I was searching the internet for the singer I mentioned before and I finally found him. Ralph Stanley!!!

Brad - I'm not sure if we discussed this before, but I went and saw the "Down from the Mountain" tour when it came to Indy. I absolutely loved it. Alot of the focus of the show was the original performers of the music from "O' Brother, Where Art Thou?" One of the best concerts, I've ever seen. Just sittin' back with a brewski, listening to awesome and strange vocal harmonies mixed with various mountain string instruments and percussion. The highlight of the evening was some old guy who everyone praised as the king of Bluegrass. I wish I could remember his name. He came out and sang all by himself without any instrumental or vocal backups for his first number. I don't believe I have ever heard a more soulful voice.

Why does the government always warn of a terrorist attack everytime I'm about to step on a plane? I can just see it now; some bearded dude grabs a lady and Ben slinks off into the bathroom where he curls up into a fetal position and starts whining like Bernard Shaw. or maybe I'll get up and tackle the terrorist and wrestle him to the ground saving the whole plane. or maybe it will just be a long comfortable flight and I'll get some reading done. *sigh*. I've got an econo flight to West Palm via a three hour wait in the Dallas/Ft.Worth airport.

Well, alright! I'm off of work for 10 days straight. Got all the RCI stuff worked out. I'll see ya in West Palm Beach on Friday night, John.

Man!!! I am so sick of not being able to talk to a human being at RCI. Everything is automated and me being in the peon position that I'm in, I'm not allowed to talk to real people. I have to fill out forms and wait for days for a response that is usually totally screwy and then I have to fill out forms again to correct the misunderstanding. I'm trying to get off for vacation. I asked for the 11th - 14th of October. My normal days off would be th 8th, 9th, and 10th and then the 15th, 16th and 17th. That would give me 10 days off!!! Wahooo.... or at least it would be wahoo if I could get someone to understand my request. I got an e-mail back saying "ok, you can have the 11th, 13th and 14th off and the 7th. Where's the fucking 12th?!?! What, I'm suppose to fly back from Florida so I can work the 12th... MORONS!!! What a shity system. I just filled out another form saying, I don't want the 7th off, please give me the 12th off. In another week of waiting for a response it's just not going to matter. I suppose I'll just have to call in sick on the 12th. I am going to go ahead and buy plane tickets anyway as soon as I here from John. I somehow forgot to ask him about all this planning. I did get a room at the Radisson from the 13th to the 20th. I'm planning on giving the room to John and his wife for the last three days. I won't go into the trouble I had trying to get that room. Never what I want at RCI, just what I get. It's hard to complain about the room though... $125.00 for an entire week at a resort that normally cost $165 per night.