Collecting for Baby McBroom

I have been collecting these books for our baby since we lived in our 450sq. ft. Apartment at OC.
I think it totally awesome to have a children's book with your last name on it. I am so excited about making a book shelf and putting them on it. Just another thing that I am so excited about with the baby.

Baby McBroom - 5 weeks

Isn't it cute! I mean behold the power of God!

Katie and Stephen you have finally gotten pregnant! Where are you going next?

The tradition continues. Also I would just like to thank everyone for their wonderful comments. I am still in shock. I am just so astonished by the power of God. I love my wife so much. Sorry for the sap. I don't think I will ever get off of this joy cloud. Also aren't Patty's glasses awesome!
It feels good not to be the only four eyes in the family. God is AWESOME!

GUESS WHAT GOD DID!

GOD DID IT! WE ARE HAVING A BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Family Orgins

Here is an awesome image of my family crest, as well as some great information of the origin.

I am probably the only one who will get excited about this, but man how cool!

Your a HIT!

I found this website recently and I thought you might want to know what was the #1 song on your birthday. Check it out!

My Hit song on 5/23/1977 was, drum roll please......................................

Sir Duke, by Stevie Wonder

What's yours? (that means post it on the comments)

What's your number one hit!

A lesson from God on the idea of "I can't"

Hoop Hero

Greece Athena senior Jason McElwain who came off the bench, and in 4 minutes connected on six three pointers. He ended up with 20 points. Autism be darned. CBS Evening News showcased Jason's story on national TV Thursday.We showed the amazing video of an autistic kid who did the unthinkable at a recent Greece Athena basketball game. He scored 20 points in the last four minutes. Dave Yates sat down with this young star about what seems like a fairy tale dream.It really doesn't get much better than this, a true example of how sports can create a positive experience. It was the type of story a Hollywood studio would dream up. The team manager comes off the bench and scores in his final home game. But Greece Athena senior Jason McElwain made this dream a reality and then some, scoring 20 points"My first shot was an airball, by a lot. Then I missed a layup and then as soon as the first shot went in and then the second shot, as soon as that went in I just started to catch fire," says Jason.Like any good Hollywood story, this one has a twist. Not only had Jason never played in varsity game before, he's also autistic."This is the first moment Jason has ever succeeded and proud of himself. I look at autism as the Berlin Wall, he cracked it," says Jason's mom, Debbie McElwain."I've had a lot of thrills in coaching and I've coached alot of wonderful kids, but I've never experienced something like this ever in my life, you know other than my own personal family things. My emotions, I couldn't stop crying," says Athena head coach Jim Johnson.Getting to this point hasn't been easy for Jason. His autism is a condition that has made some people uncomfortable to be around him. Obviously the kids at Athena don't feel that way"He's a cool kid, you just get to know him. You get used to being around him. A couple weeks ago he missed practice because he was sick and you feel differently when he's not around because he brings humor and life to the team," says Athena basketball player Levar Goff.Jason's accomplishment on the court was nice, but he's not done yet."If Jason gets a high school diploma, that will be my biggest success."Jason said that when they lifted him up on their shoulders after the game he felt great...kinda like the way he made everyone around him feel. He wants to dedicate that game to all the graduating seniors at Athena.

Click here to see actual footage.

What do you do when your OU lovin inlaws move into a house with a Texas A& M design on the front of it?

YOU TAKE PICTURES!

Bad Advertising Part II

I can get the WHOLE mall for $99?

BAD ADVERTISING!

Friday, instead of being for odd news, will be my chance to rip bad advertising. So here is victim number one!


They're not just regular initials. They're personalized initials. Custom personalized initials.
Oh, wait, they aren't even initials. They're "intials". My mistake.

Belated Whatever Wednesday & Thursday Thoughts

Nobody I know now, ever knew me in high school, so here is a back to the future moment.
This is me, a junior on my band trip to the Bahamas. I am singing Kareokee on our cruise ship.
A special prize to the person that can give me either the artist or the song I am singing. I will give the person who can give me both 10.00. Good Luck.

Thursday Thoughts

1. Why do you go “back and forth” to town if you really must go forth before you go back?

2. Why do os shaped macaroni taste better than the normal kind?

3. Why is vanilla ice cream white when vanilla extract is brown?

4. Why can't you get a tan on your palms?

5. If your sick for one week and on one of those days they had to cancel school because of snow,
do you have to make up that day in June?

