That's me with my race buddies. Matt on the far right and Paul in the middle. Photo by my wife.

Nicole enjoying the race. That's my great wife!!

At lap 33 Nicole and I went to the front row, as you can tell no assigned seats allows us to go anywhere, and took this restart. We got this close to hear the power, feel it, smell it and see how fast 180 mph really is (as if we really need to, but really enjoyed it). After a couple of laps we went back up and watched the rest of the race.

These were our seats and frontal view. In the ARCA race the seats are not assigned and just sat in this area. After getting to the race track at 10 o'clock (what is that o' stand for anyway?) we parked next to the granstand and couldn't even see the thing. Eventually, it did clear up and after hours of the gang saying "let's just leave, in a minute.." we saw the 80 lap race. It was only to our clear indecision of what to do next, allowed us to see the great race.

The ARCA race...the day after.

Thought you folks might like this one. It's the lastest. Nicole, two friends and I went to the Pocono Raceway yesterday and parked right outside the merchandise trailer. This is what I saw first. Went to the ARCA race, which is a minor league for Busch Grand National Series. A drivers last attempt to get into NASCAR. We had a blast. Got up at 8 am and got home around 6:30 pm. In between was one corny joke and situation after another. It was great. DC, I had you in mind at times.

Another hot one...day....

You have got to be kidding me another freakin' hot day. I'm up to here with that (no here). It's supposedly 'cooler' with less humidity. You got me you meterologist freeks. I'm not suckin' hot air for nothing.
Went to work today and just realized in a week I'll be in Canada at the family's cottage to help Mum and Pop out with odds and ends. Can't wait.
Nicole and I are doing well, dispite making dinner for a couple last night and they didn't even show up. 10 o'clock at night she text's me..TEXT'S ME... that she's sooo sorrry for not making it. Did you ever here of one and done. This is a classic case. It was the first and last time I'll be asking them over. Imagine that, inviting someone over and not having them come, after making a killer dinner. A garlic roast and some swiss cornmeal thing and salad and great hosts (if I might say so myself). I'm a bit ticked off about it as you can tell.

This is the Wissihicken. It is literally a half a block away from me. It's one of my safehavens. Also my fly fishing spot. Catch and release. I cannot believe today that it is 95 degrees and with the dewpoint so high, it feels like 101 degrees, according to weather.com, one of my favorite links. I'm a weather junkie. I remember years ago, KBIG in Hilo, Hawaii just got this radar in and it had funky colors. We'd report that we saw green, heavy green, yellow and if it was really bad -don don donnnn-red. I finally had a listener call up and ask 'what's with all the color stuff? It's grey out here.'

Another week.....

Yup, these suckers even grow in Philadelphia. This is right outside our apartment. My wife, Nicole, grows these. She's great at this, too.

Wow, I can't believe that it's a week already. A lot has happened. Let's go back a week, shall we? Michael B and I went to a dirt track. I got him into Nascar and he got me to my very first dirt track. Grandview Speedway in Bechtelsville, PA. What a rush and thrill to be there and see the races.

Next week, a couple of guys and I plan to go to the ARCA race held at Pocono Raceway and then go to Grandview Speedway after that, on the same day. Yes, a full day of racing yeehahh!!!

Then last Sunday, I went to a friends house, Matt and his wife, Barb and a friend Paul. Believe it or not it was the very first time ever, EVER, I went to a friends house to watch a Nascar race (I've been to my family's house but, that was to recruit them into Nascar). This was a monumental day for me. I was really excited about it and showed it by talking way too much over the race. Oops, sorry guys and gal.

This week, Nicole and I went to Pirates 2. It was a great movie. She and I are getting used to being alone again, I have to tell you that I'm falling in love again with her. It's nice. I'm really a lucky dude. She puts up with me and my mental obsessions of sports and goofy things I do.

I was really excited about the second half of the MLB season beginning. Go Bosox and Phillies.

This is Chase Utley and Tom 'Flash' Gordon. They are at the All Star Game and I wanted to go. I don't like the next day after the All star game because of the Break. Grr. Chase looks really white in this photo, like he's sick. American League won 3-2. This photo was obviously BEFORE the game. I like going to ballgames. Just bought my new addition to my ever growing sports outfits and memborbilia. A Phillies Chase Utley xxl T-Shirt. It fits. When the heck did I become a XXL? Starting to wonder off and ramble. I will finish rambling in the hallway on the way to the John.
-Adam

Yes, this is my little girl. 14 years old. What a sweetie. Good sport, too. She really doesn't like wearing baseball caps. But, wears it only if I bug here something aweful. Luckily she loves the Boston Red Sox and the Philadelphia Phillies like I do, luckily.
Alexandra Leigh now lives with her momma in Portland, Or. and I miss her aweful. But, at least I get to get on the computer now. Always look on the bright side of life (whistle tune now).

4th of July

Wow, what a day. Started it off with raspberry waffles (yes, they are in the shape of mickey mouse-wedding gift), then off to my brothers in Elkins Park for BBQ and a great talk. Seems as though we don't do that enough. He is my older brother and just in the past 10 years we've started out our lives together. Even 10 years...seems like yesterday. Ooops off the track again. We also watched a movie over there...Johnnie Knoxville's special olympics movie..trust me when I say it's so wrong it's funny. I watched over a friends house and pool and for that he gave me the new Johnny Cash double CD - Personal File. It's a cd of Johnny Cash and his guitar and talking about his songs. Killer CD - I highly recommend cleaning a pool for a week, it's worth it. Back to the fourth-came home hoping for a few winks. Didn't get them. Just as I was lying down to slow down the day, my wife asked me to take her to the Abington Fireworks - off I go again.
P.S. fifth of July - after work went to the Phillies game (lost 6-3 - we'll win yet, just you see) and the Citizen Bank Park Fireworks following. Took a friend I owed a game to - so glad I did. My wife and Sarah and I love the game of baseball and we really had a great time. Fireworks were good, too.