We all lose family members in life. Damn it, they just get old sometimes.
Or, in some cases, they marry in (to someone older) and then when that person passes away - move on to their next family.
It is being reported that Shirley Lamp, wife of the late Jack Lamp, has now moved forward with her life - marrying somebody of similar distinction to Kenny Rogers. In the interest of full disclosure, the only thing I think he shares with Mr. Rogers is a love of fried chicken and doing live country music performances.
That is fast moving - just five months since Jack passed away. That is not a new record though. Once Grandma Helen passed away, it was just three months later that Shirley had become the new Mrs. Lamp. Once again, in full disclosure mode, Grandma Helen had been out of it for quite awhile.
So, we in Jacksonville send a hearty congrats out to Shirley for her new love and I wish her all the best in the future.
That narrows down the Lamp family again...which will be dropping another half-branch later this year when Angela gets married.
Moving on (both literally and figuratively), in other news...
- I'm pleased to report that we can finally use the @#%#@$^@$%&#@! internet at our house again. Since the purchase of this new laptop, I've been on the phone with Comcast for at least five hours and spent a hour on the phone with Satish from India discussing why the Dell Inspiron 1525 was not playing friendly with the Comcast modem.
Needless to say, we found out that we could it working via a wireless router, allowing for this current update.
- One of the new features of the laptop is a built in camera...so look for more and more video here shortly. Especially once I figure out how to work our video camera and memory card.
- An update on the baby Jack front...is it just me, or does he look very similar to what Dad looked like when he was a baby? If so, I can't wait until he pulls a Steve and Stuey has to deal with that. I hope Stuey has the straap ready to go!
- As for our child, Bonnie is growing quite nicely and I knock on her belly to wake lil Stevie up every now and then - mainly just to tick Bonnie off as she hates anyone touching her belly.
- Also, if you are looking for auto repairs and wanted to get raped, try the Pep Boys at the corner of Atlantic Blvd. and state road 9A in Jacksonville. They wanted me to plop down $1,500 to fix a few things on the Blazer. Needless to say, I told them that we wouldn't be doing any of those repairs now or anytime soon.
- Let me also state that I'm still pretty peeved about the no Godfather thing. I don't care what religion lil Stevie is dropped into - Buddhist, Muslim, Jewish, Greek Orthodox or Baptist - he will have Godfather...it maybe Vito Corleone or Jimmy Conway, but he will have a Godfather as I will make my son an offer he can't refuse.
- I've got some other random thoughts that I want to throw out at you. Take these in, let them simmer, swish them around and then get back to us:
-I live in Florida, yet I've used the heat more this year than in any year previously. If we're supposedly suffering from global warming, I want to know where it is.
-This bailout deal is bothering me. So the government is just going to businesses that have been run into the ground money to recover from mistakes, while not giving us tax breaks to help us spend money - which is what greases the skid of the economy in the first place. Who the hell came up with that idea? I'm no economist, but to give more money to people who screwed up with the first time doesn't make a damn bit of sense to me.
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Sunday, February 1, 2009
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Welcome - Come one, Come all
Welcome to the Lamp News-Herald-Courier-Times-Post-Daily.
We here as the LampNews Industries are committed to giving you the best and most comprehensive coverage of the Lamp family.
Our company was founded long ago, when the Lamps came across from Scotland in the early part of the 1700s. In the 300 years since, LampNews Industries has developed into a very small, but deadly efficient unit.
Our network contains this site as well as links to my brother's site. We'll cover all the angles - from Baby Jack's first birthday (coming in Sept. 2009), as well as the birth of little Stevie or Molly in June.
LampNews Industries promises the most complete coverage. We hope you enjoy it.
Now onto the news...
- Joel and Bonnie Lamp have returned back to Jacksonville, Florida - with beautiful weather greeting them upon their 10-hour trek back from Alabama. The trip included stops at several state rest areas (the one outside of Dothan is quite nice for a small blip on the radar), as well as stop at the world famous Sikes & Cohn shoe store outside of Troy - where Bonnie bought a pair of open-ended tennis shoes (Ed. Note - who the heck knew that you could even buy those?)
- Joel has hit the road again - hitting the exotic hot spots of Johnson City, Tenn. and Spartanburg, S.C. Nothing beats 10 hours on a bus trip watching bad movies as loud as humanly possible without bursting your ear drums. Rumor has it that a pair of soundproof headphones are on the docket for being purchased in the near future but we have yet to get confirmation.
- By the way, it is now confirmed that Joel is the new patriarch of the family - being the elder statesman of the clan. Since taking the office, he's brought a new "Godfather-esque" approach to the position - giving many people an offer they can't refuse.
