I’m writing my week in review a few days late this week. Last Saturday we found out that my father-in-law had passed away suddenly. We drove out to Omaha, Nebraska for the funeral and just got home this evening. This week has been very trying and extremely saddening. We had a very special relationship with my father-in-law and spent a great deal of time together going to Rockies games, family barbecues and most recently a fantastic camping trip to the Western Slope of Colorado.

This past week I was able to meet some of his family and friends that live in Nebraska, and I must say it was great to hear all of the stories about his life and how he was growing up. I know that my boys are truly going to miss him very much. We had some great times and I will cherish them forever. Rest in Peace Tom…we all miss you.

Before heading out last weekend, I did not have much time to work on anything good for the blog. I’m working on a custom vBulletin skin for a forum that we’re putting together at work. I’m hoping to have the new community launched by August 27th in time for the start of the College Football season…I hope I can make it.

July 22: Photoshop Tutorial: Grunge Styled Banner -  After spending countless hours writing and preparing the images I finally published my latest tutorial. The response has been very good so far, but none of the major tutorial players have picked it up yet. I’m assuming since there is an image of a pot leaf in the banner they may not pick it up, but that’s okay too. If you haven’t seen it yet, definitely give it a look.

I’m working on a new question and answer feature post for the site. I know that some of my readers have questions regarding how to do certain things in the tutorials or even suggestions for tutorials. If you have any questions at all please send me an email via the Contact Page. 

~ GrandmasterB

This is crazy…I can’t believe that July is almost over already. It seems like the Fourth of July was just yesterday and now we’re only 10 days away from August. Summer seems to be flying by and it’s almost over. Heck, my oldest son starts school next week…his summer is over. GrandmasterB took the family camping on the western slope of Colorado over the weekend. It was nice to unplug for a few days and get away from all of the hectic city life. I was shocked to see that gas prices are freakin’ insane on the other side of the Rocky Mountains. When we left we filled the Explorer up with E85 which was 2.89/gallon, but along the I-70 stretch there are no “corn stations” and gas was a whopping $4.42/gallon. I almost crapped myself when I only squeaked out a little over 10 gallons on $45…OUCH! I’ve got some pictures of the festivities during the camping excursion, but their being photoshopped to protect the identities of the innocent. I’ll write up something this week and share with everyone.

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