Five years ago today Morgan and I packed up our cars, said good bye to our college years and began our jaunt to DC. Neither of us were quite sure what to expect. We had no jobs lined up or an apartment, but everyone told us we had to be in DC to get a job. So we went. And we got lucky. Both of us had jobs within a month of coming here and we found a great place pretty quickly.

It's certainly been a roller coaster of a five years too. Two Presidential campaigns, 3 moves and 6 jobs later here I am. No regrets on the job front. I wouldn't do some of them again for fear of actually going to the looney bin, but they all made me a better person in some way. I mean heck, five years ago there was no YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, etc. Live streaming from my phone, yeah right. Pretty darn exciting if you ask me. I like doing this.

On the personal side of life, there are a few things I wish I would have done differently but overall, I can't ask for better friends than I have here. I don't know what the next five years holds, but if it's anything like the last five, they're bound to be pretty fun.

Thanks to Maverick for passing this on. If you're coming to DC this summer to be an intern you must read these rules.

If you haven't seen Charlie Wilson's War yet, stop reading this blog this instant and go rent or buy it. It's that good. Based on a true story, the acting is top notch (exactly what you'd expect of Hanks, Roberts and Hoffman), the writing is witty and fast paced (exactly what you'd expect of Sorkin) and the story-line is compelling. I first saw it in the theaters while I was still in NYC (which made the few Giuliani references in the movie that much more fun) and again here on DVD. You don't need to be a political junkie to like it, but if you are one, you're going to like it just that much more because you'll get more of the jokes.

Well, I finally did it. About four years since I closed up Harbath's Tirade to start work at the RNC in 2003, I've decided to start blogging again. I haven't been absent from the online world in those years, in fact I've made it my career, but I had jobs that prevented me from having a personal blog. I'm pretty darn excited I get to do it again.

If you want to know about me feel free to check out the about section else where on this site. Otherwise know that I'll be posting pretty much anything here that'll cover a wide range of topics from politics, American Idol, the Packers, cooking, reading, my family and much more. I hope you enjoy it and I'll do my best to keep it entertaining and updated.

Please leave comments or feel to contact me if you have opinions you want to share. I may not always agree, but I welcome them.