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Friday, October 25, 2013

No pun intended: Dreaming of a brighter future for my Phoenix Suns

Distant Video Replay of 2013 #36: KPNX 12 News Open (1986)

Dreaming of a good life for our future newborn son

As I sit here and ponder my family's future, I think a lot about the future of my son Ben.  He has yet to be born, but I can't help to think about how limitless his future is.

It is my dream that I can give Ben all that he needs to succeed.  I want to be able to give all the educational, financial, athletic, and entertainment tools that he needs in order to have a wonderful life.

I will work very hard to find the best books, schools, videos, and toys to give him.  I want him to be able to learn everything he needs to know and give him what he wants so that he can have fun.

So far, Ben has some diapers, books, bears, clothes, a crib, and a dresser.  We will have more for Ben in the coming days before he enters the world and our home.

I want to give something you can't touch, and that is the ability to dream.  Not only do I want him to dream, I want him to dream big.

I want to give him the confidence to dream boldly, dream big and show people that he can do anything he wants and wishes to do.

I want to inspire him to do great things and do anything he wants to do.  I want him to be what he wants to be or do what he wants to do.   I will do my best to give Ben ALL the resources he needs.

The most important thing I will give to Ben is this:  LOVE.

I love you Baby Ben.


Wednesday, October 23, 2013

A dream deferred through no fault of her own

CBS Atlanta 46

Baby dream

Earlier this week, I slept well and I had a dream where I was at a place I've only been to once before in my life.

In the dream, I was with my wife before she was set to give birth to my first child.  Before the baby would be born, I had to go to the bathroom.

My need to go to the bathroom and not be able to go overrode my desire to see my baby enter the world for the first time.  I wished I could have flipped the switch and just 'held it' or not think about it and focus on the delivery.

In reality, I am less than two months away from being a father to a live baby for the first time.  In a special way, it is a dream come true for me that I have a family of my own.  It is a family that I have always wanted.

In the end, my wife helped me find my mother's side of my family for me.  For that, I owe her everything.  I live you Kelly!!!!!

Distant video replay of 2013 #35, KFMB-TV News 8 open from 1987

Zachary Irwin 10.23.2013 sports update demo 1

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Spirit Airlines flight makes a emergency landing

Spirit Airlines flight makes a emergency landing: A Spirit Airlines flight from Dallas makes a emergency landing after passengers hear a band and the cabin filled with smoke. (10/15/13)

Plane bound for Atlanta makes emergency landing - CBS Atlanta News

Plane bound for Atlanta makes emergency landing - CBS Atlanta News

Distant Video Replay of 2013 #33: "Hollywood Squares (You Fool!!! Part 2 [1999])

Distant Video Replay of 2013 #32: "Happy Fun Ball"

Zachary Irwin's 10.15.2013 Sports Update Demo 1

Distant video replay of 2013 #31: .38 Special's "Back Where You Belong"

Distant video replay of 2013 #30: Fleetwook Mac's "Midnight"

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Distant video replay of 2013 #29: Erasure's "Oh L'amour"

Distant video replay of 2013 #28: Erasure's "Stop"

I heard this on my way to work this afternoon.

Two travel dreams in two days

Thursday and Friday Nights respectively, I had dreams where I traveled to New Zealand and Boston.

In the New Zealand Dream, this marked the first time I had ever flown overseas to another country.  I couldn't have picked a better place to travel to in my mind.  For most of this dream, I was at the airport in an undetermined city.  I was easily going in and out of the airport terminal traveling to an old friends hours or to the deli for some sandwiches.  Later on in the dream, I found myself going back to the airport and I didn't know why.

In the Boston dream, I was moving from Atlanta to Boston and moved into a nice new apartment wtih my wife.  I found some books lying on a coffee table.  I mean the apartment was furnished with comfortable sofas, books, and a flatscreen TV.  I wondered what I was doing there and why I was there.

In reality, I have never traveled overseas and I have only been to Boston once in 2002.