Tuesday, November 17, 2009
I'm trying to convince JB to get a wagon...
This is the Cadillac CTS-V & it's awesome. It just got the green light from the head of GM to go into production.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Sandy just read this on air, GREAT salute to Veterans...
WHAT IS A VET?
Some veterans bear visible signs of their service: a missing limb, a aged scar, a certain look in the eye. Others may carry the evidence inside them: a pin holding a bone together,a piece of shrapnel in the leg, or perhaps another sort of inner steel: the soul's ally forged in the refinery of adversity. Except in parades, however, the men and women who have kept America safe
wear no badge or emblem. You can't tell a vet just by looking. What is a vet?
He is the cop on the beat who spent six months in Saudi Arabia sweating
two gallons a day making sure the armored personnel carriers didn't run
out of fuel.He is the barroom loudmouth, dumber than five wooden planks,
whose overgrown frat-boy behavior is outweighed a hundred times in the cosmic scales by four hours of exquisite bravery near the 38th parallel.
She - or he - is the nurse who fought against futility and went to sleep
sobbing every night for two solid years in Da Nang.
He is the POW who went away one person and came back another - or didn't
come back AT ALL. He is the Quantico drill instructor that has never seen
combat - but has saved countless lives by turning slouchy, no-account
rednecks and gang members into Marines, and teaching them to watch each
other's backs.
He is the parade - riding Legionnaire who pins on his ribbons and medals with a prosthetic hand. He is the career quartermaster who watches the ribbons and medals pass him by.
He is the three anonymous heroes in The Tomb Of The Unknowns, whose presence at the Arlington National Cemetery must forever preserve the memory of all the anonymous heroes whose valor dies unrecognized with them on the battlefield or in the ocean's sunless deep.
He is the old guy bagging groceries at the supermarket - palsied now and
aggravatingly slow - who helped liberate a Nazi death camp and who
wishes all day long that his wife were still alive to hold him when the
nightmares come.
He is an ordinary and yet an extraordinary human being a person who offered some of his life's most vital years in the service of his country, and who sacrificed his ambitions so others would not have to sacrifice theirs.
He is a soldier and a savior and a sword against the darkness, and he is nothing more than the finest, greatest testimony on behalf of the finest, greatest nation ever known.
So remember, each time you see someone who has served our country, just lean over and say Thank You. That's all most people need, and in most cases it will mean more than any medals they could have been awarded or were awarded.Two little words that mean a lot, "THANK YOU".
Remember November 11th is Veterans Day.
"It is the soldier, not the reporter, Who has given us freedom of the
press. It is the soldier, not the poet, Who has given us freedom of
speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, Who has given us
the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier, Who salutes the flag,Who
serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag,
Who allows the protestor to burn the flag.
Father Dennis Edward O'Brien, Lt. Col., USMC
Some veterans bear visible signs of their service: a missing limb, a aged scar, a certain look in the eye. Others may carry the evidence inside them: a pin holding a bone together,a piece of shrapnel in the leg, or perhaps another sort of inner steel: the soul's ally forged in the refinery of adversity. Except in parades, however, the men and women who have kept America safe
wear no badge or emblem. You can't tell a vet just by looking. What is a vet?
He is the cop on the beat who spent six months in Saudi Arabia sweating
two gallons a day making sure the armored personnel carriers didn't run
out of fuel.He is the barroom loudmouth, dumber than five wooden planks,
whose overgrown frat-boy behavior is outweighed a hundred times in the cosmic scales by four hours of exquisite bravery near the 38th parallel.
She - or he - is the nurse who fought against futility and went to sleep
sobbing every night for two solid years in Da Nang.
He is the POW who went away one person and came back another - or didn't
come back AT ALL. He is the Quantico drill instructor that has never seen
combat - but has saved countless lives by turning slouchy, no-account
rednecks and gang members into Marines, and teaching them to watch each
other's backs.
He is the parade - riding Legionnaire who pins on his ribbons and medals with a prosthetic hand. He is the career quartermaster who watches the ribbons and medals pass him by.
