Maya breaks a board

She's growing up

One day she's earned her first belt in karate, and 2 days later she is starting 1st Grade.

This growing up thing is getting tough on me.

Willaim F. Buckley

Buckley passed away this past week. Although a staunch conservative, he was a likeable guy and had a great sense of humor. I was way too young to follow the discourse on Firing Line but his sarcastic wit appealed to an aspiring smart-ass like me. As I got older and more politically knowledgeable I discovered that Buckley was the Father of Reagan-era conservatism, or as I call it now, "Real Conservatism". Unfortunately those days are long past, and odds are I'm voting for Obama if he ends up with the Democratic nod, as McCain is too much of a closet neo-con for my tastes. Hopefully someone will emerge as the conservative conscious, much like Buckley did in the 50's. Otherwise the party may be doomed to 80's style Democratic irrelevance.

Movie News

Sad news from Hollywood...

Roy Scheider passed away at the age of 75. Great actor, and of course in Jaws had one of those all-time memorable movie quotes, "You're gonna need a bigger boat". He was also in "The French Connection", "Marathon Man" and "All That Jazz".

He made some turkeys after "All That Jazz" but you always knew he was giving the audience an honest performance.

Daddy Day Care

Nana is on a cruise, and Aunt Nikki won't be in town until Wednesday, so Hana gets to spend the next 2 days at home with Daddy.

Hana will be fine; see, she knows how to get into the crackers by herself, so she's not gonna starve! Please direct your prayers towards me!