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David Matthew is growing into quite an amazing young man.  I often fail to stop and notice the little things enough with him.  This is a problem that I think I share with a lot of parents, who fear that they miss many of the little things of children, potentially before it is too late.

One of David’s favorite places is Best Buy (wonder why?) and I snapped this photo of him the other night while Rhonda and I shopped for movies.  He was totally consumed with the new PS3 game “Morotstorm: Pacific Rift”.

As a side note, this new Ad for World of Warcraft, staring Ozzy Osborne should not be missed.

My mother and step father participated in the race-walking portion of the Richmond Marathon yesterday and asked for David to join them for the last mile.  He has done a similar thing for the last leg of the Marine Corps Marathon in D.C. and gets quite excited at the opportunity.

2008 Richmond Marathon from Dave Morales on Vimeo.

It has been a long and winding road for our nation.  I am sitting down with my family, shortly, to experience the night’s election returns.  Anticipation is high.  My sense of pride and American Identity is has rarely been more pronounced.  Below are my thoughts on how the evening plays out.

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Some final thoughts on the eve of our major national crossroads:

• I had a fun evening at the gas pump.  On the way to David’s school at 5pm this evening I noted a BP gas station with $1.75 gas.  Excited, I called Rhonda to share the news.  After picking up David I drove up the road to return and fill up.  A block away I noted people gathered around the station’s sign, taking pictures.  I then noticed a station representative using the large metal pole to modify the price listing, leaving a space next to the “99″ at the top row for 87 octane.  As I turned into the station an ocean of cars were present, along with an ocean of political volunteers and campaign personnel.  This station was a nexus for the Jim Gilmore for Senate campaign.  As it turns out the gas station was doing a $0.99 gas promotion, in connection with the campaign’s pitch of “Drill Here, Drill Now“.  I could care less about this pitch, this gimmick and was quite excited to be paying $0.99 for gas, using my iPhone to snap photos of the pump and sign.  As I was about to put the hose back on the pump a man in a tailored suit rounds the corner and introduces himself.  Jim Gilmore was out pressing the flesh, opening by introducing himself and pointing out that a long-time friend runs the station and believes in his campaign’s message.  I thanked the former governor and complimented him on the clever election year gimmick, wishing him luck Tuesday.  Even with the cheep gas I have absolutely no plan to vote for him.
• It drives me absolutely crazy that Sarah Palin says “Democrat Party” and not “Democratic Party“.
• Some long-shot, against-the-spread predictions:
  • McCain narrowly wins New Hampshire
  • Obama wins in North Carolina (Dem candidate for president has not won in NC since 1964)
  • McCain wins in Virginia by less than 1% (Dem has not won the Commonwealth since 1964)
  • Obama wins Ohio by less than 2% (no Republican has ever won the White House without Ohio)
  • Convicted (corruption), disgraced Alaska senator Ted Stevens narrowly wins in Alaska (polls have his challenger, Dem mayor of Anchorage up big)
  • There will be “funny business” with polls in Ohio with allegation of voter fraud, voter suppression and missing ballot boxes.
  • Pennsylvania will be decided by less than 2%

We shall see if I end up correct or looking like a fool….