Yesterday, while walking to work, I got to see REO Speedwagon preforming on a boat in the middle of the Chicago River. Some stunt put on by Jonathon Brandmeier and The Loop (WLUP). If I had a phone with a decent camera I would have taken a picture to post. Oh well.

Spent the day home with two sick kids and two roofers. Had to have a new $700 roof put on the back porch. The good news it that the rain doesn’t run down the porch wall anymore. Sweet!

When I was a kid my neighbor, Chad, and I were obsessed with the idea of defending ourselves if someone broke into our house at night. We had all kinds of attack plans and random weapons planted around our rooms. We would review/share our plans with each other quite often. Heck, we even invented a weapon or two. That is why I’m surprised that I never thought of this one.

My friend, Kevin, has tagged me for a blog meme. This one is “8 random things about myself”.

1. Until the last year or so of high school I went by my middle name, Shane. Once my good friends found out my first name was Ward, they took it and ran with it. Once I was in college it was just too much effort to ask all of my teachers to call me by my middle name, so I officially became Ward.

2. During the summer of 1991 I joined the army with plans to fly helicopters. Near the end of basic training I got sick, pucked up blood, and was discharged with a perforated peptic ulcer. In hind sight, it’s probably best that it didn’t work out. I don’t think I would have liked being in the army much.

3. I love tomatoes on my grilled cheese & ketchup in my mac & cheese.

4. When I was a kid I wanted to be either a veterinarian or a marine biologist. But who didn’t?

5. I can’t say the word lozenge. No matter how hard I try it just won’t come out right. My wife finds great entertainment in this fact.

6. I was a vegetarian for about 8 years. A couple years ago I started eating meat again. A couple months ago I stopped eating meat again. I guess I’m currently a vegetarian.

7. I really really really hope that the rumors about Google making a smartphone are true.

8. I really don’t like raspberries. But my wife, who LOVES raspberries, always insists on offering me a bit of any raspberry dish she eats. Oh I love that woman.

For the past week or so my right eyes lid has had a nearly constant twitch. It’s pretty bad today and is driving me crazy. Maybe if I wore an eye patch it would feel better. Wonder if I could pull off the pirate look.