Appetite for Dr. Pepper

Welcome to the Jungle, Sweet Child O Mine, Mr. Brownstone, Night Train, Paradise city...

Play any of these songs for someone that grew up in the 80's and I can assure you will see their eyes glaze over as they have a little flashback of what they were doing while listening to the song.. I saw them in concert 4 times and each was a great show (one of which Axl had a break down an hour into the show and left).
Guns -n- Roses, Appetite for Destruction will forever go down as one of the top 50 albums of all time. The public has long awaited a new album from GnR. The band broke up in 1997. Axl got a new group of musicians together and started recording Chinese Democracy in 1999. Every year since 2001, Axel would tell fans that the album would be released during the year. 9 years in the making and Chinese Democracy will be released this weekend (despite the album being leaked over the internet 2 years ago. How could they not expect it to leak when it took so long to release).

Dr. Pepper was so confident that the album would not be released during 2008 after word from Axl, that they promised to offer free Dr. Pepper to everyone in America if it actually happened. On Sunday you can download and print a coupon from drpepper.com. Take advantage of this and a personal word of advice not to buy Chinese Democracy. It is not good at all. You can listen to the whole album on myspace before you decide to support Axl Rose.

Utah Promotes Gay Rights

In my travels down I-15 for family vacations and for work I have noticed something that is quite interesting. It is either a coincidence, somebody within the state trying to make a quiet statement or a practical joke that made it past UDOT sign approval department.



The sign in the picture above is the sign in question. Exit 135 near Cove fort advertises a Rest Stop. There are also signs in Filmore and Nephi that I have noticed similar to this.
In taking a closer look at this sign you can see the logo that the state seems to have adopted.

The logo that is being used is a building with a rainbow background. Two things come to question here.... First, somehow the gay community (insert here: "not that there is anything wrong with gay people") has claimed unofficial ownership of the rainbow representing "gay pride". Sorry Hawaii.... If you ever see someone wearing a rainbow bracelet, ring or has a sticker on the rear window of their car, then chances are they are displaying their relationship preference.

Second, it is widely known that rest stops are a meeting place for promiscuous activities among males. Previous Sen. Larry Craig from Idaho might be seen frequenting a rest stop. The rest stop that used to be in American Fork was widely known for this kind of activity and most knew not to accidentally flash the brights on your car unless you were looking for a more than friendly encounter as this was a sign that you were not there looking to use the restroom.

A third indication came to mind that I didnt include but I think its worth throwing in here... Typically license plates, printing and signs are made at the state prison.... Could it be that the design committee is housed in the prison with inmates part of this committee? I know it might be a long shot but.........

Because of these two relatively known/unknown correlations... My guess is someone slipped a fast one past the sign review committee at UDOT.

(I cant wait to see what google ads will come up with for this on the sidebar)

Youtube Friday

We had some fun playing around on JibJab this week....

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Remembrance

In remembrance of my mother who passed away 5 years ago today...

I cant believe that it has been 5 years.. At times it doesnt seem like that long while other times it feels like forever ago.. It is so hard not to have her here during the extremely happy times in our lives. To see the kids grow up.. It is especially hard to know that the kids will never see what a wonderful woman she was. How special she was and the love that she had for her family and for life. I think about her every day and miss her constantly.... It starts to become especially hard as her birthday has passed, then the day that she passed away, Thanksgiving and the hardest of all Christmas..