly not competitive except in Clydesdale cat (dudes that need to shed some skin). I placed 3rd amongst my 40+ overweight peeps :-)
Much like my move to Denver, I'm wondering why it took me so long to try out these events.
I hope to do more in the future......

Famous Toby

2009-05-09T13:52:00.001-07:00

Completed my first duathlon this past wknd, but that's not why I'm blogging.
In the bike staging area before the race, I was introduced to a Denver 9news Sports personality, Susie Wargin.
Susie: "You are the famous Toby I have heard about." (via mutual friend Kevin)
Toby: "Yeah, but I just moved here and people in Denver don't tune in to hear my sports news. Ah, never mind......"
Anyway, its always fun to meet a local celeb and even better when they recognize you. We took a few photos with Kevin and her family after the event.
Oh by the way, she kicked my butt and placed 3rd in her age group.

Heard on NPR

2009-05-08T11:25:00.000-07:00

I was looking for a catchy subdomain for my new Blogspot acct.....I woke up to NPR last week to hear a scary, but funny term "Loose Nukes". These are nuclear weapons not accounted for by questionable/rogue governments.
Sounds about right for a blog......
And Blogspot subdomains are as tough to come by as .com domains.
So, here goes nothing......