I've been busy, so the blog has fallen by the wayside, but I made some time for the Halleigh Show. Click "continue reading" to watch.

Once again, here's your weekly Halleigh Show clips. Today we have three videos. The first one is just random footage that we've gathered in the last week or so. The second one is Halleigh hanging out with our cousins, Bill and Sandy Green, who live in NOVA and were our some of our closest friends while we lived up there. The third clip is from our visit to our old church in VA, Gateway Bible Church. Jay, the pastor dedicated Brooklynne and I (and the church) to the Godly raising of our daughter. This is the clip from the end of the service.

If you think hip hop is an art, and that it's the most sophisticated American musical form since hot jazz, then you will appreciate the alphabet rap.

Here are a couple clips of our Canadian experience.

It's time again for the Halleigh show. This week is a special show because Brooklynne put it together. If Brooklynne's videography is as prolific as her photography, Halleigh-watchers are in luck!

Before we get to the video, I'd like to quickly plug next week's show also. Brooklynne and I are headed to nova tonight, and we're staying the weekend and showing off Halleigh to all our old friends so we should have ALOT of great footage. Alright, on to the main event....

The Halleigh show has been delayed and it will air today between 12 and 1pm.

I know I've been flooding my readers with scooter stuff lately, but I just haven't found that great sailboating blog yet. Anyway, check out these two links, and then click continue reading for a fun video.

Electric scooters will soon be coming to America. This one claims to have the performance of a 200cc gasoline engine. It's ugly, but it has zero emissions.

What about all that cargo space you give up when you drive a scooter. Never Fear.

Monday, an important hurdle was cleared in the quest for a mountain cabin. Mom and dad's offer on a plot of land was accepted--pending a perk test. The property is a 10.5 acre, Nevada-shaped section of woodland outside Independence, VA. It follows an intermittent creek up a small drainage to a ridge. We think the highest elevation is a little over 2800 feet, although the placement and scale of the perimeter on the topo map above is only approximate. Dad sighted one deer on the property during his last visit and mom reported hearing a wild turkey. The other major attraction of this location is its close proximity to the Grayson Highlands, Mt. Rogers (highest point in VA), the Appalachian Trail, and the New River, which you can see at the right edge of the map above.

I'll tell you this, she'll be about thirty before I let a boy get that close to her!

It's been a while since we posted pictures of Halleigh, so here are a few from Sunday, when Halleigh turned six weeks old. Unfortunately, the full-size files were taking too long to upload, so I'll have to post those later. Click "continue reading" to view the pictures.

Well, due to the disappearance of the "Lost Episodes" we'll just pick up with day 11 of the tour, when Cory and I hung out in Yellowstone National Park and then drove up through Montana to Polebridge. This was actually our second time through Montana. The day before, we had driven up to Billings just in time to be serenaded by a 400-pound gravitron carnie at the Montana state fair, who had a passionate love for old Poison Ballads. Between Yellowstone and Glacier, we had time to hang out in the hot springs and we saw a firefighting hellicopter which was entirely new to a couple of east coast boys who thought forest fires were rare. This is the event that inspired my dream of becoming a flame jumper.

A terrible situation has developed in the saga that is the Youth Gone Wild Tour. Tape 4 has disappeared from my camera case. This tape records the nefarious journey through South Dakota and the debauchery of Rapid City.

But never fear, I will continue the YGW retrospective with a clip from tape 5 today at noon. Later, when I have time to track down tape 4, I'll post a special edition "YGW--the Lost Episodes."

You may remember that I swore off UNC football until the team got a quality win (sorry, Dook and State don't count). But I'm making a slight exception to the rule. I made a bet this week with David Kernodle that the Irish would beat UNC and I gave him a 60 point spead. I know what you are saying.... We'll lose, but surely not by that much. Well, here's my reasoning. We've already lost to Clemson by 45 this season. We lost to Lousiville last year by 55. Our defence is worse this season than last, and we've got a pair of quarterbacks that adverage about 14 interceptions a game. On top of that, Notre Dame needs a huge win to remain in the BCS hunt, and Charlie Weiss will make sure they know that UNC is the fattest target on their schedule.

If UNC comes closer than 60 points, I'll gladly buy a pizza for David, and I'll bet a shiney penny against all other takers.

I was on the 2strokebuzz website yesterday and I picked up a couple interesting tidbits. First, Piagio released its new 2007 accessory list and there are a couple of helmets that I think I can live with. The question is whether to go with the orange mini helmet or the 5/8ths helmet that looks like the helmets worn by Red Leader in Star Wars Episode IV.

Another interesting note from 2strokebuzz: a San Francisco law student beat the rap on a ticket for parking on the sidewalk. Read his defence here.

When you're a parent every mundane detail is important. That's why I love clips like this one, which is essentially just another bit of tummy time. The first half is Halleigh's effort to turn over, but she stalls out mid-turn. In the second half, check out Halleigh's little leg kicking like crazy. I'm convinced that if her arms were strong enough to support her body, she would already be scooting around the house.

When is halloween mentioned in the Bible? When Jesus invented it, of course! Well, not really, but Andrew Dowsett offers an interesting comment on the holiday. I couldn't find a permalink, so if he posts again before you link to his site from here, you'll have to go back through the entries to find the one for Oct. 31.

For a more silly, but refreshing, rationale for us to enjoy this time of year, check out the Great Pumpkin's Toast.

Any one care to comment on their favorite costume, memory, candy, or concern from all hallows' eve?

Yesterday, I stumbled on a great movie review site called cinekklesia.com. The site has thoughtful reviews of both popular mainstream films and off-beat, independent, and special interest works.

I have one gripe with the site though: its review of The Prestige. I really liked the movie, (despite my experience being hampered by a fussy child) and since cinekklesia is powered by a blogging engine, I was able to argue my case in the comments section. O'Donovan, the reviewer, even posted a swift reply (he thought the themes I loved were overshadowed, incidental and undeveloped--I thought they were subtle and appropriately non-didactic). You can find the review, my response, and his reply here.

Even though blogs can be an especially frustrating format when you don't see eye-to-eye, the site is excellent and worth a periodic check whenever new films appear.