My wife recorded this the other day. This is my 1 yr old daughter, America. She dances to almost any music.

I can not remember a single instance in which I have agreed with Pat Buchanan on any issue. As a matter of fact I have laughed at many of his political beliefs because he is a nut case, but today I read an Op-Ed by Mr. Buchanan that i actually agreed with most of what he had to say. 

Should We Fight for South Ossetia?

Ol' Pat starts off by pointing out how ironic it was that Bush was delivering a speech about the return to normalcy in Iraq while at the same time bombs were exploding and killing people in Iraq. Pat was absolutley right and although it was ironic it is not uncommon for Bush or members of his administration to misrepresent the facts.

But I think of the entire article this was what I agreed with the most.

Fortunately, Germany is prepared to veto any Bush attempt to put Ukraine or Georgia on a fast track into NATO. But President Bush is no longer the problem. John McCain is.

This last week has been exhausting! Since losing 3 employees while I was on vacation it has been hell at work. Can't seem to get caught up and the truckers are getting grumpier the higher the diesel price goes which doesn't blend well with me being already in a pissy mood but thankfully we're in a new month and new quarter so things will be getting better. ;)

I have 2 new employees that are working out good and it looks like I'll be able to pull a couple from Subway. This should give the rest of my people a chance to refresh from what has been a gruesome 2-3 weeks.

Speeking of my people, I would like to give HUGE props to all of them who have stuck it out and gave that extra effort to keep us still going. You guys are the BEST!

So that's my little rant about work for the day...

Before we went to Galveston, TX we took a road trip to Longview, TX to visit family and friends. I took a GPS system just to try out and I was as happy as a little kid getting that Narrato game. It was my intention to show my wife how useful it was so I could convince her that it would be worth it to buy it, wow did my plans go wrong.

I decided to follow the GPS instructions to the T and it took us atleast 1.5 hours out of the way. On the way home when my wife said for me to stop and buy a map I knew that GPS (or atleast that one) was not going to be mine.

We did visit a lot of towns and cities that we normally don't go through on this trip so I posted the pics from this trip and I uploaded the ones from our trip to the ocean.

Since a kid I have always been enamored by water and more specifically the ocean. One of my childhood dreams was to sail the ocean.

When I was 17 my goal was to join the Navy. I had many reasons my grandfather retired after serving 25 years in the navy, I would be able to travel the world, I could retire after only 20 years of service, which are all good and valid reasons but the real reason was passion for the ocean. I was studying working out when my fiance became pregnant and I was unwilling to be away from my first child for an extended amount of time so it didn't happen.

Everytime I plan on making the trip to atleast see what has been dormant passion of mine since childhood something always came up that kept me from following throught with my plan. Well finally this weekend, the last couple of days of my vacation, out of nowhere I decided we were going to Galveston, TX and we did.

We arrived Saturday around 5 p.m. and without bathing suits without any beach gear I headed stright towards what had been calling me my entire life. The breaze, the smell, and the vastness was hypnotizing. I stood silent for atleast 10 minutes until my wife broke the silence and pointed out that this was only the Gulf and that the water and the beach was filthy (I didn't let that ruin my moment). We walked for some distance up the beach and decided to stay the night.

It was hard for me to leave the following day. We had a great time and there was so much that we didn't have time to do but ultimately I believe that all of us, excluding my wife of course, were awestruck by the power and beauty of the water.

This trip has only reignited the passion that has been dormant for so long and my wife's valid point has only left me with a bigger desire to see more... 

I will have some pics of our trip up later this week.