Baskin Robbins Fail.

Ok, I've talked about why I haven't been posting here. So I really won't spend time talking about why you should follow me on twitter if you really want to keep up with what I'm doing.

But this morning I've decided to actually write a post and share a recent experience we had at our local Baskin Robbins.

But this story starts back at my daughter's awards ceremony during her last week of school. (Her awards ceremony happened around May 28. That's important to remember later) It seems that she earned several awards for reading, attendance, student of the month, etc. You know, just like her dad.


She was so excited to receive several little gift certificates to different places around town. But one of her favorites was some coupons for a free ice cream cone at Baskin Robbins. So just this past week we decided to take her and my son to Baskin Robbins after one of her softball games. It was a nice reward for her playing so well.

But once we arrived at our local Baskin Robbins we were greeted at the door with this sign:


Now of course, that sign couldn't be talking about the coupon we had. We had just received it a week earlier. So I went inside to find out what the deal really was.

Now, I won't say anything bad about the employees that were working that night, they really had no idea. And I don't really blame them for that. This was a manager's job. But, their manager happened to be gone at the moment and no one seemed to know where he was.

So in their attempt to answer my questions they just kept pointing me to these signs that were posted throughout the store. With every question they would let me know they had a sign posted. When I told them that we had the coupon for all of three days before it expired, they pointed to the sign once again.

(I should point out for the record that our coupon did not have a printed expiration date on it.)

So the sad thing is, our local Baskin Robbins told (at least) one entire school that they could not redeem their Reading Reward coupons they received at the end of the school year. The coupon was good for under a week. In fact, they told us all that really it's our fault for not using them sooner. They had in fact, graciously extended the date on the coupon to June 1st. (Because they're looking out for their customers of course.)

All that to say this, I will not be going to Baskin Robbins again. (I know, they're really broken up about that) We have plenty of choices around our house for ice cream and from now on we'll choose them.

Thanks for a great experience Baskin Robbins. And thanks for making our choice for ice cream a little easier in the future.

"Not all soul music comes from the church"

The title is a quote from Bono.

Check out this column he has written in the NY Times.

It's true that U2 has a religious background. (Not sure where they all stand at this moment) And Bono has never been shy to talk about his beliefs (and non beliefs I guess.)

Anyway, read the article and let me know your thoughts.

Where have you been?

So, it's been almost two weeks since my last post. Where in the world have I been? Am I just too good to post here on the blog anymore? What could be happening in my life that is soooo important?

Well, to answer the question honestly...nothing.

I just haven't had the urge to post. Haven't felt the need to write. Don't get me wrong, things will happen in life and I'll think to myself, "That would make a great blog post" and then...nothing. I never sit down to write. So I started asking myself the question, "Why?"

The main reason seems to be a little website known as twitter. (What is twitter you ask? Well that's an entirely different post.) You can click here to follow me or just read the updates on the right side of this page. (Facebook users can follow me by reading my status updates) I open up enough through twitter and I'm limited to 140 characters. Nice.

Another reason just seems to be time. Don't get me wrong, I have time if I want to make it but it just seems lately that I don't want to spend the time writing. Maybe that makes me lazy. (Notice I said maybe.)

So there you have it. My reasons for neglecting the blog. I'm not sure they're great reasons but they're the ones I could think of today.

And speaking of writing, the actually turned out to be quite a long post. I'm feeling pretty good about myself.

(And maybe I should do something about the layout around here. I think it needs an update. I welcome your suggestions.)

Just Listen

Do you ever listen to an artist or an album and it just starts speaking to you? It seems that sometimes God will pull songs and use them to really speak to me right where I am. Well, recently that's been happening to me while listening to Kari Jobe. So, go ahead and give it a listen below, and tell me what you think.

Kari Jobe - Kari Jobe

What music has been speaking to you lately?

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I want to go

Wow, U2 announced their first stadium tour in several years. And it looks bigger than ever.

I want to go.

No Line on the Horizon

It's here.

And yes, I did purchase one of the deluxe versions.

And it's great.

If you're fast, you can get it here for an incredible price.

I like golf

Ok, I'll admit that I really like to play golf. This mild winter we've had is really making me want to get back out on the course...sooner rather than later. I've even been privileged to play some pretty nice courses over the years.

It's also great to head out and watch the pros play live. The PGA tour came through the DFW area and even in Greensboro while I lived there. So I would head out to the tournaments when I could. And when I couldn't see the pros in person I would sit and catch the tournaments on TV.

So why am I writing about watching golf on TV? Because it's about to be great again. You may have heard the news that Tiger's coming back today. (Unless you've been hiding under a rock) And that's exciting news for golf fans and for sports fans in general.

These are special times. Just think, during my lifetime I've been privileged to witness a lot of sports history. (The greatest basketball player ever in Michael Jordan comes to mind.) And with Tiger we get to see the greatest golfer ever play the game.

So, I'll be tuning into the Match Play Championship this weekend and watching to see the tournaments Tiger plays over the season. And I bet that most of you will too.

But I wonder how the other guys on the PGA feel about Tiger coming back? This commercial probably sums it up best.