TGIFridays (the Happy Valley location in Phoenix, Arizona) would be better if it was renamed To Get It Free. That's probably the only way I would choose to eat there. Most of the staff are young and don't want to be there or they are old and really don't want to be there.

For starters, my kids call this place Red Robin Hood and they always ask to go there. If you happen to go to the Happy Valley location in Phoenix, Arizona ask to sit at Gregg's table (Gregg with three g's). That best waiter ever. He read my mind and brought us refills and extra napkins before we even had to ask.

Plumb simply gets better and better. With the fourth release, Chaotic Resolve, Plumb shows that the artistic well hasn't yet dried up. This new release maintains the same pop/rock style that has been a mainstay with Plumb's last few albums for most of the songs but there are a couple experiments that break out of that mold. Lyrically she addresses many of the areas that she explored in Beautiful Lumps Of Coal. In particular she takes a penetrating look at troubled family relationships and self-esteem issues. The whole CD is solid and engaging but there are a few standouts that make Chaotic Resolve arguably Plumb's best release yet.

We showed up around 8:30pm on a Friday night. There was no hostess to greet us or the other three couples that arrived within minutes of us. The place seemed active and alive though and I had high hopes. I'm not often in the mood for Chinese food so when I am I am excited about it. My love's favorite food is Chinese so when we try a new place it needs to be a home run for me to enjoy myself. If it's not at least a double we won't go back. To cut to the chase this palce was a pop fly to right field and a quick out.

This shirt says "WAYSAMS?" in large letters. Of course most people won't have any idea what that means but they will notice the smaller letters underneath. When they read those letters they will see "why are you starting at my shirt?". Ok, so it takes a strange sense of humor to like it. But I have a strange sense of humor. You can get it at my shop.

This latest shirt design is meant to be humorous. You see this guy walking around with the words "wet paint" splattered on his back -- backwards. Hmm. I wonder how they got there. Is it possible that he leaned up against a sign somewhere? You can view all of the designs at my shop

In Superman Returns Superman returns to Earth after a five year absence. He spent those five years searching for evidence that some people from his home planet, Krypton, may have survied the planet's destruction. His search finds no one so he returns to Earth dejected and depressed. About the same time that Superman returns Lex Luther swindles his way out of jail and begins to execute his plan to take over the world and at the same time extract revenge on Superman for putting him in jail in the first place. The very standard plot line follows. Luther tries to do something bad then Superman stops him. Luther gets mad and sets a trap for Superman. Superman falls into the trap and Luther thinks he's dead. Superman doesn't die but instead returns to defeat Luther. In the end Superman wins and Luther loses.

Summer is about halfway over now so it's with great sadness that we start to think about heading back to school. With that in mind I designed this new t-shirt. The text says "i can't tell you how excited i am to be heading back to school". Somehow when it comes to Labor Day this September (or earlier for some schools) I think there will be a lot of kids walking around with this attitude. You can order this shirt from my back to school shop.