Christmas List...

What do I want for Christmas?

Glad you asked.

http://www.evernote.com/pub/ibarky/iwant

Now you know.

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Baby Barker's Bets...

Think that you have the crystal ball that knows all about Hudson?

Prove it.

Click here to be directed to the site.

Special Childhood Memories...

Growing up I use to love Jim Henson's creations. I was a fan of the Muppet Show, Muppet Babies, Sesame Street, Muppet's take Manhattan, etc.

Working for a kids and family marketing agency takes me back to all of those special moments I had as a kid. Researching hot trends, what every kid and mom are talking about, what will cause mom and kids to buy products, and what are the core values that are important to moms and families, let's me come across items that once played a role in my childhood. Above is a perfect example. I found myself watching this Muppet video laughing like a 6 year old again.

Amazing how some things never change. Animal (the character that said "Momma") was my favorite growning up because he was crazy, played the drums, and always made me laugh. I must have went back on his part 3 or 4 times to laugh like an idiot.

I am looking forward to rediscovering my childhood with my own kid come Feb. and sharing in laughs and making memories with new and old characters alike.

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Kan City - The Final Chapter...

The can collecting is over. I want to thank you all for your donations to Harvester's. We raised over $1,300 in a week. That will feed more than 6,000. I reached my goal and I appreciate all of your donations. I will send out more info as I get it.

Below you will find the "Can"structions that each team was challenged to build.




Ours is a Robot.


That is Tot. You may recognize him from Sonic's "Wacky Pack".


This one is called "walking the dogs," I thought that this was the most creative and was the ultimate winner of the "Can"struction contest.

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Small World…

While flying back from Dallas I sat next to a very nice woman named Stacy. Stacy is a mom of 2 teenagers, husband is head chef at an exclusive club in KC, and listener of country music.

While chatting with her we got on the subject of music which lead to talking about my DJ company. Interesting enough Stacy called to book an event for her daughters birthday party September 2008.

If that wasn't weird enough, she remembered my voice as did I hers. We only talked twice.

I have confirmed this before, and I'm sure it will happen again, but damn this is a small world.

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Bad Logo

So I was flying to Dallas this morning and was thumbing through the Sky Mall catalog and found these shoes.

Something struck me as odd.

You would think that this would have been caught by someone.

That logo makes more sense for swimwear.




- Posted using iPhone

Laughter is the best medicine...

"Laughing is the best medicine."

I think baby laughs are about the the closest thing to complete happiness. They are not worried about a thing. It isn't an adult laugh that is masking other thoughts that swirl around in the back of their heads.

I am a pretty funny guy. You have to be when life throws you curve balls. Life has thrown the ole Barker clan a lot of curves through my 30 years on the planet. I think that life is too damn short to go around without a smile on your face (or trying to make others smile.)



My grandfather, Warren Schmitt, wears a permanent smile. He wears his laugh-lines like a badge of honor, showing the world around him that he faces each day with smile and ends it the same way. This picture is my Nana and Granddad a long time ago.

I am curious if Hudson will think that I am funny. What kind of jokes do babies like? Witty humor? Play on words? Physical humor? Dirty jokes? Potty jokes?

No matter what life throws our way, if I can get a smile or a baby laugh from Hud, life is going to be good. I hope that when I am my Granddad's age I have laugh-lines that remind me of all the good times I was blessed with throughout life.

Like Bob Marley sang, "Don't worry about a thing. Cause every little thing is goin to be alright."

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