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Saudi Arabia sucks.

Thank GOD I live in America. Let's send in the snipers.

Hmmmm... Rudy gets a caffeine fix in Kirkland.

I really hope Dog The Bounty Hunter is after this piece of shit.

AMAZING commentary by Chuck Norris on our long standing conflict with Islam - 200 yrs in this county. I've been harping on this to my family for a while now. A must read.

Above all, this truth still stands, "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord" (Psalm 33:12).

More Oktoberfest Pics!

family Oktoberfest - Vancouver

This past weekend I was down in Vancouver for our family Oktoberfest, held at our home & garden center, Shorty's (here's an article featuring my father, Brian.)

The band from Germany that plays at the Mt. Angel Oktoberfest (in Oregon) also played at this one, as they are family friends who stay at my father's house while in the U.S. About 300 people came. My entire family was there, including my parents from Corvallis. It was soooo much fun! My sister Briana, brother Colin, Me, my mom (Vickie) Me and my dad (Jerry) Me, my mother (Julee), brother Colin, step-dad Dale, brother Kevin Me and my two mother's Me and my father (Brian)

September Beach Trip

As I continue to enjoy my 100 day break from Microsoft, I ventured out of town again. This time down to the Long Beach Pennisula where my BF Jenny lives with her family. Another close friend of ours from college, Christina, lives near Astoria with her family. So we all hooked up for the weekend. A 3rd friend of ours who we haven't seen in like 8 years came out from Portland, so that was soooo great to all re-unite and catch up on our lives. Pics below...

Cool New Artist - Sean Kingston

When I was staying at my brother's in Oregon, I discovered Sean Kingston. Very cool. Not sure how new he is, but he's new to me. He samples alot of 80's music, with a kind of reggae beat. Reggae is normally the music that I absolutely DO NOT like the most, but Sean Kingston is really good! I finally got around tonight to getting some of his songs on my MP3 player. I highly recommend "I Can Feel It" which samples Phil Collins' "into the air tonight". Such a killer song...

Oregon vacation - Part II... more Pics

Here I am with my Mom and Dad on the Newport BayfrontOn Thursday, Aug 30th, it was opening day of the OSU football season!! GO BEAVS!!! Our stadium kicks ass!! Our team kicks ass! This was a night game and my dad and I arrived early to take it all in! We were up against Utah, a supposedly very good team. We looked bad against them in the 1st quarter, but then it was all OSU after that. We took out two of their best players - some good offensive guy got a broken leg, and their quarterback broke his shoulder. They were beat down!!

Below is the largest jumotron re-play screen on the west coast! I think even in the Pac-10! GO BEAVS!!

Here is the team warming up o the field in the sun Check out the eastern side of our stadium - Reser Stadium (formally Parker Stadium, which I still call it sometimes). This is the side with the suites and Club section.

My vacation in Oregon....from my current vacation from work....

Hey all! This past week I was in Oregon from Monday - Friday visiting my family and some old friends. Friday - Saturday I was in Vancouver with my father's side of the family working at our Garden & Home center. Here are some pics from the week:

Me and my mom at Big River on the patio

My brother, Joe, the manager of Big River

Getting drinks with old childhood friends - rooftop desk of The Dream. I've known both of these people since we were all 4 yrs old!

Aug 29th - My mom's 62nd birthday! Our family went to the cost for the afternoon. Here they are walking along the bayfront of Newport, OR. Seals like to lounge on the docks at Port One Newport in the Bayfront. They were really funny. We spent about 20 mins watching them.