Sat. Nov. 22nd on the water. Flat and smooth.

We did have a nice day out on Santa Monica Bay. Just some fun time out with some friends. Out early, but not too early. Fished Malibu, BKR and then Short Banks for some rock fish. We then got together with the wives at a local eatery and got the cook to fix up some of our fresh fish. Wow.



Nice eats to finish a good day. My compliments to the chef at Alejo's!

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Really good avice in the LA Times today - Let it be

Nice article in the LA Times on page A 27
" How to Fix the Economy - Let it Be " by Jonah Goldberg.

Link to the story on LA Times site

I liked the part where the analogies to Lincoln's and FDR's presidencies are in today's paper. History can be useful. Not in the glaze of the wishful remembrances of just the whitewashed history headlines but when looked at under the glare of the light of real review of all the issues and results.

I think that if John Kennedy was not assassinated his presidency would not be remembered as "Camelot" and the beautiful time of splendor, that is the view via the gauze of wishful thinking, but more like any other mortal president remembered for his follies and his triumphs. Follies like the Bay of Pigs failure and the other peccadillos of the times.

And yet... My heart goes to Arlington National Cemetery as we prepare to place my fathers remains there come December. More on that later.

Good luck to Obama. May he learn to say NO to some of the "Do Gooders" who do not really need to meddle in the events that are unfolding around us today.

Just LET IT BE for a while.

IMHO Keith

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Politics is like Sex in that one side is always disappointed. - Jay Lenno

So Obama is the Winner. Not to disappointing. Or very surprising. John McCain put up a good fight.

I was hoping that the bonds that were on the ballot would not pass. It must be a reflection of the Youth out there that the majority of the spending items passed.

Odd that prop 8 the anti gay marriage measure passed. Yesterday the protesters hit the streets and messed with traffic and marched from the Federal building to the Mormon temple on Santa Monica Blvd. Wild people yelling and waiving signs etc. Good thing I did not need to get to that side of town.

I'm quite the Disappointed person today. Having a Monday on a Friday today.

A bit pissed off at the way things are going.

Just need to get back to work then.

Keith <"><

PS Carl is down in Mexico getting lots of marlin. He sent this photo from down near Tosca, south of Mag Bay.

Halloween 2008 - The Joker had some fun

Friday night I had a lot of kids trick or treating. Most took the Hot Dogs I was serving as the treat. I went though approx 130 of them. And 4 gallons of juice. Two kids did not want the hot dogs so I gave them a “trick” and squirted them with silly string. I sat out front for most of the night with Joker face on. Winzer, the pirate dog, was a bit of a big barker so he had to spend a lot of the night in the back yard.

Saturday night I took Thomas out to a Malibu High School Dance where Kristen’s mom, Anne, was putting together a scary clown themed haunted house that the kids had to walk through to get into the dance. The Klown Fun House was a success.

Again I played Joker and this time had a real chain saw. (no chain) Noise and vibration and look did give a few the chills. Lots of fun. And Anne even paid Thomas for his time. Double the reward. I was very proud of how Thomas did his act as a scary clown marionette.


The DJ for the dance posted a few shots on his blog.

http://losangelesdjsamhouse.blogspot.com/

I got better at playing Joker the second night. Or was it the Chain saw? Or was it the squeals of the girls that made it all come together.

My niece Kristen was the student body person who was doing the dance decorations etc. She was just out of the hospital from having her appendix removed. Ouch. What a Trooper she is. I was proud of her fortitude too.