Congrats are in order for my oldest sister, Beth, and my brother-in-law, Josh: Megan Elizabeth was born late Monday night on March 15th! She was six pounds and five ounces! I’m an uncle for the third time!!
Click here and and here for pictures! What a little cutie!!
I would have a slick page for the pictures, but right now, I’m having a hard time getting my html editing software working and I don’t really feel like coding at this moment.
And speaking of pictures…I have pictures from the FIRST competition too. I was head ref! Click here and here to see me in action. Click here to see the arena from high above. The whole event was very rewarding and with all of the running I did, exhausting!
Oh, it may say, “Thursday,” above, but it’s actually 11pm Wednesday. That means: It’s still St. Patrick’s Day! Since I took the day off, here’s some pictures of the Dogtown St. Patrick’s Day Parade! It’s Elvis O’Presley! Lots of people showed up on this overcast day!

Update 3/24/04: I am too outraged (at Bush and co) by Richard Clarke’s, the former Counter-Terrorism head, 9/11 Commission testimony that I honestly don’t know where to start (or care to spellcheck!). I picked up his book, “Against All Enemies,” and the first chapter was gripping!! It detailed how, as crisis manager in the White House (which was evacuated except for crisis management staff), he was able to manage governmental continuity during the emergency. You won’t find a person who will disparage this account (on the right or left). He acted bravely and admirally. But now that he’s been critical of Bush’s “Iraqification of 9/11,” the administration wasted no time in attacking a fellow Republican who served Ronald Reagan, Bush I, and Clinton! Clarke is dumbfounded as to why Bush is running on the war on terror’s execution because Bush botched it by going after Iraq! Bush and the Republicans are shameless!
Here’s the quote of the day by Mr. Clarke:

“Your government failed you. Those entrusted with protecting you failed you. I failed you. We tried hard, but we failed you…I ask for your understanding, and your forgiveness.”

Clarke is the first Bush administration official, past and present, to publicly apologize for 9/11: he holds himself accountable! He is a class act and deserves our respect. I recommend either reading his book, go to C-Span to view his testimony (or read the transcript), or go to NPR.org to listen to his interview earlier today.

*Note: All the picture links in this post were pointing to a local file…I need to fix this, eventually.  Kooz April 5, 2008