Day 14,391 - Armageddon It

Usually I'm like most people who complain that there doesn't seem to be enough hours in a day. However, this day seems to have had more than enough, and then some left over. Maybe because it's the end of the world? I dropped Elena and Riddick off at their school, took Rohan to the Junior High where I taught English for half a day, grabbed some coffee at Latta Java, talked with my friend Vinny over lunch at Thai D about a song that he's producing that we're collaborating on, got close to finishing the book I've been reading, wrapped up Christmas shopping for the kids, ran a couple miles, ate a quick recovery meal, met a friend and her boyfriend for a couple drinks, went out to eat dinner with Allie Dawn, and now I'm about to go see a killer band at John Brown's --the night is just beginning. Here's to seeing the 22nd.

Wonder Twin powers...activate!

As I was laying in bed reading, I began to eavesdrop on Riddick and Elena playing with some action figures in the living room. I heard Elena say, "She's your niece" to which Riddick responded with a flat, "Oh."
"So you're her uncle."
"Oh, I didn't know that." he answered back. At this point I sat up and noticed he was holding a Batman figurine.
"Well, I'm leaving and no one will ever find me!" he announced.
Then he jumped up, made a swooshing noise as Batman took to the air (obviously the Dark Knight now has the power of flight), and ran from the room.
I then heard Elena say to no one, "Oh, I'll find you. I will find you."
A moment later Riddick walked back into the room with his hands in his pockets and said, "Has anybody seen Batman?"

Middle of Nowhere

We were driving on Old 13, south of Carterville, with residential areas on our right and open countryside on our left. Riddick looked out his window and said, "Dad, I think that's the middle of nowhere over there."