South Texas White X-Mas

Every year in South Texas, Brownsville to be exact children, parents, and grandma’s and grandpa’s hope for a white Christmas. Well for 2004 their hopes and wishes were answered!!! Brownsville got a white Christmas! I do believe it was the first ever white Christmas and the first snow in about 109 yrs. 1895 was the […]

COFFEE!!!

Without this beverage in their lives, a large group of people would probably shrivel up and die. What am I talking about? Coffee. This intoxicating beverage has caused sane people to do insane things. From an animal’s perspective, it probably looks like the coffee is in control of us. We seek it, nurture it, and […]

An Email that I got

From time to time I get a funny, stupid email that I need to share with everyone out there it is below: One beautiful December evening Pepe and his girlfriend Pepa were sitting by the side of the ocean. It was a romantic full moon, when  Pepe said “Hey, mamacita, let’s play Weeweechu.” “Oh no, not […]

Happy Holidays!!!

Just dropping a couple of lines for the following reasons: One) I haven’t written or posted anything in a while, I am still in a transition phase. Two) People who actually read my blog are starting to complain, imagine that readers. Three) It is the holidays and everyone has to have a holiday message. HAPPY […]

The End and A New Beginning

Today “The End” – Today was the last day at my old company. I have never felt time move as slowly as today. Nor the tension and stress of my peers as hard as today either.  Though my journey has taken me to numerous stressful and tension filled times, the only thing that I can […]

TICK TOCK TICK TOCK

As if time could move any more slowly today.  If it does or could I guess it would not be called time.  Maybe, maybe not.  I just know that it is crawling today, not any slower than any other day, I guess I am just more attuned to it, or aware of it.  WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Take […]

Gallery Update

Hey, all just dropping a quick note to let everyone know that I have a new gallery up!  It is the rest of the somewhat presentable images of the Lighting Storm the other night.  Man I thought that once I got back I would be able to catch up on my photo galleries and the […]

Belton Lighting

Last night thunderstorms rolled in, and the view was awesome!  There were times it was almost daylight from the lighting.  I had to try and get some shots.  Grabbed my camera gear, loaded the tripod up and headed out!  There is an observation area at the dam in Belton and that was the perfect SPOT.  […]

Iraq – The Human Cost

It just seems that though I am at home (States) my mind and thoughts still wander to the deserts and hostile places across the ocean from where I came from. I think of and know that everyday someone gets hurt, kidnapped, or killed either in action or by some accident. I have tried to keep […]