Icky Thump! Jack Bauer!...Walker, Texas Ranger?

I can't decide which of the songs on the new White Stripes album is my favorite but it's definitely between "Rag and Bone" and "Little Baby Brother." Lyrically, their the funniest things I've ever heard on a "serious" album since Bob Dylan's "I Shall be Free." I think there ought to be more songs about garage sales by garage rock bands, but "Rag and Bone" is certainly the best one I've ever heard.

On a separate note, we finished watching Season 4 of "24" last night, we remain hopelessly addicted to the greatest action show on television ever created. It got me thinking though, as well-done as the show is it is so over-serious that it begs for some serious parody. I half expect, after Jack Bauer kicks some terrorist in the head and knocks him unconcious for him to blurt out "now, stay in school!" (Jen is already very sick of this joke, I say it for him all the time). It has also got me to thinking, who would win in a fight between Chuck Norris (as Walker, Texas Ranger) and Jack Bauer? It is purely a rhetorical question, as we all know, when Chuck Norris falls in the lake he doesn't get wet, the water gets Chuck Norris, I feel the same laws apply to Jack Bauer. However, when Jack Bauer and Chuck Norris both fall into the same lake at the same time, what happens to the water then? These are the questions I find myself thinking about at the moment...what an exciting job I have!

Incompetent Pigeons Attack!

It has been a tough spring for our patio. While not exactly the balcony of our dreams it did a good job of holding our bikes, plants and grill and it was a pleasant place to enjoy the climate. However, this spring we've been invaded by incompetent pigeons and it's driving us crazy! Like any good bird they are trying to build nests to have little baby pigeons who can carry on their proud tradition of going through everyone else's garbage...that won't be happening this year with our pigeons.




They have made, as far as I have been able to account for, 4 separate attempts to build a nest and bring an egg to the point where it could hatch. What the "building a nest" stage" has involved for our pigeon friends is to gather a bunch of sticks and drop them all over our deck. This behaviour has caused our deck to take on the look of a dead-twig graveyard, complete with buckets of pigeon guano. They are trying to build the nest on the rafter, which is not wide enough to support a real nest so the twigs and sticks invariably fall to the ground. As there is no nest to support an actual egg, the eggs also will invariably fall to the ground, the last count is 4 egges (see exhibit A)

(EXHIBIT A)

Here's to hoping for no pigeons next year

SCC posts month old Dillon Beach pictures!

Many of you have already posted similar pictures but I thought I would add to the general copy-cat nature of my blog by posting my own...enjoy!

Supply Chain Commander Explains Name!

as Kerrie mentioned in her comment, it may not be perfectly to why and how the term Supply Chain Commander should be used. I thought perhaps the best way to explain would be to recreate the conversation.

Act I, Scene I (of one) - Brian tries explaining his job to Jen and Bridget

Bridget: So what is it that do you do, exactly?

Brian: Well, I am responsible for managing the Reverse Logistics Supply chain for my company.

Jen & Bridget: (Blank stares)

Brian: I try to find the most cost effective way to move product from the customer, to us, back to the customer.

Bridget: So, you are kind of like the commander...of the supply chain.

Brian: I guess you could say that...

Jen: So you're a supply chain commander.

END SCENE

And so the name was born and has taken on a life of its own. As a side note, I have always been a fan of unnecessary exclamation marks in titles. I plan on using them until you all are sick of them so be forewarned!

Supply Chain Commander starts his blog.

Greetings,

Well, I admit it, I've done broke down and started a blog (grammatical error intentional for all of you teachers/instructional types). For years now I must admit I've tried to ignore this whole blogging world but lately I've caught up with the whole concept. As a notoriously poor email writer I hope this forum will help those of you who are interested in keeping up with what is going on in our lives. For those of you living nearby...you all have blogs already so I'm just a big copy cat but I can admit it and I'm okay with that.

Cheers,

Brian