Fred Thompson for President?

Every once in awhile the question of who is running for president and who do I like comes up. It seems so far off I don't want to become candidate fatigued before the year is even up. BUT, the more I hear about Fred Thomson the more I like. His stand on a few social issues I don't totally agree with but he seems so common sense, I'm not sure how worried I am about it. What set this off is I came across ProfessorBainbridge.com and he did a bullet point on why he likes Fred. Two of them really jumped out.

• The last President I really liked also was a former actor
  
• He smokes cigars.
  

I want to go on record and say the greatest President we ever had was a former actor. And I'll vote for anyone campaigning with a cigar. The icing on the cake is he already tee'd off Michael Moore.
Michael Moore's controversial new movie SICKO goes to Cuba to show how they have better health care than the U.S. and how it is some big corporate conspiracy. In a press conference Michael takes a crack at Fred's Cuban cigar habit. This is Fred’s rebuttal.




UPDATE: No Ms. 5chw4r7z, I won’t hypothetically vote for anyone who campaigns with a cigar. Either they really do or they don’t.

parkerflats.info; One year old

Hard to believe its been a year since I started that blog. It began as a way to release some frustration and mess around with blogs and some ideas I had. And it cost me a whole $1.99 from godaddy.
I pulled a picture from every month that one was posted, just to get an idea of the progress.

2007 Taste of Cincinnati

We got back into town late Sunday but made up for lost time Sunday evening and Monday.

Indy 415 winner Dario Franchitti

So Dario Franchitti, whom Ms. 5chw4r7z once told "I love watching Formula1" while he laughed and I informed her that he raced IRL, won the rain shortened Indy 500.
This all happened thanks to Ms. 5chw4r7z's cousin who, I hope I'm getting this right, was Dario's tire engineer. Thanks again Keith.

Jon & Stephanie's Wedding

Stephanie and Jon, Congratulations.

I really need a different camera, three quarters of my pictures didn't come out. This Pentax is really good at maybe two types of pictures but is not versatile at all. Click through for the pictures that did come out.

$3.49

So I'm in the rubber capital of the world this weekend for my sister's wedding. This is the first time I've "filled" the tank since mid-April. I think I can honestly say I've never spent this much for a tank of gas in this car. Can't imagine what people with SUVs and 20 gallon gas tanks are doing.

Pool bloggin II

The Mexicans call this chelada, but I was sceptical because it breaks a whole mess of beer laws. But its actually pretty good, cut a lime slice thick and crush it in the bottom of a glass. Fill to the top with ice and then your favorite beer. I chose a Mexican beer since, it is a Mexican drink. Hold it to your forehead and exhale with a big AHHH for maximum effect. Don't get too pretentious with the cigar, but don't go cheap either. You'll be able to find me drinking these the rest of the summer.

Pool blogging

You may notice a new look beginning today. I've decided to move into the current century and join the "web 2.0" revolution.
I'm also taking advantage of the weather today and tomorrow and laying around the pool, only 36 vacation days left now.
For some reason, I've never walked west on 7^th St. before, I did this morning and found the Cincinnati Venus.

Main Street graffiti

We think the same things at the same time
We think the same things at the same time
We just cant do anything about it
We just cant do anything about it
Thom Yorke - Harrowdown Hill

Disclaimer::Don't read into this that I'm against the war, or make any other assumptions besides the fact this is deep haunting song.

So at one time when I was younger I was a huge car/bike nut. I still am to a degree but living downtown I'm not as car-centric as I used to be. But there is still something about the first couple really nice weekends of the spring, you haven't seen anything but salt covered cars for the last 8 months and then there it is, sitting in a parking lot, the first really crazy car of spring. More times than not, it’s not really your cup of tea but you can still appreciate it.

Cincinnati Supper Club

Thanks to Michelle Lightfoot and her fiancé Chad Munitz for hosting and cooking an awesome dinner last night at the Shillito. Good company and conversation all evening. And also lest I forget thanks Jackie for inviting us.

The weather today was so nice, cool and clear we decided to walk to OTR for the Second Sunday. As usual when walking around downtown Cincinnati you can't walk two blocks without running into someone you know and today was no exception, but then, thats the beauty of dense urban life right? Word of advice don't put off visiting the beer trailer because they start cleaning up and hour earlier then everyone else.

This is waaaaaaayyyyyy late but we went to McCormick & Schmick's to celebrate Ms. 5chw4r7z's birthday.
Don't even bother asking, you know shes 29!