Change Has Come to America

Congratulations Obama. You have brought change to America. Now lets all roll up our sleeves and get to work fixing what needs to be fixed. We have a lot of work ahead of us.

The Wide Wide World comes to BA

Ran across a great new travel blog about a family form the North East doing the RTW thing (round the world trip). Dani, Craig and their children Caroline (13) & Conor (11) are on a year long trip around the world and are now in Argentina.

Checkout their website, The Wide Wide World. It is one of the best family adventure blogs I have seen. It has a great design and they make it easy for anyone to follow along as they bounce around the globe. Good mix of Web 2.0 features and video.

If anyone runs across them while they are in Buenos Aires, tell them Longhorn Dave says hello and I hope BA ends up being their favorite stop on the whole trip. How could it not?

Tina Fey: Always better than the real deal

The Tina Fey/SNL parody of the debate was again better than the real deal. Only this time, it was more balanced by equally mocking Joe Biden.

Enjoy.

V.P. Debate: Why it mattered for me.

I haven't heard what my friends in Buenos Aires thought of the debate yet. (I hope they all had fun at El Sacramento bar.) But, I have to agree it with Eugene Robinson of the Washington post when he said it was the strangest debate he has seen.

To begin with, everyone was expecting a train wreck that never occurred. Palin held her own. But she managed to do it mainly without answering the questions posed to her. She did her best to channel Ronald Reagan. Not sure she succeeded, but she avoided the train wreck.

Biden did well by providing facts and giving proof that he had the experience, knowledge, and judgment to take over the top job if need be.

As far as swaying my vote, I think the debate had an effect. I have always described myself as a McCain maverick. However, in this campaign he has not shown good judgment or leadership skills. And, he has severely disappointed me on key positions. The Palin pick was the final straw that put me in Obama's camp.

It was summed up well on CNN tonight when an analyst said, "During a 9-11 like event while the president is stuck on Air Force One, who do you want in the situation room making the gut decisions on which planes to take down and who to bomb."

That vision puts things clearly in perspective. Don't it!

Texas' Colt McCoy—He's back!

Sophomore slump? What sophomore slump? Colt McCoy was back in awesome form Saturday night against Florida Atlantic and it was great to be able to watch him set records on the field after a disappointing sophomore year in 2007.

He completed 24-of-29 passes for 222 yards and three touchdowns, while also rushing for 103 yards and a touchdown. He set a record for completing his first 13 passes. He left to locker room at half time 18 for 19 with the one incompletion—a pass he threw hitting the receiver square on the numbers in the end zone.

He looked great! Our defense did well under their new boss and all the question marks hanging over the team seemed to be answered for the better.

Can't wait for the rest of the games. Bring it on OU! Go Horns Go!

PS... Sorry Bruce.

It's a small world after all.

My wife and I took some new friends, Mike and Terri to Piranha in Fort Worth last Sunday. Originally from Austin, they now live in downtown Fort Worth and spend most of their time traveling the world. One of their favorite cities to visit of course is Buenos Aires.

We met through Flickr after Mike noticed a huge coincidence. I took the above picture of General Belgrano in Plaza de Mayo the exact same day he took the one below.

We were there at the same time and took almost the same picture! Two guys from Fort Worth taking the same picture on the same day half way around the world. How cool is that.

Mike and Teri are a great couple. The Yanquster will glad to hear they are devout yellow dog democrats that would make LBJ proud. They even plan on showing up to a few Drinking Liberally meetings.

They will be in BsAs next week for a whole month. I would like to petition the Quaffers for Mike to stand in as proxy for me at the next meeting. He is a wine drinker but enjoys a few good pints every now and then. So treat him well.

Pic of the Day: Flea Market in Buenos Aires

I don't remember where this pic was taken in BsAs. But I like the way it turned out. Now that I have some time on my hands, I'm going through the old pics from BsAs and pulling out some of my favorites to share with you. I hope you like them.