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2013 Family Christmas Video

Just for fun...check it out.

Christmas thingie from Rob Fairbanks on Vimeo.

 Rob

A Little Holiday Cheer!

Last Spring, in preparation to watching the new Star Trek movie, Trey and I watched all of the Star Trek movies. Generally it was quite enjoyable and humorous at times with some of the dated special effects and over the top acting (mostly from the Priceline King).

We watched the new movie and loved it, but we felt like we just did not get enough so we started watching episodes of “The Next Generation.” A little known fact: The original Start Trek ran a relatively short time, but The Next Generation ran a whopping 7 seasons with something 27 episodes per. Well, to make a long story shorter, we got sucked in and have been watching them ever since. We are presently mid-way through season 6. Ok, here is the ridiculous math – roughly 150 episodes so far equaling about 100 hours of viewing. It’s ok, you can say it, “Have you lost your mind?” Answer: Just maybe, but know this…we have fallen in love with the character, Jean Luc Picard (AKA Professor Xavier).

So, in honor of the season, Spokane’s incredibly frigid weather and our inexplicable addiction to Star Trek Next Gen…here ya go (dug up on YouTube by my son-in-law, Caleb Ingersoll). Enjoy and "Make it so!!!"

  

Zags Harlem Shake

 

Starbucks Boycott - Here's How

I thought this was poignant (if you were a Seattle Supersonics fan) and hilarious.

green straw project from Mr Ben Weber on Vimeo.

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Kentucky Blue!

Kentucky < Kansas...

Kansas < Kentucky

There will be no Rock Chalk Jayhawk tonight.

Kentucky is the new NCAA Mens Basketball Champion!

Why? 

Hoopfest and the Crazy Parent in Me

Dateline: June 24, 2011

Hoopfest, Spokane, WA USA

Hoopfest in Spokane is the biggest 3-on-3 street basketball tournament on the planet. That means over 6,700 teams, 3,000 volunteers, 200,000 players and fans, 428 courts spanning 40 downtown city blocks!  When my city does an event, it does it big.  To the right are just a couple of views of it.

In the middle of that mass of people you will find none other than Robert and Tremayne Keith Robert Fairbanks.  Tomorrow, Trey’s (a true basketball name) team, “The Northside Ballers” will be battling for their place in basketball glory, or at least a win or two.

The real back-story is, these are the types of events when Robert’s (that’s me, wild-eyed dad of Trey) dark side occasional comes out.  It is not pretty when it happens and is often embarrassing.  Can you say, "Dr. Jekel and Mr. Hyde?"  Sometimes I have felt like David Banner turning into the Hulk, ripping my clothes off and turning green, only without the muscle transformation!  See, I hate to loose, even if I’m coaching, evening if I say that it’s no big deal.  Couple that with way too many idiotic parents thinking that their kid is Michael Jordan reincarnated and you create a potentially seismic event.

Ok, seriously, it really is a cool event and a wonderful opportunity for Trey and I to do something fun together.  

Ok, wait a minute, I need to do some self-talk: “Keep your eye on the target Rob, fun with Trey, you can do it…”

Anyway, please pray for me.  Having gone through this before, I will certainly need it!

New Rules for the NBA!

 I just had to put this up before the NBA season ended.

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From the "I Just Had To" category

Ok, I had to put this on because I had the first Rap album (vinyl) - Sugar Hill Gang, Rappers Delight.  This is very entertaining. If you are from the 70's you might just have to "get up off'a that thang."