He is the three anonymous heroes in The Tomb Of The Unknowns, whose presence at the Arlington National Cemetery must forever preserve the memory of all the anonymous heroes whose valor dies unrecognized with them on the battlefield or in the ocean's sunless deep.
He is the old guy bagging groceries at the supermarket - palsied now and
aggravatingly slow - who helped liberate a Nazi death camp and who
wishes all day long that his wife were still alive to hold him when the
nightmares come.
He is an ordinary and yet an extraordinary human being a person who offered some of his life's most vital years in the service of his country, and who sacrificed his ambitions so others would not have to sacrifice theirs.
He is a soldier and a savior and a sword against the darkness, and he is nothing more than the finest, greatest testimony on behalf of the finest, greatest nation ever known.
So remember, each time you see someone who has served our country, just lean over and say Thank You. That's all most people need, and in most cases it will mean more than any medals they could have been awarded or were awarded.Two little words that mean a lot, "THANK YOU".
Remember November 11th is Veterans Day.
"It is the soldier, not the reporter, Who has given us freedom of the
press. It is the soldier, not the poet, Who has given us freedom of
speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, Who has given us
the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier, Who salutes the flag,Who
serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag,
Who allows the protestor to burn the flag.
Father Dennis Edward O'Brien, Lt. Col., USMC
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
My bucket list/things to do before I have kids....
WORLD CUP SOCCER GAME:
It doesn't matter what team I see play, I'm really just there being a fan of fans. Soocer probably has the best fans EVER...CRAZY!
HOUSTON TEXANS GAME:
It's just 3 hours away and I have yet to check out a game in Reliant Stadium. Yeah, everyone's a Cowboys fan but I need to give some love to the Texan. Oh, my wife likes their colors so she's going!
DAYTONA OR TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY:
As a hardcore NASCAR fan this is the place to be! This is not just a 1 day trip, I'm talking 3-4 days baby!
RUSSIA:
Don't know why I want to go there but Russia looks pretty sweet.
RUN LADY BIRD LAKE SHIRTLESS:
If I'm ever going to get super fit, then now is the time to do it especially before having a kid. It's competitive out there, go hard or go home!
BUY A BOAT & RIP IT UP IN DEVIL'S COVE ALL SUMMER LONG:
Yeah, that's not my style but I want to do it one summer.
ATTEND A MUSIC FESTIVAL SOMEWHERE OTHER THAN AUSTIN:
I love ACL & SXSW here in Austin but I want to hit some other festivals in the US or even away from the states!
RIDE A TRAIN ACROSS THE US:
I'd love to have plenty of time just to take it all in. This probably won't happen but it would be cool!
It doesn't matter what team I see play, I'm really just there being a fan of fans. Soocer probably has the best fans EVER...CRAZY!
HOUSTON TEXANS GAME:
It's just 3 hours away and I have yet to check out a game in Reliant Stadium. Yeah, everyone's a Cowboys fan but I need to give some love to the Texan. Oh, my wife likes their colors so she's going!
DAYTONA OR TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY:
As a hardcore NASCAR fan this is the place to be! This is not just a 1 day trip, I'm talking 3-4 days baby!
RUSSIA:
Don't know why I want to go there but Russia looks pretty sweet.
RUN LADY BIRD LAKE SHIRTLESS:
If I'm ever going to get super fit, then now is the time to do it especially before having a kid. It's competitive out there, go hard or go home!
BUY A BOAT & RIP IT UP IN DEVIL'S COVE ALL SUMMER LONG:
Yeah, that's not my style but I want to do it one summer.
ATTEND A MUSIC FESTIVAL SOMEWHERE OTHER THAN AUSTIN:
I love ACL & SXSW here in Austin but I want to hit some other festivals in the US or even away from the states!
RIDE A TRAIN ACROSS THE US:
I'd love to have plenty of time just to take it all in. This probably won't happen but it would be cool!
Former Cubs baseball player Sammy Sosa the new Michael Jackson?
JB & Sandy just pointed this out to me...I had no clue about it and I'm a freaken sports nut!
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