THE TIMEKEEPER CHRONICLES

Dangit. No money, but finding stuff like this on the Woot! forums is hilarious....LOL

Good reading material.

Of course, the coveted Bag Of Crap! Though I have tried and tried to get this stupid bag, I haven't been able to get one yet. But...maybe this time I will. M U S T H A V E C R A P!

Here's my truck. Just went and picked it up this morning. It's a 1996 Dodge Ram 1500 Laramie SLT, 2WD, 5.2L (318ci)automatic. Perfect. And, it only has 77,000 miles on it! And, I know the fella I bought it from, and he's an old car buff himself, he bought this new, and he's very meticulous in the maintenance of his vehicles. So I know it's in great shape. $2200...I couldn't pass it up.

Of course, no excuses for not posting, but we have been busy here at the home front. And, really, there just ain't been much to post about. lol. Actually, there is always something to BS about, but I just haven't been that inspired lately. So, I guess today's post is just BS.

Recent events include my finding a new truck! Ok, it's not new, but new to me. I will post a pic soon. As a result, anyone interested in a 1998 Camaro? I will be selling it here very soon, so let me know. I hate to have to sell it, since I'm still a car buff, and though it's not necessarily a 'classic', it does tote the classic 'Camaro' nameplate. I have got to have a truck, it only makes sense. And since my lovely son decided to see how well the 'ol Ranger would hold up in a crash test, I haven't had any access to a truck, and really miss it. So I found a good deal on one, in which is unusual, since the Miller's often think they found a deal, and end up getting screwed. Dad say's "If you can't lose money on a deal, where's the challenge"? LOL.

I'm trying to break that Miller tradition as much as possible.

Not that this is BS, but here's some recent pics from the Ft.Desoto beach with the kids and friends.

Today we celebrate the birthday of our Great Nation, The United States Of America. Though I don't agree with some of the things that are happening in our nation today, I still cherish my freedom, and stand behind her..even to death, if that's what it takes to protect my freedom. Everyone needs to stop today, and go back, spend just a little time to reflect on our Nation's history, and realize that the freedom that we enjoy today did not come free. If it weren't for brave men and women, who stood up and believed so strongly in a united, free people, we simply wouldn't be here. I feel a bit Patriotic today, and really just want to tell folks how I feel about it. Here's some links to some history. Plus, if you have cable or satellite, right now (most of the day) on The History Channel, they are running programs about the Revolution of America. Very, very interesting. It makes me proud to be an American.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." - Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration Of Independence

The History Channel - Fourth Of July

The Library Of Congress American Memory

The Charters Of Freedom

Enjoy your freedom.

Yesterday evening, we went to see what I thought was a very good flick called WALL-E. This Pixar flick was one of their best as far as I'm concerned. At times it was almost hard to tell if it was real or computer animated...very good effects and a good story. A great movie for the family, so I'd recommend getting out of the house and go see it.

Well, happy belated Father's Day to all you dad's out there. I know I had an awesome one (though I had to work all day Sunday), but I still had a great one because I was totally suprised at what I got for a gift....speechless. My lovely wife and kids got me a Nikon D60 SLR 10.2MP camera! Holy Crap! It was completely awesome and I love it. The bottom line is that they like me taking pics of them lol, but that's ok, 'cause that's what I like to do...preserving memories, hence the name "The Timekeeper". The Timekeeper has now went up a notch, so I might have to start a real business.

Of course, I had to takes some pics of the camera to share. SHWEEEEEEET.

WOW! Jeremy walked last night to receive his diploma. This was a great accomplishment and we are very proud of him. Time truely passes by too quick, because it seems like yesterday he started 1st grade. But, here we are and we now have an official graduate getting ready to start the rest of his life. Join us in wishing him the best.

P.S. Jeremy - - now it's time to get a real job! LOL

Really, there have been a ton things happening here...end of school programs, getting ready for a high school graduation, friends' gradutions, etc. But, we are still here, and living the crazy life.

Saturday, we had a graduation bash for Jeremy. Everyone had a big time. Here's some pics from the party..

Here's a funny as crap spoof on the new Burger King commercial done by MJ and crew. Had to laugh.

This is too funny...



Recognize anyone?

Just hanging around the back yard, minding my own businss and the all of a sudden this loud noise comes out of nowhere, and I look up and there I see a couple of fast US Thunderbird fighter jets doing a fly by. These things are absolutely amazing. Actually, the Sun-n-fun was going on and the Thunderbirds were part of the show. These were about the best pictures I could get because they were just going to dang fast.

Here's some pictures from the recent Mulberry Relay For Life. Everyone had a super time, and it was a huge success. The Relay managed to raise $75,000 for cancer research. WOW! Thanks for all the support.

