Author: ocracokewaves

A now sane individual who escaped the world of selling technology, now living in the rolling hills of the North Carolina Piedmont. I have been at one time or another, a farmer, a director for Apple, and a vice president at Wideopen Networks. I continue to pursue my love of photography and writing. I have great memories of boating, fishing, kayaking, swimming, and hiking the beaches along North Carolina's Southern Outer Banks where we lived for fifteen years.

Some people live for their job, not me

My job almost destroyed me.  So I now live to be in, on, or around the water http://ow.ly/pXQzK  For more on how I changed my life and where we have found a place to recover from corporate American, click the link or the picture.

Surf at the Point, Emerald Isle, NC
Surf at the Point, Emerald Isle, NC

Anticipating some great weather

Here on the Carolina coast we have been waiting for the return of our great weather.  WeI did not have to wait long. #crystalcoast http://ow.ly/pVbxz

For more on what to expect in weather on the Crystal Coast, click the link or the picture.

Looking from Raymond's Gut to the White Oak River at Sunset
Looking from Raymond’s Gut to the White Oak River at Sunset

Fall is here in on the Southern Outer Banks

Fall is here along the Crystal Coast portion of the Southern Outer Banks. Read about how spectacular it has been in our piece of paradise.  Click either the link or the picture of the sea oats. #SOBX #CrystalCoast http://coastalnc.org/

Sea Oats Near The Point
Sea Oats Near The Point

The Republican Party is messed up

What could be wrong with relying on “an uneasy coalition of Democrats and a few moderate Republicans to pass a bill to re-open the government?”  Isn’t government supposed to work that way? Read this Washington Post article for more  http://ow.ly/prJk1

Those Republicans who supposedly love the constitution should perhaps study it a little and learn the proper way to change a bill.

I guarantee you the Constitution does not tell you to change a bill you don’t like by closing down the government.  Even if you don’t like a bill that  was passed by both chambers, signed into law and has been ruled constitutional, you need to live with the law.  In a country where the rule of law is supposed to be important, you follow the law, not hold the government hostage in a temper tantrum.  It is just plain stupid.

Third Street Beach
Third Street Beach