Vacation

-The Saints ROCKED the house last night! Even without Reggie. And Duece set the all time Saints touchdown record. DEUUUUUUUUUUUCEE!
-It's nice to be on a full week of vacation. The company has a use it or loose it policy so about this time of year people really start disappearing. I'm using 3 days to get the week off!!
-Winter is real tough here in Texas - NOT! I was in Chicago last week and forgot how people really layer and dress for cold. I don't have any of that stuff so maybe I should quit complaining about the cold we get here.
-The kid and I have been playing football and basketball everyday. Great fun. I'm going to try and get him to the 9 hole golf course this week too.
-My brother had his first kid, a son. I'm so excited for him. He and his wife will have a lot of joy with the little prince.
-This year for Thanksgiving my Mom is cooking a prime rib instead of turkey. Yum, Yum!!
-I can't get enough of the new XM channels. Between the Grateful Dead channel and the JAM ON channel I'm listening all the time.
-I still can't believe how low gas prices have become! At racetrack yesterday it was $1.58!!! Wow.

Chicago...



Traveling to Chicago in November is usually not fun. And when its for me to give a customer demo with lots of buisness implications it's really no fun! But you know what makes it all better??

That's right, yummy, delicious Portillo's!! Especially the Italian beef and sausage combo with sweet peppers on a roll plus crinkly fries on the side. Man that is to die for.

It just may have to be deep dish tonight at Lou's...

Thoughts of the Day

-Thanks Dad and all the other veterans who fought for our country. We will never know your sacrifice but will benefit it's reward.
- Nothing is as perfect as Joan's sweet tea
- Traffic in Denton is horrible. But gas there was only $1.84/gallon today!
- Google maps on my Motorola Q phone is pretty awesome
- I have to go to Chicago next week for work. Talk about winter shock, ug.
- Very much looking forward to the holiday time off coming up soon.
- For the most part cars are there for you but when things go wrong it can be painful.
- Is anybody really going to shop this Christmas season???

Polotics 4

I know a lot of one side is saying the sky is falling and the other side is pointing fingers at the current administration. But really if you look at it the president's office over time it oscillates back and forth between right and left. That means most people are in the center. After 8 years one way it's time to drift back the other way and so forth. To much of one thing, especially in politics, is a bad thing. And change in our government is always slow no matter who you are. So I think this will be good for the country and in 4 years we can all decide again which way to head.

NASCAR Nation

Today was Monday after one of the big NASCAR races. I drive to work down 35W so go right by the track. I could avoid it but I love to see the spectacle of NASCAR nation leaving sacred ground. Monday morning all the thousands are peeling out of the track and heading home. The freeway is bumper to bumper RVs with all the faithful. In a sense I'm people watching as I'm driving. You get to see all kinds. And they all have crazy flags, stickers, trailers, custom BBQ pits, and the best of all suped up golf carts. These people know how to have a good time and they come prepared!

This evening I drove home in the dark, it was only 6pm :-(