Ben Milstead

I’ve got a million things going on right now but here are a few things that come to mind since my last post.

1)  The benefit for Mike Hunt was a huge success!  At last count we raised over $18,000 for Mike and his family.  We estimate that over 700 people turned out for this event.  Great bands, great food, great music!  The best part of all is that Mike feels great!  No major issues from the Chemo and Radiation that is ongoing daily.  God is good!

2)  My church is going a series of sermons addressing the questions that members have asked about most.  This past week was on alcohol.  Perry was very bold in his approach and I applaud him for that.  It probably was not a very popular sermon with the Southern Baptist Convention but it wsa incredibly biblical.  You can argue with the Bible but you aren’t going to win the argument.  This one is a must listen if you have questions about the subject.  You can listen here.

3)  Funny question of the week goes to my son, Collin.  He said “Dad, will we have birthdays when we get to heaven?”  I told him he would if he wanted to.  He then ask “Can I invite dead people to my party?”

4)  Everyone assumes that a Nascar event is where you will find the most redneck sports fans.  Nope!  A Par 3 golf course in a small town will trump that every time!  “Hey, idiot!  If you are wearing cut off shorts and Reeboks, chain smoking, and carrying a six pack of beer with you on a Par 3 course, don’t talk to me about my kids being too loud!!!”

5)  In my estimation, about 60% of women like to change their hair color.  On the flip side, I’d say it’s less than 5% of men that do this.  Blondes want to be brunettes and brunettes want to be blondes and red heads want to be anything but.  Why is that?  What’s wrong with the color God gave you? 

6)  Our water heater went out two weeks ago but was finally fixed this morning.  So easy to take things like hot water for granted.  We have had the camper in the driveway so that we could take hot showers out there.  I’m sure our neighbors think the Griswalds have moved in!

7)  My sister is having a baby today.  8/8/08…now that is a cool birthday!

8)  One of the happiest days of my life happened this week when I got to take Charter Cable all their equipment back and told them I would no longer be one of their customers!  You know a company is really bad when they have disconnect request forms front and center of the CSR windows.

9) Started going to pre-production meetings for Clemson football radio this week.  Was able to go over to a practice for a few minutes this week too.  I’m getting excited now!