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Andy Borgmann's Blog
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 30.597 miles  Me after 30 miles - Allen after 0 Stats 31.123 miles Time: 2:24:40 Temp in car upon return: 91 I need a shower and a nap. Still have the show tonight so working until 1:30 am. What a crazy day!  Me after 15 miles. Now I have to head back.  Allen, Wayne and Karen Handel - Georgia Secretary of State - having a good time before the race. (Be sure to check back later for more photos)  My view right now  15.618 miles out. Now I got to go back.  In 8th grade I took my first trip out of the country. Me and about 40 other middle schoolers took a field trip to France. It was wonderful. Nice. Castles. Lyons. Tours. Versailles. Paris. Even at 14 I was in awe. I have always loved France, but this week I found myself saying, "I wish I were French." According to this CBS article, the French are required by law to have at least 5-weeks of vacation and work a maximum 35-hours a week. And in actuality, many French people get 8 weeks of vacation. I have to admit I am a bit jealous. We don't have a vacation policy here at the Allen Hunt Show. But my vacation schedule seems to be something like this:
I freely admit that 4 weeks of vacation is pretty fortunate. This of course does not count the weekender trips I take once a month just to get out of Atlanta. Allen pointed me to another article that states 2/3 of Americans aren't planning on taking a vacation this summer. This is a huge mistake. Now I know not everyone loves to travel like I do, and in this tough economy, traveling might not be an option anyway. But I am not talking about travel, I am talking about vacation. Even if you stay at home and do nothing, taking time off work to relax and refocus is of huge importance. I know I am in a way better mood after coming back from vacation - to which the people I work with are grateful. Even getting away once a month for short trips has been monumentally helpful. Now before Sean Hannity calls and rips me a new one, yes I know French economy is horrendous and their unemployment is double ours. I am not saying that the US should become France. All I am saying is there has to be a balance between the two. The French could learn something from us, and we could learn something from the French. P.S. This post is dedicated to Mark Arum for giving my traveling habits so much crap :) P.P.S. I put up all the pictures from this past vacation to Sunset Key. All the photos can be found at my website, and the "best" photos I also uploaded to Facebook (which you don't need a Facebook account to see the album). Here are some of the shots from the trip        Asher and CJ entering Turner Field for Asher's first game  He did not like the homerun. I think we might have a Blue Jays fan on our hands. I am cool with that as long as he is still a cubs fan  After everything calmed down, this was Asher's (and our) view. We left at the 7th (before the 10-run Blue Jay inning) because Asher wasn't having much of it. Ohh well, that is why it is great having season tickets: you don't feel like you have to stay for the whole thing.  I love this pic. Asher got a bit fussy, so we went for a walk to the SkyBox park.  Congrats to Unadilla police department. You are the privileged ticket number 10.  Scratch that - ticket 10 AND 11. He wrote me up fir following too closely too and he had me get out of the car twice on the freeway.  Here I am trying to explain it was the Lexus in front of me doing 85 because I wasn't going that and that the fact the Lexus slammed on his brakes going from 85 to 55 is the reason I was following to closely. He wasn't having much of it. Plus I thought it was illegal to allow a person to get out of the car on a freeway.  Asher woke up at 4am again, but fell asleep with me in bed until 7:30. Jadyn joined us at that time. Early morning for me, but it's worth it.  I think I'll go to bed and let these to have some alone time.  Jadyn riding her bike to the beach one last time down the brick-laid carless street in time for sunset.  It's hard to see but there were dolphins about 10 feet from us while we waited for the boat at the dock  There are two things I would name after my dad if I had the power: a drink and a beach sitting pisition. When I become mayor of Fort Wayne, my first executive order will be to change a "Cap 'n Coke" to a Dan Borgmann in all the restaurants and bars in honor of all the civic duty he has done for the city. To all my Fort Wayne readers, you can help now by starting that before I return to Fort Wayne. Columbia Street, Oyester Bar, Hartleys, Fort Wayne Country Club, Paula's, Club Soda: wherever you are order a Dan Borgmann and when the bartender asks what that is look at him with disdain. Why should that jerk Arnold Palmer be the only one with a drink named after him? Now...on to the beach position. When Dad goes to the Carribean, he lives to just sit under a palm tree in the shade and relax. He'd always insist you get just as tan, less likely to get burned, and it was cooler. Now that I go by myself, I find I like the same thing. Thus when I become President of the World sitting under a palm tree on a beach will also be called a Dan Borgmann. And if you are on a good beach, you can order a Dan Borgmann too :) This photo is for you Dad.  [pirate voice] A storm's a coming [/pirate voice]  After lunch on the beach, Asher came and sat on me What's Andy Up To?
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Andy's blog aims to be like a Scrubs episode, mixed with a Chuck Klosterman column, centered around the topic of faith. It is open, honest, raw, and a little embarrassing. It is a place to discuss religion, politics, ministry, pop culture, and well, just life - especially focused on the time of life we call our 20s!
Andy is the Executive Producer of The Allen Hunt Show; a progressive (in the literal sense), talk radio show based in Atlanta, GA aimed at bringing faith back into the public discussion. Andy enjoys travel, aviation, web design, politics, friends, and faith. He holds that the secret to a full life is loving God and loving people - which he fails at constantly. Andy grew up in Fort Wayne, IN. He now lives in Alpharetta, GA. More information about Andy can be found at www.2timothy42.org or Andy's Facebook. P.S. As has been mentioned on air, Andy is horrible at grammar and spelling. Please excuse any mistakes, trust me, he's sorry. Share
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