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Recipe for Exploding Eggs

Think I am joking. Not today. I promised my band mate John that I would post this recipe on the internet for all to enjoy. So here is the recipe for Exploding Eggs:

18 large eggs
1 blackcat firecracker

Directions.
Let Barry scramble up the eggs and get them going on the campfire. Give Thad a firecracker that you had been trying to use to wake up band mate Jason with. Let Thad light and throw the firecracker at Barry and watch the firecracker fall into the scrambled eggs.

BOOM!!!!!


Then observe everyone laughing hysterically at the eggs that have splattered all over the tent, chairs, Thad, and Barry. The yield should be enough to serve 2 or 3 eggs when all is done.

And to add to my recipe collection I like to call this Extra Crisp Bacon:

2 packs of bacon thick sliced
2 sheets of aluminum foil to cover grill rack over grill
a lot of freakin wood

Directions:
First wrap the grill rack with aluminum foil with four very hungry men watching. At the same time ask those same hungry men to go fetch a lot of freakin fire wood to make sure the fire stays hot. All at one time add bacon to grill rack and every piece of fire wood collected and watch the magic begin. Soon you should notice the grease pouring off the grill rack into the blazing fire and create the biggest grease fire I have ever seen camping. It should yield about 12 pieces of extra cripsy burnt bacon. Careful not to burn your hand.

All of these recipes were created this past weekend when the band Travel went camping at Black Lake Youth Center right outside of Asheboro, NC. After the excitement of creating a new concept in campfire cooking we enjoyed playing to a very young audience of extremely tired youth that had to range from ages 9-17 and a few supervising adults. All set up for a wonderful weekend with friends and was wrapped up with one band mate going to the hospital with doctor's telling him there was nothing wrong with him. Glory to God in the Highest for a wonderful unforgettable weekend. That is all today from The World According to Thad.

Thoughts of The Day

If I cause turmoil in my own life and take it out on others, does it give me the right to complain and be selfish. People seem to cause grief in their own lives and then turn around and act like a victim. I say that because in the recent months I can not count on hands and toes the amount of people I encounter that have created bad situations in their lives and want to blame everyone else for their troubles. It is almost like cause and effect. I learned about this in economics class in college of all places. Your "cause" is you want to be independent and do whatever the heck you want to do with no regards to personal feelings of others. The "effect" would be you create chaos in your entire life. Its kind of like drink and driving or eating blowfish or touching the flame. If more of us would use common sense in our lives and put others before ourselves I think that more people would be happy in their lives. And that is The World According to Thad.

I Am Doing Fine

My sister and brother-in-law asked me on Thursday "Thad how are you doing, we are worried about you." My response was, "Honestly, I feel like I am in a slump." Just the night before my mom called me and ask "Thad are you okay, I am worried about you." I said "Mom I am doing okay, however things around here have been difficult."

For the past three weeks Beth and I have experienced some interesting moments. Everything from plate throwing to Beth jamming her toe on the computer desk. So to answer Angela, John, Mom, and family"Yes I am doing okay."Beth and I have received a tremendous amount of support from our loving family's. All of you have reached out in ways we cannot thank you enough for. So to my mom, Ron, dad, Mandy, Red, Linda, John, Angela, Jenni, Rik, Brenda, Tim, nieces and nephews, Jason, John, Dayne, Ashley, Jim, Carol, Sherry, and everyone else thank you.

You all my be thinking what have I done. You have been a support unit for Beth, Christian, and I for years and I wanted to personally thank all of you for all the little things you do all the time that help us as a family get by each week.

I wanted to share this because all of your generosity has not gone unnoticed. From Dayne and Ashley giving us a free weekend away to celebrate their marriage to going to Papa an Nana's house for dinner on Sundays. Thank you to mom for the help with Christian's medicine monthly to my nieces and nephews who always open their loving arms everytime I see them. To my father who help me pay my car off, help with rent, and other little things to Jason and John for their willingness to deal with my moodiness. And to everyone else we appreciate eveything you do for us.

The future is bright for Beth, Christian, and I. Everyday presents different challenges but we are up for the fight. Beth still gets tired early in the evening and Christian is doing wonderful in at school. And as for me I am doing well at work and the band is going semi smoothly. So that is all for now. Take care.