6. Why do dogs sniff other dog’s bottoms to say hello, why don’t they just bark in their face or something?

7. Why do companies offer you "free gifts?" Since when has a gift NOT been free?

8. If something "goes without saying," why do people still say it?

9. You know the expression, "Don't quit your day job?" Well what do you say to people that work nights?

10. Why isn't chocolate considered a vegetable, if chocolate comes from cocoa beans, and all beans are a vegetable?

Tribute Tuesday

William Post III (66) Pennsylvania man who won a $16.2 million jackpot and bitterly called it the lottery of death after his life turned sour, who started various businesses with siblings that failed, saw his sixth wife move out and his brother be convicted of trying to kill him, and was sued by his landlady and some-times girlfriend for one-third of his winnings, who was also convicted of assault for firing a shotgun over the head of a man who came to his mansion to collect a bill in the early 1990s, and who was left with about $1 million after all bills and debts where paid off, died of respiratory failure in Seneca, Pennsylvania on January 15, 2006.

If you have ever thought to yourself why can't I just win the Lottery, then you can share in this tribute and thank your lucky stars! Money is not the key to ANY problem. Open a Bible to find that.

So I give a one million, piano falls on your head, two million, mauled by a grizzly bear, three million, get rare disease and have to amputate all apendages salute to William Post III.

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Congradulations! All though you could have spent it doing something a whole lot more productive than counting.

Wacky Uses Weekend

Lipton® Tea Bags

1. Deodorize your feet. Boil three or four Lipton Flo-Thru Tea Bags in one quart of water for ten minutes. Add enough cold water to make a comfortable soak. Soak your feet for twenty to thirty minutes, then dry and apply food powder. Do this twice a day until odor is under control. Then continue twice a week to keep odor under control. Tannin, which can be found in tea, is a drying agent.

2. Dye graying white fabrics. If Clorox bleach won't whiten a graying white garment, soak the item in hot, strong brewed Lipton Tea until it is a shade darker than you desire. Then rinse in cold water and let dry.

3. Highlight brown hair. Rinse red or brown hair with brewed Lipton Tea for golden highlights.

4. Relieve sunburn pain. Pat your sunburn with wet Lipton Flo-Thru Tea Bags.

5. Accelerate the germination of grass seeds. Mix two tablespoons of cold, strong brewed Lipton Tea into each pound of seed, cover, and set in the refrigerator for five days. Before sowing, spread the seed to dry for a day or two on newspapers on the garage or basement floor.

6. Deodorize stuffy rooms. Mix one quart brewed Lipton Tea and four tablespoons ReaLemon, strain through a Mr. Coffee Filter, and store in empty spray bottles.

7. Soothe a sore throat or laryngitis. Drink brewed Lipton Tea with ReaLemon or SueBee Honey.

8. Invigorate house plants. Water ferns and other houseplants once a week with a weak, tepid brewed Lipton Tea.

9. Polish black lacquer. Wash black lacquer pieces with strong brewed Lipton Tea, then wipe dry with a soft cloth.

10. Help relieve diarrhea. Drink plenty of Lipton Tea and eat toast. The tannin in tea is reported to be helpful in cases of diarrhea, while its liquid replaces fluids lost by the body.

11. Soothe tired eyes. Place Lipton Flo-Thru Tea Bags soaked in cool water or lukewarm water over your eyes for at least fifteen minutes.

12. Soothe a burn. Apply wet Lipton Flo-Thru Tea Bags directly to the burn, or secure in place with gauze.

13. Stop gums from bleeding after having a tooth pulled. Press a cool, moist Lipton Flo-Thru Tea Bag against the cavity with your finger.

14. Fix a broken fingernail. Cut a piece of gauze paper from a Lipton Flo-Thru Tea Bag to fit the nail, coat with Maybelline Crystal Clear Nail Polish, and press gently against the break. Then cover with colored nail polish.

15. Clean varnished woodwork. Cold Lipton Tea is a good cleaning agent for any kind of woodwork.

16. Tenderize meat. Add equal parts strong brewed Lipton Tea and double strength beef stock to a tough pot roast or stew. The tannin in tea is a natural meat tenderizer

Stephen McBroom in no way guarantees any of these uses or can be held responsible for the use of them.

