The start of 4

This last weekend the wife and I headed off to Hilton Head, SC to celebrate our 3rd anniversary. We had purchased earlier in the year a little vacation package. It was one of those things where you go down and listen to a little shpeal about timeshares. The hotel we stayed in was slightly less than appealing. But we were in Hilton Head and there's really no reason to stay in your room. One of the "fringe" benefits was a "free round of golf", which we found wasn't really free. When we got to the golf course, they informed us that we were only getting a discount which made the round close to $100. The Wife and I decided that we weren't ready to pay for that. But the Course Mgr took pitty on us and offered us a two for one deal, which we gladly accepted.

Even though the Wife only plays two or three times a year, she's very good. After a few holes she was hitting the ball very well and making great club selection. I played ok for not ever having seen the course. But I did hit my first eagle ever. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. As for our food, Fri night we ate at a great little spot mostly only locals know. The dinner was great and the wine was spectacular. As for Sat night we ate at a little seafood place on the bay and everything was great. I got to eat Snails both nights and, well, I love snails.

On Sat night the Wife and I took a nice stroll on the beach with a bottle of wine. It was nice to get away and just sit and talk. I fell in love all over again. And I look fwd to the rest of our lives.

I'm so proud

As of today I have officially brought my best friend down to my level. You might have seen some of his comments here. He posts as "The Big A". That's right folks he now has a blog all his own. Finally I can choose when I want to hear him whine ;-) His Blog is linkable from mine. It's called "I'm surrounded by idiots". I think we can all relate. So enjoy !!

Finally we agree

So we all know that the Fed is going to give Wall Street a huge bail out, somewhere in the range of $700B. I think that's correct. But anyways, in talking to those older and wiser this should be a good thing. It very well could help us avoid another Great Depression, which I'm sure we're all for. But here's where the title comes into play. The Dems are pushing hard for regulating CEO pay while the GOP is saying just push the legislation through.

The bailout is positioned to be a great economic stress relief. The Fed will take on almost every feeble and unsafe bet that Wall Street has. What that will do is guarantee that the market has a safe place to fall when and if it does and that all the money in it is backed and "guaranteed", so to speak. This is a great plan as it will boost consumer confidence and hopefully induce money to be spent/invested. Here's where it gets ugly.

The GOP wants congress to push this legislation through and just give the money out while assuming all that risk. The Dems want to give the money but want to have some control over how much these CEO's are making and walking with. These large CEO salaries and benefits packages are the main reason, I feel, that Wall Street is in this mess. Most of these CEO's have worked under a decade for these companies and have retired (OR BEEN FIRED) with benefits packages that would carry a small country. What the Dems want is assurance that if the Fed comes to the rescue that we won't keep seeing this pattern. And I fully agree. Also the Dems want the companies to set up a form of return payment to pay off these loans. While these companies are operating off of tax payer money, they shouldn't be allowed to give the exorbitant salaries and severance packages. Once these companies are stable enough to repay the loans and stand on their own then they can go back to their own practices of large salaries and such. But they should be forewarned that if they return to their frivolous ways, after we've bailed them out, and they should find themselves again in such dire straights that there will be no next time bail out.

My last question is: If these companies (and I think most are) are publicly traded then why aren't the stock holders going to the meetings and putting the kibosh on these frivolous salaries???

The end of an era

Well it's official. As of waking up this morning, I have left the so called youth behind to start life as (dare I say it) a real adult. That's correct. Today I turn thirty. I know all our lives we think of this day as looming. But just like every other birthday I still feel like me. There's no enlightenment ( other than now DR visits could actually be meaningful and useful preventative measures, scary). Of course I still have a gorgeous twenty something year old wife. That will help me stay young, even if it's only at heart. The worst part I think about this age thing is I used to almost demand to not work on my birthday. And that is no longer the case as I have to go in today. But the Wife and I celebrated last night, so I'm kinda ok with it.

Instead of going out we stayed in and cooked. I went out to a local wine store (which is new and a buddy owns) called Hope Valley Bottle Shop. If you get a chance stop in. I there picked up a nice Italian White and a Spanish Red because at this point I didn't know what I was cooking for dinner. After I got home, the Wife and I went grocery shopping. When we got home I started on dinner and the Wife started making me a pecan pie for dessert as a special birthday present. (Those of you who know me know this is the only pie I like or for that matter I LOVE them). For dinner we had Basil and Cinnamon marinated Chicken Breast over Brussel Sprouts, Parsnips, and Pecans with a Garlic and Thyme Reduction Sauce and a Petite Herb Salad. We drank the Italian white with the meal. It was delicious.

I do have to brag on the gifts the Wife gave me other than baking the pie. One was a few gift certificates to have a massage whenever I pleased. Another was a T-shirt with a saying from the TV show Arrested Development ( which if you've seen it you know how good it is) and the last and most fun is a Visa gift card which I can use to play golf. And it is specifically for that she said. I love my Wife and the thought she put into these gifts. I think I'm at the best point in my life and happy that she is the one making the rest of the journey with me. I love you Babe.

Smart people

I just found this hilarious. You'll have to click on it to read it better.






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Humor we can all love

I don't know what to call it

In a recent poll this question was asked:

"Do you think the Supreme Court should use the Constitution as the basis for their judgments"?

Here's how America responded.

60% of Americans agree that the Highest court in the land SHOULD use the Constitution as the basis for their judgments

To break that number down even further.

Of people who are John McCain supporters 82% agree with the above statement.

Of people who are Barak Obama supporters 29% agree.


From this exercise what can we infer about Obama's supporters????