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Mike

God gave me a gift...now where the hell did I put it???

About Me

I'm a husband to the most wonderful woman in the world, father to the cutest kid in the world, and bassist for the Ultra Find. I like beer, sports, music, and beer.

My Interests

My family, brewing beer, music, sports, drinking beer, and whole bunch of kinky shit.

I'd like to meet:

The animals from the Frontier commercials. And the monks from Belgium that brew beer.

Music:

Rush, Dream Theater, Motley Crue, Hey Mercedes, Jimmy Eat World, the Promise Ring, Ben Folds, Billy Joel, Diana Krall, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Pantera, Alkaline Trio, Saves the Day, Taking Back Sunday, Dashboard Confessional, Tool, Korn, I could go on and on and on and on and on.....

Movies:

Good Will Hunting, Chasing Amy, Braveheart, When Harry Met Sally, Dumb and Dumber, The Last Supper, Where the Day Takes You, With Honors, Young Guns....

Television:

Sports mostly

Books:

The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band, the Left Behind series (even though I thought George Bush was the Antichrist), Angels and Demons, Into Thin Air (this book made me an Everest freak for a while), and anything on Billy the Kid or Homebrewing

Heroes:

Anyone that really RAISES a child, not just have them. Trappist Monks, Teachers that really go the extra mile, the people that fold my Chipotle/Qdoba/Illegal Petes burrito the right way.

My Blog

Welcome, Son

I know you will be here tomorrow. But that seems too long. I can't wait to welcome you in to this world. You already have so many people that love you. You have a wonderful mom and an energetic big br...
Posted by Mike on Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:14:00 PST

Another son is on the way...

I never did post about our last Dr appointment. As you can see by the title, we are having another boy. I have been hearing "those damn Chagolla boys" all my life, so it should be a seemless transitio...
Posted by Mike on Thu, 29 May 2008 05:32:00 PST

My top 10 favorite songs of all time

Everyone needs a top 10 list. Many could change. Here are mine....for now...10. Bed of Roses by Bon Jovi- My all time favorite lyric is in this one "...as I dream about movies they won't make of me wh...
Posted by Mike on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:56:00 PST

Proud parent of 2 .....

...granted, one of them is about the size of a pinto bean. Some of you already know. Some of you do not. Sharon is pregnant! I have to assume that I am the father. Maybe I shouldn't make jokes like ...
Posted by Mike on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:36:00 PST

Disney, here we come!

Ethan is almost 18 months. It's about time for him to meet the mouse. Mickey, that is. Some of you have probably felt that I have a somewhat creepy fascination with Disney. Hell, even Sharon has men...
Posted by Mike on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:48:00 PST

My son is one

On Sunday, we celebrated Ethan's first birthday. It was a good time. Thank you to everyone who showed up. On Tuesday, Ethan actually turned one. A whole year has passed already. I have been told that ...
Posted by Mike on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 08:18:00 PST

Practice Space

If anyone knows of some practice space available, or a band that wants to share a space, could you please let me know? We have not been able to finish our recording, and we would like to start playing...
Posted by Mike on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:04:00 PST

The new meaning of Christmas

For many years I have wondered what it would be like to have my own children at Christmas. I know Ethan is only 9 months old. I know that he will not remember this Christmas. Yet, there is something c...
Posted by Mike on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:59:00 PST

Giving Thanks.

Yes, it's that time of year again. The time of year where I turn in to a sappy, sentimental bastard. If you don't dig it, don't read on. Things I am thankful for this year: Being able to keep a roof...
Posted by Mike on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 10:32:00 PST

October 31 is....

The night of barking dog. We have a Sheltie. Well, mostly a Sheltie???? Somehow her papers ended up "missing" and we think she might be half pig. She is a 45lb Sheltie. They are not supposed to get ...
Posted by Mike on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 09:49:00 PST