Freaky Friday

Baby feeds on dog's milk Reuters - Thu Feb 9, 8:57 AM ET
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - A Tanzanian mother went into hysterics when she found her six month-old baby suckling dog's milk, a local daily reported Thursday.
Burglar steals police car from station Reuters - Thu Feb 9, 8:58 AM ET
BERLIN (Reuters) - Detectives in Germany were dumbstruck after a man they had just booked for burglary walked out of the police station and drove off in one of their cars, authorities said Wednesday.
Olympic team still waiting for lost luggage Reuters - Thu Feb 9, 8:58 AM ET
MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish Winter Olympic team have got off to an unfortunate start to the Games with several members of the 31-strong squad still waiting for their luggage to turn up after arriving in Turin Monday.
Ban rock concerts and football games? Reuters - Thu Feb 9, 8:58 AM ET
DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - An Iowa sheriff's decision to hand out tickets instead of arrests for small amounts of marijuana invited a lawmaker's slap that it would be simpler to ban rock concerts and football games.
Solitaire Game Gets NYC Worker Fired AP - Fri Feb 10, 9:54 AM ET
NEW YORK - Mayor Michael Bloomberg isn't playing games — after he saw a game of solitaire on a city employee's computer screen, he fired him.
Berlusconi says he's like Napoleon, only taller Reuters - 24 minutes ago
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Friday only Napoleon had done more for his country but boasted he was taller than the French emperor.
Colorado Woman Delivers Baby in a Toilet AP - Fri Feb 10, 6:37 AM ET
LITTLETON, Colorado - A premature baby survived after being delivered in a toilet, police said.
Islanders comb beach for washed-up shoe cargo Reuters - 5 minutes ago
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Thousands of sports shoes washed up onto a Dutch island on Friday after a passing container ship lost part of its cargo, attracting hundreds of local residents anxious to find their size.
3-Feet-Tall Woman Has Healthy Son AP - Fri Feb 10, 11:46 AM ET
PALO ALTO, Calif. - A woman who is 3 feet tall and weighed 37 pounds before she got pregnant has given birth to her first child — a healthy boy.
Bolivia minister wants coca fed to school children Reuters - 1 hour, 26 minutes ago
LA PAZ, Bolivia (Reuters) - Bolivia's foreign minister says coca leaves, the raw material for cocaine, are so nutritious they should be included on school breakfast menus.
Woman Whistles Through Her Toes AP - Thu Feb 9, 9:22 PM ET
NEW YORK - One Oklahoma woman might get cold feet if she comes to New York and tries to hail a cab. But Betty Bell will have to do just that if she's going to whistle.
Japanese said "feeding whale meat to dogs" Reuters - 1 hour, 33 minutes ago
LONDON (Reuters) - Japan's stock of whale meat from hunting for scientific research is so large that the country has begun selling it as dog food, a leading marine conservation organisation said on Friday.
Burglar Eats, Watches TV and Checks E-Mail AP - Thu Feb 9, 6:13 PM ET
WEST BEND, Wis. - Authorities are seeking a burglar who allegedly took the time to make coffee, cook and eat meals, take showers, pick out a change of clothes, watch television and check his e-mail while inside three rural Washington County homes this month.
Cabbie reunited with fare-dodger Reuters - Fri Feb 10, 11:41 AM ET
BERLIN (Reuters) - After dodging a cab fare, the last thing a man in Germany expected was to be reunited with his victim when he phoned for another taxi, police said on Friday.
Philly Bus Driver Tosses Woman Off Bus AP - Thu Feb 9, 5:26 PM ET
PHILADELPHIA - A transit bus driver grabbed a woman by the hair, knocked her head into a pole, opened the door and tossed her into traffic after she yelled at him for missing her stop, police said.
Man jailed for mass looting of ticket machines Reuters - Fri Feb 10, 9:00 AM ET
BERLIN (Reuters) - A city clerk in Germany who stole around 1 million euros ($1.20 million) worth of coins from parking ticket machines has been sentenced to over four years in prison, a court in the western city of Aachen said on Friday.
Cricketers in 'Haunted House' Get Injured AP - Thu Feb 9, 9:32 PM ET
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Five first-class cricketers sharing an alleged haunted house in the South Island city of Dunedin have been hit by a "spooky" run of injuries since taking up residence in the former home for the terminally ill.

