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As I sit here writing this I am watching the Blue Thunder movie for the first time since I was a kid in 1983. It is pretty good, better than I remember it. The television show is what I was big into however, as the movie is much more oriented towards adults. Wonder if I can get the television show on DVD.

Well I am 34 years old. That happened today. Happy birthday to me. I am married to a wonderful woman who is very supportive of her entire family, and works her ass off to ensure that everyone in her home is taken care of, happy, and living a good life. I had no idea people like her actually existed. She is very intelligent, very loving, very dependable, and very faithful. I feel grateful everyday that I wake up and realize that she is there to help us all through whatever comes our way. I might have had a crappy life as far as a lot of things are concerned, but I have definitely had the family to get me through it. Thanks mom and dad, Angel, kids, and all of my true friends that have supported me through all that has gone on.

Man where do I begin with this one. Last year (2007) at the very end of October we relocated ourselves from Columbia, SC to Marshall County, KY. This is the kind of place I have always wanted to live. It is beautiful here. Rolling countryside, tons of rivers, streams, ponds, and lakes. Miles of trails for mountain biking. Very few people to muck things up. This is where I have always wanted to be. I know my wife spent her entire life trying to get away from here, but I hope we can stick around here for a long time to come.

Not much to say here really. I am not a subscriber to what people consider "the paranormal". So why do I operate a fairly large paranormal forum? Well frankly because I am intelligent. I am open to the idea that something still exists of a being after they have passed away. I am open to the idea that there is life on other planets. I would be an idiot to not consider such things plausible.

At the same time however, I will be the first person to say that everything that I have seen submitted to the public as "evidence of the paranormal" is nothing but evidence that most paranormal investigators are either incompetent, greedy, or were overly excited when they captured evidence. Think I am joking? Come on, just Google it and look at some of the trash you get back.

The site I run is The Paranormal Resource Center. Currently it is a large forum consisting predominantly of posts that would better fit into a "General" or "Open" topic style category. Why is it a "paranormal forum" then? Well frankly, because even the worst reported cases of hauntings do not happen on a weekly, monthly, or often times even yearly basis. Life however does happen, and we spend an insane amount of time discussing life, and making friends.

I absolutely long for the day that someone comes along and hands us evidence that really definitively shows more than a bug crawling around on a gas station camera lens, or a robe on a stick at the vatican. I long for the day that some group comes into being and after becoming associated with some of the large money-mongering type of groups does not themselves throw up a page where you can buy membership, training, or information. All of those things should be, and remain free services until all of this is proven to be real. Want to sell something? Sell hats, t-shirts, equipment... but for the love of Pete stop ripping people off by the masses because they are too blind to see the truth.

Outrageous claims I make, eh? You don't think catching a drinking straw twitching in a glass and releasing it to the world as "evidence that a location is haunted" is strange? (Yeah people, I have seen that before, seriously). You dont think that when you catch "ecto" in a bar that is supposedly haunted, that is strangely moving and colored like smoke could just be someone smoking a cigarette? Come on people, use your brains.

Everyone in this field claims they are using "scientific" methods now. Yet they run around with psychics, or other mediums. They say that Ouija boards will open dimensional gateways to nasty places and allow wretched fel beasts into the world. Come on!!! It's a freaking chunk of cardboard and two peices of molded plastic. (Well, there are more traditional types, but I'm speaking of what 99% of the world's population considers a Ouija board)

In the future TPRC will be expanding into a full web site offering articles, reviews, evidence, and a slew of tools investigators can use to cross-reference locational, activity, personal experience, and other types of data for comparison with other groups. OMG PEER RELATED REVIEW IN A COMMUNITY THAT CLAIMS TO BE SCIENTIFICALLY ORIENTED?!?

Want to prove me wrong? Bring your evidence to us, let us see it and discuss other possibilities before we jump to the last possible thing that it can be.

In order from right to left: Morgan, Robert, and my wife Angel

I have not spoken to many people about this. I did make an announcement on my Web sites. I never said much at all about it here on Myspace. In fact, I am still not sure that I have done all of my bleeding from this as of yet.

On December 18, 2007 I sat in a hospital room and watched my lifelong hero lose an on-going battle with severe heart conditions. My father was only 57 when he passed, and it is still hard to believe and admit it despite the fact that I was there up until the very last second.

My dad was probably one of the hardest men I can think of. He would definitely have beaten the ever-living piss out of Chuck Norris. hehe. He worked himself to the bone to provide for his family, and taught us everything that we needed to know about being good role-models for our own children.

My dad was also the best person I can think of in terms of people who are "dads". He was always there for us in scouting, sports, hobbies and he got us involved in the things he loved from his career in air conditioning, to trips to the zoo, on down to bowling.

I still sit around wondering when things will really hit. When will I wake up and just get nailed right in the forehead with the fact that he is no longer here. I think moving so far away from home has somewhat distanced me from the emotions that I know need to come out, and at the same time I know that one day they will show their ugly faces suddenly.

Anyway Dad, we appreciate everything that you always did for us. We will never forget everything that you taught us, how accepting you were of the things we did, our families, our friends (usually), and our lifestyles even though some of that may have been hard to swallow at times. You are a very loving and kind-hearted person, and we will never take anything you did for us for granted.

I love you dad, and I miss you more than I can ever express.