I'm Back

Yes, folks. I'm back. And no, Kokonut Pundits didn't go down. Took my family to southern California to visit Disneyland, Disneyland California Adventure, Sea World, San Diego Zoo, Chinatown and met up with a few good friends, especially the famous Richard Brklacich, owner of Deaf Republicans website, to discuss business and pleasure at the enjoyable Rainforest Cafe at the Downtown Disney District area.

Richard and I first met up at the Disney's Paradise Pier hotel where I stayed for 3 nights with my wife and 3 daughters. We all introduced ourselves to Richard and he was able to meet my three lovely daughters. Richard and I then went over to the Downtown Disney District area to visit the ESPN Zone Sports Arena (a cool place!) bar to better acquaint ourselves with each other prior to going over to the Rainforest Cafe. We all enjoyed a good dinner at the Rainforest Cafe. It was an expensive dinner but was well worth it for my kids.

Richard, me and my wife talked into the wee hours at the Disney's Paradise Pier hotel bar area. We all had a good time talking and swapping stories that lasted 6 hours. Although another person, important to the Deaf Republican organization, couldn't show up. He was down with the flu. Drats. Won't say who but he's well known even during the DPN days. Anyway, Richard is a cool, down to earth guy who is, btw, quite knowledgeable on many subjects, including deafness issues. My treat next time if Richard wants another shot of hard liquor.

It was an 8-day vacation starting with a trip on an Amtrak train from El Paso, Texas to Los Angeles and back on the return trip. My kids loved it. First time on a train where we sat up on the upper part of the double decker train and saw the sights in New Mexico, Arizona and California along the way. We had our breakfast and dinner on the train while desert scenery whizzed by. We all had fun. We all got tanned visiting the parks. And most importantly, my kids had a great time and will remember this for a long, long time.

However, the city of Los Angeles? Sucked big time. Never did like big cities. The fraffic. The hoards of people crowding each other. The terrible smog where you can't even see 1/2 mile ahead of you. Disneyland parks were fun. Los Angles? Terrible. Sorry if you feel offended but I'm not a city person. I'd rather have clean air in my lungs.

Now, I'll need a few days to catch up on news. I didn't even touch the internet for 8 days. So, lots have happened since then. The good news is that Matt Hamill won the fight (even with a very sore arm) - Shelly has more on the scoop about Matt during my absence. I'll review the fight tomorrow in a rerun and see how badly Nickels' face was bloodied up by Matt's pounding. And I'll review what's going on with the Gallaudet protest and whatever news I'll find I'll certainly blog about it.

I'll be back. Bigger and better.