Mik and Co.
Relay Crowd
Ladder Truck & The US Flag
Britt
The Campsite
Cancer Survivors
Grammie, Mik, and Dad Miller
Danny, Sambo, and Cheryl
Rest In Peace, Alyson
Michelle (Michael). Ok, he dressed up for a competition to win a cordless drill, but he came in 3rd.

I'm sure ya'll have seen these virals on YouTube. I just thought I'd share them here 'cause they are so funny.

Here's the kid saying something about 'bloohud'..and he gets pretty hacked that no one seems to care :-)



And of course...I'm gonna kick your 'ask'

Believe it or not, there just hasn't been much lately to post. We have been busy with school, work, life... yes, believe it or not, I don't always have too much time on my hands :-). So, here's just some random stuff...just to let ya'll know we are still alive.

How 'bout chillin with Bocephus!

This is something you won't find at a zoo...flying, screaming monkeys! A 2+ day WootOff, and all I ended up getting was these two Screaming Monkeys! Actually, they are pretty cool, and we all got a big laugh out of them. Here they are hanging out at the Banana Bar.

Spring has sprung, and we have had some awesome afternoon rains come through here lately..kinda like summertime. Here's a few pics from around our house after a recent storm.

I guess our theme song would have to be "Walk On" by Boston. Seems to fit :-)

(Click 'play' below and be prepared to jam out with the air guitar)

Here we are into another year, and the 2008 Relay For Life is getting ready to kick off in Mulberry in April. Susan has been busy working on the Mulberry Relay For Life planning board, along with putting together our own little team, The Faith Walkers.

Please join us in supporting the ACS. Here's a link to our ACS homepage. And, here's a link to the Faith Walkers Page

Here's a little news clip that was out a few years ago about Brad Richards and the "Richy's Rascals". We just so happened to be at the game that night when Channel 10 News showed up to do a story about Brad Richards. This was really cool.

(You'll have to turn up the volume because the sound is not that great)

Well, I know this is old news now, but just thought I'd share a couple of pics from our visits with Brad Richards. We really liked him as an awesome hockey player and as a person. He was always good to the cancer kids and their families in our area by donating a suite in the St.Pete Times Forum for all of the home games. He will be missed and I hate to see him go. I wish Brad the best and we will always be a fan.

I recently shortened and updated the earlier version of this video in which depicts Mikayla's journey with Osteosarcoma. I added a few extra pictures near the end, and took a few out in order to cut it down to one song (slightly extended).

Plans are to share this video with folks involved with the upcoming Relay For Life in April. Susan is on the Mulberry board, and think sharing this video would provide our experience..the bad and the good. God Bless.

*Update for techies: I switched from Youtube to IMEEM - I like the look and performance of this player better. CYA

I yanked the hd out of the corrupt pc (on the floor) and stuck it in an old computer I had in order to retrieve as much recent data as possible. This was fun.
Here I am considering a final fate for the PC
Here is it getting formatted


Hello folks. Nice to be here. There has been some much unexpected technical difficulties at the Miller's house. One big enough to have to do the ol' FDISK! I will take some of the blame for this failure, but I give most of it to STUPID NORTON INTERNET SECURITY.

You know, I'm big into keeping our computers/home network safe from all the crap that's out there. And I have been updating and giving my money to Norton for the last 6 years to do so. And overall, everything has been fine until.....they recently wanted me to update my Norton to the latest NIS2008....for free! How could I not do that? Well, I shouldn't have, because the next thing I know web pages wouldn't load, you couldn't print from either IE7 or Outlook Express. And here I go, searching about a million forums, Windows updates...every where in order to find what what happened, and to get a fix. In my journeys, I did find enough information to get the thing to where it would work, but things still weren't quite right. In another forum, I discovered that the problem could lie in the registry. Our computer *had* two admin accounts, one being mine, and one being Susan's. It was her account that had all the problems (now why is that?) Anyway, a long story short, I went screwing around with the registry to see if I could get it to work, and WALA!.............IT DIDN'T! Not only did it not fix the problem, it completey CRASHED.

My head hung low. I've been defeated. This piece of crap. Like alot of people nowadays, the home computer is almost a necessity because we now do so much with them. My biggest thing has been the videos, pictures, all the editing software, financial stuff, etc. But, I am at least half way smart, I did have a bunch of backups...actually one as recently as January. How about that.

The Dell had to be formatted, and a fresh copy of WinXP Pro installed. And there is NO Norton on my computer. (I recommend AVGFree for all you cheapo's out there - it works perfect). Other than all the work that I had to do get this thing up and going again, it actually has been a blessing because the thing runs as good as it did when I got it. And Susan is happy because I can now stop talking about getting a new computer (at least for a while).