Justin and I went to Sbarro in the mall last night. After getting our pizza, we noticed this new deal where you buy a drink and get a small CD in the lid. I wasn't very interested because it had Britney Spears on it (may her 15 minutes burn out already). Well, the third song on it was Bubba Sparxxx “Deliverance.” That changed my mind because of one thing: I could annoy Amy with it (you have to do that to your spouse every now and then). I like Bubba Sparxxx, a.k.a. Andy Mathis, and it just so happens Amy graduated from high school with him. She knows him very well, and it gets next to her that he's a rapper since she doesn't like rap. So, last night, I came home, popped the CD in the stereo and started playing it. Amy's on the couch, looks up, and says, “Please don't tell me that's Andy.” I ripped it into an MP3 so every time Amy walked by the computer room last night, I turned on WinAmp and turned up the speakers. Needless to say, she's tired of me.

We were living in Phenix City, AL, when Bubba's first video “Ugly” came out. I don't care too much for MTV since it's become pretty dumbed down with hardly any videos, but I was flipping through when something caught my eye. Amy is from LaGrange, GA, and I lived in Atlanta for a while after the Air Force (It means I'm pretty familiar with GA). I saw an UGA football helmet in this farm setting and then these redneck ugly women in a pageant inside a bar. They all had on sashes with Georgia county names on them. The one that I noticed was “Troup,” the county where LaGrange is. So, I started laughing and told Amy to come look at this. She walked in, and as soon as she saw who it was, her jaw hit the floor. I believe the exact quote was, “Oh my gosh… what is Andy Mathis doing in that video?” Of course, my response was, “you know this guy?” She then tells me that she's friends with him and they graduated from Troup High School in the same class. Chalk one up for my wife. She knows Bubba and she's related to Tatum O'Neal. I can't wait for her next surprise…