Making Mud Pies

 

My niece, Jael, at the beach. Is she gonna be a heart-breaker, or what?

Giant Lobster

Mmmmm, Lobster!

Hi Dad!

 

I was lead to the beach by three overly excited children, who told me that there was something on the beach I just HAD to see. Cute.

The picture doesn't do it justice. It was so big, you could see it clearly from the stairs at the base of Ocean Ave. That was a lot of seaweed!

I reached a new points threshold on MyCokeRewards: 1500 points! Let's see, what does that get me:

1.) $50 Gift Certficiate to eBags.com (never even heard of it)
2.) A 10-cup rice cooker from Proctor-Silex. I don't eat much rice ...
3.) $50 off any purchase of $100 (or more) at AmericanTourister.com. Pass.
4.) 4-Quart slow cooker from Hamilton Beach. Might have gotten this as a gift for Dad, but he just got a slow-cooker from Stacy this past Christmas.
5.) Coca-cola Backpack. And get rid of my Salesforce.com Backpack? Never!

Guess I'll keep racking up the points ...

Handsome Dude

 

I'm telling ya, this is one handsome dude. And he's getting sooooo big! I'm 6'1", he's only 10, and he's nearly up to my chin!

First Day of School

 

Sarah Palin Makes It Work

I try to keep all my blogs free of political posts (even this, my personal blog), but I have to say, I'm rather smitten by McCain's pick of running mate. And not for the reasons you might think:

- Not because she decided that the private corporate jet bought on state credit by the previous Alaskan govener was too much, and decided to sell it on Ebay.
- Not because she's a health nut, who loves jogging, runs marathons and climbs mountains.
- Not becaues she eats caribou, mooseburgers, and rides snowmobiles.
- Not because she's a mother of five children, the youngest having Down Syndrome, and therefore giving her a glimpse into the plight of families with special needs children.
- Not because her oldest son (now 18) is currently serving in the US military.
- Not because her husband is a down-to-earth commercial fisherman, not some political mucky-muck.
- Not because she has an unheard of approval rating by her constituents ... in the high 80% range, sometimes in the 90's!
- Not because she has been heralded in the national media as being the most popular govener in the country
- Not because she's a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association
- Not because she is quoted as saying, "I support our Constitutional right to bear arms and am a proponent of gun safety programs for Alaska's youth"
- Not because she she's spunky and ethical, resigning from her post on the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, in a protest over what she perceived to be a "lack of ethics" of fellow Alaskan Republican leaders
- Not because, as city mayor of Wasilla, she invited investment and business growth by eliminating small business taxes, eliminating personal property taxes, reduced real property tax mill levies.
- Not because is pro-life.
- Not because she belogs to Feminists for Life.
- Not because she opposes same-sex marriage, but also supports same-sex union benefits (and signed them into law).
- Not because she's stirring up discussion, and controversy, and excitement in the way that no other vice president - in either party's history - has done before.

No, I like this candidate because I'm shallow, and she's FRICKIN' HOT!

Go, McCain-Palin, GO!

Appearances

The world is governed more by appearances than realities, so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it. -- Daniel Webster