Guest post by Darrick Moreno

Progressive Nation 2008 -- A Display of Prog's Finest


Thanks for the post from Darrick Moreno

Progressive Nation 2008. A new tour spearheaded by progressive metal masters Dream Theater that brought together four bands to play on one stage. Aside from Dream Theater headlining the tour, the band lineup consisted of the progressive rock band Three, the extreme progressive metal band Between the Buried and Me, and progressive melodic death metal band Opeth.

I turned on my home security alarm from http://www.securitychoice.com/ before heading out the door with my wife and my best friend to drive the one hour to Columbus, Ohio, where the concert event was taking place. The show starte! d in the late afternoon in a giant outdoor amphitheater called the "Lifestyle Communities Pavilion." The place was full of fans, yet not overly crowded, and everyone was in a good mood, which made for a very pleasant concert environment.

Three and Between the Buried and Me each played half hour setlists which gave way to Opeth playing for an hour as the sun was setting, bathing the outdoor area in blue twilight as they finished up their set. With the sun finally down, the lights came on and Dream Theater proceeded to stun the ground with an incredible hour and a half performance of thunderous progressive metal.

The show was an stunning display of some of the best progressive bands in the world, and one that I will never forget.

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Chore chart for my preschooler kids

Thanks to Lemuel Craft
I hated doing chores when I was younger but when I got to college and already knew how to clean a bathroom and everything, unlike my roommates, I was grateful to my parents for making me do those chores for all of my life. Now that I have kids of my own, I want to make sure that I raise them the same way and am trying to find a way to make those chores fun.
I went online to get some ideas and came across this website Get.WildBlue and read through it some. After that I ordered an internet package from it and decided that I should make a fun looking chore chart for the kids.
I had a lot of fun making the preschoolers chore chart and incorporated all types of bright colors into it to make it look more like a play thing than something associated with housework. They really liked it and were actually excited to do chores! I'm not sure how long that will last, but I'm trying to take advantage of that.