In remembrance

A couple months ago I agreed to pay tribute to a fallen hero of 9/11 along with thousands of other blog writers.

My hero is Richard Bruce Van Hine age 48 from Greenwood Lake, New York. A 12-year veteran of the New York Fire Department, on duty at FDNY Squad 41 in the Bronx on Sept. 11 and one of the 343 firefighters who perished at the World Trade Center. According to his wife, Ann, everyone who knew him called him Bruce. Bruce and Ann were married in 1980 and had been married 21 years. They have 2 daughters Emily now 22 and Meghan now 19.

Bruce Van Hine was an avid outdoorsman who left Bibles on the Appalachian Trail, where he frequently hiked. He was a member of and served in the ministry of Warwick Valley Church of the Nazarene in Warwick, N.Y. He also taught at the Fire Department Training Academy at Randall's Island.

I am honored to be afforded the opportunity to pay tribute to this hero, because without him and so many other's I would not have the freedom or the luxuries I have today.

Today is a day to reflect and honor. Today is a day to put politics aside, opinions about the government aside, and anything else aside and come together to say "I'm Proud to be an American" and I'm Proud to Pay Tribute to an America hero Richard Bruce Van Hine.

Are you ready for some football!

Tonight's NFL game between the Steelers and the Dolphins officially starts the 2006 NFL season. I am pumped. I love watching football especially now that I can watch it on my new LCD TV in my living room. Let the yelling and cursing for the season commence. Go Dallas!

Finally TV

Well, after a week without TV I finally have Comcast cable. I did not really want cable but alas there are trees in the way of where I would put a satellite. Oh well, all I really care about is having TV and a DVR. I have missed having the TV on for background noise at the beginning of my evening when I'm cooking dinner, doing laundry or whatever.

My mother was down for the labor day weekend to see my new place and hang out. We didn't do anything except go eat steaks at Texas Land and Cattle and No Frills one night too. Labor was spent being lazy, watching Veronica Mars Season 2 DVD's, Prison Break, and The Closer.

Today it's back to work planning for the September workload.

Hope your Labor Day was fun and dry!