Weekend Rewind, Hero to Goat to Hero, &c.

Long time slicers will not be surprised to learn that I enjoyed an action packed and fascinating weekend. As a matter of fact, Summer 2010 is shaping up to be my 2nd best summer ever.


(As an aside, in the future, school children will study The Adam Thomas Summer 2009 as a textbook example of "living the life". This legendary summer included, 2 trips to the Bahamas, a solo trip to Belize, and so many weekend adventures that Autumn was half-way over before my passport and debit card had cooled down enough to be touched.)


Back to 2010, Christena turned 31 on Saturday and one of her friends gave her a Helicopter ride as a gift (Bill, my birthday is in February). It was my first time in a Helicopter, but hopefully not my last. Highlights included skimming the treetops, doing 60 degree banks at 125 knots while listening to ACDC (the pilot, who had an eclectic taste in music, was playing his Ipod through our headset).


Here's a video, you'll have to imagine the ACDC...


http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/8195986


Saturday night we met 8 of Christena's friends for dinner and bowling. I rolled a 173 to claim 1st prize in bowling, and while our companions were still marveling at my advanced bowling skills, we saw a random girl at the alley wearing an "Adam's Razor Tank Top" (available here). I don't like to draw attention to myself in public, but I did allow the young lady to have her picture made with me:

I figured it was the least I could do considering how excited she was to meet me and I receive a royalty from all merchandise sales...

Sunday we headed down to Marianna, FL to inner tube down Spring Creek. In hindsight, this is the second consecutive Sunday I've spent in an inner tube, which is my new record.

Quick story from the float trip. You've already been introduced to Amy Kennedy in Razor posts last week. Her husband is Nathan. Well Amy dives into the river and loses an expensive pair of sunglasses. Before she notices they're gone, the current has washed them away. We spent a couple minutes looking for them with no luck.

So a 1/4 mile down river, her husband Nathan notices a stump in the water that is catching lots of debris as the river rushes past. He walks over, reaches down, and you guessed it: found her sunglasses.

Nathan claims King of the River and proceeds to float down the river on an inflatable throne. All of the men in our party wished they could be like him and all our ladies wished they were there with him. It was quite a scene.

Unfortunately for Nathan, his ego deflated faster than a popped inner tube. When we got back to the landing he discovered that he hadn't lock their car and both of their wallets had been stolen. Rarely has one man fallen so far so fast. The men of our party looked at him with scorn, and our ladies felt sympathy for Amy.

So they called the police, filed a report, and then called their debit/credit card companies to deactivate everything.

Sometime during the middle of the night while Nathan was asleep on the couch, he was aroused to consciousness by a stunning remembrance. He'd put the wallets under the driver side seat of the car. Upon realizing that they'd never been stolen, he presented the wallets (complete with useless debit cards) victoriously to Amy. As we go to press with this blog, it is unknown whether she let him finish the night in the bed, or banished him once again to the couch.

Henceforth on the Razor, as opportunities present themselves, we'll refer to the "Hero to Goat to Hero" maneuver as a "Nathan Kennedy 720°".

One last housekeeping item before we go, on the right hand side of this blog there is a poll. Slicers are encouraged to vote early and often.

See ya soon