I took Friday off heading to Corpus Christi for a family vacation over the long Labor Day weekend. It sprinkled the entire weekend so I didn't have to worry about applying sun block, which was great. Left the camera in my mom's van so will have to get the pictures uploaded later.

Because of the vacation, I missed the Texas GOP straw poll. My observation is that Fred Thompson already lost before he even starts. Here is the biggest state as far as Republican delegation is concerned and he didn't even care to show up. He's back by some heavy weight statewide GOP figures and came in at a distant second compare to congressman Duncan Hunter, who not only won more than 41% of the votes but could potentially carry his own great state of California in the general election.

I am all for congressman Duncan Hunter after my favorite candidate, governor Mike Huckabee.

Since Texas Secretary of State Phil Wilson will be attending the Dallas/Fort Worth Asian American Citizens Council 7th annual banquet on September 15th, I am working on providing his office with the details of the event. This is my first time dealing with his staff since he's appointed to the post by governor Rick Perry back in June, I say he's got some great staffers, specifically scheduler Katie McArthur and communications director Scott Haywood.