Thursday's Thoughts

1. If a baseball player hits a home run over the fence, but then dies before he can
run around the bases, does the home run count?

2. If a General is a higher ranking officer than a Major, then why is a major illness
worse than a general illness?

3. Why don't they make Root Beer flavored ice cream? Wouldn't it be better than
root beer floats?

4. Why is there never a full English dinner or tea but there is always a full English
breakfast?

5. What is the point in saying "may I ask" and then follow it up with a question?

6. Is it possible to be allergic to water?

7. When an atheist swears on a Bible before they testify in court do they have to tell
the whole truth and nothing but the truth since they don't believe in God?

8. Why do cats like to dig their paws into something before they lay down on it?

9. If a pack of gum says that each piece is 10 calories, is that amount just chewing
the gum, or also for swallowing it?

WHAT EVER WEDNESDAY!

These are the three ads that I came up with for our recent wedding show. I came up with the concept of someone letting Uncle Bob have control over the most imporant parts of their wedding. The idea is that you wouldn't let Uncle Bob buy your dress, rings, or cake; why let him shoot your wedding video. They were a big hit at the show.

Tribute Tuesday

Ok, I know, What a change in the format already!

Yes, mainly because I have this first letter of the day thing going and TW doesn't work. Now TT does. So needless to say Tribute Wednesday is now Tribute Tuesday.

Tom Nugent (92) football coach credited with developing the I formation at Virginia Military Institute who later coached at Florida State and Maryland, who was also credited with creating the typewriter huddle where players stood in two rows rather than a circle while plays were being called, who was a head coach for 17 years and was a member of the College Football Hall of Fame for his innovations, died of congestive heart failure in Tallahassee, Florida on January 19, 2006.

If you have ever played football, either for real or on a game system, you can share in this tribute.

I give a DOWN SET HUT HUT!, salute to...

Tom Nugent!

Miracle Monday

Monday will be devoted to Miracles that happen throught out the week.

This week goes to the Pittsburg Steelers!

That's right, the Super Bowl Champion Pittsburg Steelers!

Why, you ask.

Let's Put it this way if you look at the stats to yesterdays Super Bowl, you will see that it was nothing short of a Miracle that the Steelers won.

How does a team lose when it outgains an opponent by 57 yards, controls time of possession and wins the turnover battle?

EASY! A MIRACLE (in the form of the worst referee performance in Super Bowl history)

Wacky Uses Weekend

Every Weekend I will give you an object and some wacky uses for it.

Today...

Crayola® Chalk

1.Prevent an ant invasion. Draw a line of Crayola Chalk around windows and doors outside your home, and around water pipes inside your home. Ants will not cross a chalk line.

2.Clean ring-around-the-collar. Mark the stain heavily with white Crayola Chalk. The chalk will absorb the sebum oil that holds in the dirt.

3.Prevent silverware from tarnishing. Place a piece of Crayola Chalk in your silver chest to absorb moisture.

4.Cover spots on white suede. Rub with Crayola chalk.
Prevent tools from rusting. Place a few pieces of Crayola Chalk in your toolbox to absorb moisture.

5.Prevent dampness in a closet. Tie together a handful of Crayola Chalk and hang the bundle from the clothes rod to absorb moisture.

6.Prevent a screwdriver from slipping. Rub Crayola Chalk on the tip.

7.Polish marble and metal. Pulverize a few sticks of Crayola Chalk with a mortar and pestle until it is a fine powder. Dip a soft cloth in the powder, wipe the marble or metal, then rinse with clear water, and dry thoroughly.

8.Fill a hole in a plaster wall. Insert a piece of Crayola Chalk into the hole, cut it off even with the wall, then plaster.

9.Repel slugs. Slugs will not cross a chalk line.

10.Remove grease. Rub Crayola Chalk on a grease spot on clothing or table linens, let it absorb the oil, then brush off. Launder as usual.

11.Draw on sidewalks. Create games, maps, and adventures.

12.Prevent costume jewelry from tarnishing. Place a piece of Crayola Chalk in your jewelry box.

Stephen McBroom in no way guarantees any of these uses or can be held resposible for the use of them.