
Zoe Mary Clingman was born on August 30, 2008 at 3:53AM. She weighed 6 pounds and 7.9 ounces.
Uncie John and Zoe...she's a cutie.

After a nice bath
Smiling at Uncie John
Another great day of golf. As promised, as long as Johnny cleaned his room, I would take him golfing. We played 18 at Chipeta and had a great time. Johnny's game was a little off and he had a hard time from the tee-box.
I'll tell you what, the boy can still put and his chip-shot will rival most golfers. I tell him all time...If you can putt and chip, you'll always win games.
Grandpa tagged along, although he probably should have stayed at home. He's been feeling pretty shitty lately. Kelly's convinced he has a summer cold/flu, but Robert's pretty sure that it's a sinus infection. This illness didn't seem to hinder his golf game. Matter of fact, Robert beat me by 5 strokes (one of the worst games I've played in a long time.
Anyway...it was fun. I hate to lose, but had fun nonetheless. Hopefully the weather will hold up on Thursday so I can play again. And, of course, there's always Sunday. Maybe Kelly will come along this time?
My BFF Mollie posted this video on her space and I was just blown away. I had never seen the video and I hope you all enjoy it as much as I. Grizzly Man should have befriended lions.
Well, hell...if not one video, why not another. This is Johnny's 2007 Year in Review. Enjoy.
Johnny and I normally produce our newsletter on a monthly basis. However, this year has been a stretch to get one out. The video is so time consuming. Not only is it hard to come up with enough material to fill 7-10 minutes, but the editing takes forever! The video above took two whole weeks to edit down from over two hours to 7.5 minutes. But, alas, we're still pounding away to get another one out by Christmas. Until then...
Now, I did receive a photograph in my In-Box that made my day. My old friend Samantha Miller had posted a photograph in her MySpace that she had taken a little over a year ago at her Grandmother's house. In March of 2007, Samantha's Aunt Deanna had passed away. Without hesitation, I boarded a plane back to Oklahoma to attend the funeral and help out her family. You have to remember, Samantha's family is like my very own. These are people that opened their home to me and treated me like I was their own blood.
In this photograph are Bert Ballou, Shannon Zura, and Tammie is up front. I was living with Bert Ballou at the time. This photograph would have been taken in 1995. I had just returned from BTF and the Drama League. Bert had a nice condo. Besides Bert and I, we also had Tanja Rice and some other chick living with us (I can't remember her name). I'm not too sure what ever happened to Bert Ballou. I've tried looking him up on MySpace and Facebook, with no results. The last I heard of Bert, he was working for some theatre in Oklahoma City. So, with that said, if anyone reading this knows of his whereabouts, please let me know. I'd love to get in touch with him.
Shannon Zura and Bert Ballou 1995
Shannon Zura, as you all very well know, currently works at the University of Southern Maine as a professor of Stage/Lighting design. Shannon's a great gal...at least she used to be. I have to imagine she still is. Shannon was as genuine as anyone could be. No frills. No bull-shit. What you see is what you get. Shannon and I attended college together. We studied Theatre Arts together.
Reggie Choquette is moving to Las Vegas this weekend. I am so excited! I haven't seen Reg since 1994 when he visited me while I was working for the Drama League. We've stayed in touch over the years (off and on). Now that he's only going to be 7 hours away, we will be sure to see each other again. Plus, going to visit Las Vegas is a great excuse to take off and see him. I love Las Vegas! I'm not too sure what he's doing in Las Vegas. I have to imagine that he found employment at one of the casinos. He's been working as a black jack dealer in Tennessee for the last year or so.Johnny's first trip to Elitch Gardens
I make the comments above with yesterday not being a typical Thursday. I really did spend the majority of the day relaxing. Here's how my day went:
After the movie, Johnny and I would enjoy lunch at Weaver's Tavern. Johnny had the Soup & Salad and I would have my norm (Hot Turkey Sandwich with Cheddar). The lunch, as usual, was excellent. I've been eating lunch at Weaver's for about seven years now. They make the best burger in town!
After lunch, we spent two hours at Banana's Fun Park playing video games. It's incredible how much money one can spend with a 6-year old kid. Take Socom 7...The game takes 3 quarters to start, with each continuation costing another $0.75. Between the two of us, that's a $1.50 just to play. Now I've been playing video games all of my life so I've become quite good over the years.
Kelly got off work at 5:00PM. After navigating through all of the construction in downtown, Kelly jumped into the car and we went to dinner. Red Robin normally hits the spot, but this time around, it just didn't do it for me. I always order the same thing...5-Alarm Burger with Fries. For the first time in 4 years, I left Red Robin unsatisfied. What the hell is wrong with me? Maybe I need to expand my meal-horizons....
Well, it's another busy Monday. I started work a little late today. Normally I would turn on my laptop when I let the dogs out to go potty, but I just didn't feel like it today. First of all, it didn't help that Parker and Daisy woke me up at 2:54AM. That's almost an hour earlier than usual. I finally got out of bed right at 5:35AM and started my day.
Sunday was a hum-drum day, with our day not even starting until almost 11:00AM! Robert and Debbie weren't around for breakfast, so the three of us decided to be bums. I managed to finally cut down the weeds out back. They were getting out of control (some as tall as 48" tall). Afterwards, we ran off to Chili's to meet Sister Kelly for an early lunch. Sissy's doing well for herself. Kelly looks like she's about 9 years preggo. But, her spirits were high and delighted us with some good conversation. Dirk was working, so Sissy was riding solo.
Johnny with his camera.
Kenny and Mike watching TV
Kiki at Porter's wedding
Macy at Porter's wedding
Pre-Dentist visit
During the Dentist visit
Post-Dentist visit

Feelin' Better
Fish Tank