This week we take you to.....As you may have noticed, we have had vacations on our mind. While we probably won't get one this year we thought we'd take an "air" vacation with you (as in "air" guitar for the hip-deprived). What would be your fantasy vacation? Money doesn't matter and you can go any place in the universe with anyone you choose. Just play.......it's Argh-gust.

Good Morning! Ahhhhhh.... The President's day begins with a pre-dawn jog. Where's the [press] pool this morning? Haven't seen a one of 'em. Life is good, yes, it is.

Home, home, on the ranch... ' President Bush is filthy, his wrist is bleeding and sweat is dripping from his chin. But he is exuberant as he hauls freshly cut cedar to a burn pile. "We're lifting weights!" he says, a thick log on each shoulder. Throwing them onto the pyramid, he cries: "Oh, baby!" This is Bush - Unplugged at the Texas ranch he loves. ' - Scott Lindlaw of the Associated Press tells the story.

Meanwhile....Go figure....All everyone did was gripe about the Texas heat in August. So, off they went to Las Vegas in search of some relief from the dog-days of summer. The official high as reported by the NWS in Las Vegas was 109 on Saturday. Factor in ten more degrees for the sake of tourism and all those democrats together at the Hilton - oh, you do the math, it might explain headlines like this one: DNC Chief Opens Race With Blast at President. The red-hot-rhetoric-revival was described as "reckless political rhetoric." by Mark Racicot of the RNC. McAwful then added that "he reviewed the speech with former President Bill Clinton; the House minority leader, Richard A. Gephardt; and Tom Daschle, the Senate majority leader." Re-hashed-half-baked-left-overs-let's-stick-a-fork-in-em-re-gurgitated-ridiculous-redux-requring-rants-and-or-re-hab is really more like it. /rant off-and-over.

The times-will-tales-tell: The NYTimes just might be on to something this morning with this headline: For Each Audience, Another Secret Plan to Attack Iraq. Well, duhhhh...even a stopped-clock... And Elvis is alive-and-well and living in Las Vegas!

Texas is where:
'I'm able to clear my mind and it helps me put it all in perspective' - President George W. Bush

There's alot more for me to do around here before one of those pesky reporters finds me enjoying my working-vacation-in Crawford..... Well, a girl can dream, can't she?
-Your Texas-EX-[76], Amy Sheehan