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AT mention there in his other post how he’s got the honor of being Godfather to a bunch of kids. When I finally decided to have the kids baptised, asking AT to be their Godfather made all the sense in the world.

One of the things holding me back from having them baptised sooner was the simple fact that I had no idea who The Missus and I wanted to be their Godparent. The other reason being that I grew up Baptist and Baptist don’t believe in baptising babies and, I suppose, other people who can’t think for themselves. Then sometime ago it hit me that I needed to step up and get the sacrament done. This church I go to is my home and the kids have grown up in it so far. What’s to hold me back?

I realized I don’t need to justify the sacrament to anybody. See, that was another hindrance. I have wanted to prove, or justify it to certain important people in my life. I’m past that now. (Right…) Anyway I’m looking forward to Sunday. I think October and Spotz, the two big kids are too. I proud that AT will be their Godfather.

So, heading down to The Compound for a day or two of family time, and good ol’ Nodbob is set to make an appearance. He and I talked last night,and we’re thinking about going to a movie.

Now, opening today, is the Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters (and I can’t believe I just wrote that whole thing out), which, being that I’ve been a fan of the show since its first episode ways back in the early oughts, might just entertain me. That, and its only like 76 minutes long, which is good for a short attention span.

Problem is, the last season or two of ATHF really has been kinda dumb. Sure, they’ve been doing the movie for a while, and maybe they saved up all teh funnay for the movie, but I’m not so sure.

Now, something else that I’ve been a longtime fan of is Quentin (f-in) Tarantino, and I’ve been looking forward to Grindhouse for a damn long time. I started looking forward to it even more when I saw the pictures of Rose McGowen with a gun leg.

Wow.

Thats something worth writing home to, right there.

Problem is, Grindhouse is like two eternities long, and therein runs into the AT short attention span thing, particularly when I’m in town visiting my peoples for the night. So, thats my dilemma.

Mindless cartoons, vs Rose McGowen’s gun legged long ass movie.

A dilemma.

However, Sunday morning some glutton for punishment has actually lined me up to be the spiritual advisor for their child.  Thats right, AT is gonna be a Godfather, woot!
I’m already feeling bad for THOSE poor kids…

Ahh, blogs.

When I write the garbage that I spew out, I never really think too much about what people get out of it.  Sometimes I have something that I just wanna get off my chest, and I air it in the only soapbox that I’ve got.  Sometimes I just feel like I need to write something to keep the date in the calendar on the front page from being grey instead of blue (yes, I’m compulsive that way).

Regardless, I write mostly for myself.  However, its always a bit of a weird honor to realize that people get something out of it.  I never really realized it until November, when everybody was showing up reading the stuff that I was writing about BJ’s illness.  At the time, I’d reread what I wrote, and think “Dude, thats totally not what I wanted to say”, it was never quite right.  Now, I look back at those things and think “Damn, that was some writing”.

When I think of things that make me think, or things that make me understand, I don’t really jump right to websites as the first thing.  Usually, me being who I am, its music that hits me that way first.  Sometimes its a TV show or a movie.  Still tho, I look at the websites that I link to on a daily basis (I link to em simply because I like reading them).

The point is, Joe Powell gave the ‘tumor a bit of an honor by calling us out for a Thinking Blogger Award.  Now, I normally stay far away from tags and honors and stuff like that, but when it comes from ol’ Joe, I can’t really say no.

So, evidently, theres some sort of protocol towards this, and I’m supposed to call out 5 blogs that make me think.  Hmm.  Thats a tough one, because the first thing that comes to mind are the posts that Bos and Eaves drop on the tumor, but that’d be self-advertising, and I’d probably be beaten up by the Thinking Blogger Goon Squad for it.

So, I’ll call out their site first, Nine Months.

I always admire the ability of people to keep up with the freaky world of local politics, particularly when it pertains to education.  For that reason, Netmom’s place is a good read.  She has a great ability to make the convoluted world of educational politics understandable, and she has an amazing ability to keep up with it, which is something that I just couldn’t do.  On top of that, because reading a page that’s entirely about government and politics can be a boring endeavor, she sprinkles a few tidbits from her home life in there, just enough to keep you entertained.

Another one is a site that I’ve been going to for a while, Reality Me.  I can sometimes keep up with Doug when he’s talking geek (and his geek far outweighs mine), and I know when I put on a hardcore geek post, at least he will be able to keep up with me (Netmom usually can to).  What makes me think most, tho, is his philosophy.  He’s a dude who’s working harder in one day than I do all week, and he still relates to the rest of the world, and is a strong family guy.  Thats something I respect.

Yeah, I dig the family thing.  I’m a softie that way.  I’ve been enjoying watching Knoxjon become a dad, something he didn’t at all see happening a year ago.  His posts are usually short, but he has a great way of saying exactly what needs to be said in a few sentences, something I never really learned to do.  I look forward to whats happening to him.

Yes, thats just four, and I’m done.  I’m not a thinking person, am I?