- There is eagerness in Jax-vegas for Jan. 14 and Bonnie's monthly trip to the girlie doctor. It is believed that on the trip the sex of the newest Lamp will be determined. LampNews is happy to confirm that if it is a little boy, it will be named Joel Steven Lamp, II, and will go by his middle name - little Stevie (at least while he's little).
If the youngster is a girl, there are two named being bandied about at the Lamp house now. Rumors persist that Bonnie is dead set on Molly Claire Lamp while Joel is pushing a traditional Southern name - like Scarlett Susannah Lamp (although naming a girl S.S. Lamp would not be a good idea. One of the two "S" names is what he's pushing at this point).
There is some disappointment in Decatur with several family members not being in the naming process. Grandmother Clara Meares was hoping for Clara Jo Lamp, which had a snowball's chance in hell of coming true.
- Another disappointment came when Joel found out that it would not be possible for him to actually be the Godfather for his nephew Jack, since the Presbyterians do not acknowledge the position. He tried to give them an offer they couldn't refuse to make it happen, but he made an offer to one person that could refure - God.
"It's a shame that the Presbyterians do not acknowledge this position as I believe this will be a great honor for both Jack and myself," Joel was quoted as saying. "While we don't agree with this position, we have to respect their beliefs."
When asked whether his child would have a Godfather, Joel was taken aback.
"I'm going to have to do some research as to what church we'll be attending at that point,"Joel said. "We're currently looking at our options and their is a really nice Hindu temple down the road that has a great Sunday brunch. I've always wanted to swim in the Ganges River, so it may work out for all of us."
We here as the LampNews Industries are committed to giving you the best and most comprehensive coverage of the Lamp family.
Our company was founded long ago, when the Lamps came across from Scotland in the early part of the 1700s. In the 300 years since, LampNews Industries has developed into a very small, but deadly efficient unit.
Our network contains this site as well as links to my brother's site. We'll cover all the angles - from Baby Jack's first birthday (coming in Sept. 2009), as well as the birth of little Stevie or Molly in June.
LampNews Industries promises the most complete coverage. We hope you enjoy it.
Now onto the news...
- Joel and Bonnie Lamp have returned back to Jacksonville, Florida - with beautiful weather greeting them upon their 10-hour trek back from Alabama. The trip included stops at several state rest areas (the one outside of Dothan is quite nice for a small blip on the radar), as well as stop at the world famous Sikes & Cohn shoe store outside of Troy - where Bonnie bought a pair of open-ended tennis shoes (Ed. Note - who the heck knew that you could even buy those?)
- Joel has hit the road again - hitting the exotic hot spots of Johnson City, Tenn. and Spartanburg, S.C. Nothing beats 10 hours on a bus trip watching bad movies as loud as humanly possible without bursting your ear drums. Rumor has it that a pair of soundproof headphones are on the docket for being purchased in the near future but we have yet to get confirmation.
- By the way, it is now confirmed that Joel is the new patriarch of the family - being the elder statesman of the clan. Since taking the office, he's brought a new "Godfather-esque" approach to the position - giving many people an offer they can't refuse.
- There is eagerness in Jax-vegas for Jan. 14 and Bonnie's monthly trip to the girlie doctor. It is believed that on the trip the sex of the newest Lamp will be determined. LampNews is happy to confirm that if it is a little boy, it will be named Joel Steven Lamp, II, and will go by his middle name - little Stevie (at least while he's little).
If the youngster is a girl, there are two named being bandied about at the Lamp house now. Rumors persist that Bonnie is dead set on Molly Claire Lamp while Joel is pushing a traditional Southern name - like Scarlett Susannah Lamp (although naming a girl S.S. Lamp would not be a good idea. One of the two "S" names is what he's pushing at this point).
There is some disappointment in Decatur with several family members not being in the naming process. Grandmother Clara Meares was hoping for Clara Jo Lamp, which had a snowball's chance in hell of coming true.
- Another disappointment came when Joel found out that it would not be possible for him to actually be the Godfather for his nephew Jack, since the Presbyterians do not acknowledge the position. He tried to give them an offer they couldn't refuse to make it happen, but he made an offer to one person that could refure - God.
"It's a shame that the Presbyterians do not acknowledge this position as I believe this will be a great honor for both Jack and myself," Joel was quoted as saying. "While we don't agree with this position, we have to respect their beliefs."
When asked whether his child would have a Godfather, Joel was taken aback.
"I'm going to have to do some research as to what church we'll be attending at that point,"Joel said. "We're currently looking at our options and their is a really nice Hindu temple down the road that has a great Sunday brunch. I've always wanted to swim in the Ganges River, so it may work out for all of us."
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