BTW, thanks Sue, Fred Pete and Jesse for your birthday wishes!

(Olbermaan) How's that plan working out, Sparky?(/Olbermann)

At work it was weird, there were a lot of people who were disappointed. And others who crossed party lines to vote for Ombama becuase they couldn't stand McCain and/or Palin.

Most people seemed happy that Amendment 2 passed, I didn't really ask about Amendment 2 I kinda kept quiet and quietly celebrated with those who were truly excited.

Iknow that two co workers said that they just believe marriage is a man and a woman, that's the way they were raised and that's what they believed.

I don't understand how anyone can deny anyone else basic equality.

But then that's always flummoxed me.

I don't understand how anyone can deny anyone else basic equality.

Honey, just think of where you're at. However, on the upside, looking at the map last night it's not that I was surprised to see Leon County go blue, but damned if I wasn't floored to see Gadsden and Jefferson going blue. I mean, unless a lot's changed, those were some rural, rednecky counties not that long ago.

I am so tempted to send my uber-Republican, McCain-voting Dad (who sent offensive email after offensive email during the campaign that I simply ignored) an email that just says, "GOBAMA!" But I will resist. I'm such a good person.

Want me to do it? I'm not a very good person AT ALL!!!

Iknow that two co workers said that they just believe marriage is a man and a woman, that's the way they were raised and that's what they believed.

My response to that would be (because nobody has said that to my face), if talking to a man "well, marry a woman" and, if talking to a woman, "marry a man." And to both "what makes it your business if someone else chooses differently?"

Oh, Happy B-day, CaBil!!

Obama announces his transition team and website.

I can't get that website to come up yet - so maybe it's not really a working thing yet or maybe everyone is trying to visit it.

Oof, now that the election is over, I have to go back to focusing on my own life. I am pretty sure I am going to have to cut my cable, to save money. I also anticipate a very cold winter, as I will try not to run up my heating bill too much.

I highly recommend getting a space heater. Mine keeps me toasty warm in the winter without having to heat the 8500 cubic feet I'm not currently occupying.

nytimes.com has a great graphic on the front page that goes through several screens showing how things changed from 2004. What is going on in Arkansas that they are the biggest shift to voting more Republican?

I'd say a combo of Mike Huckabee energizing the Republican base even if he didn't get nominated, a better Republican candidate than in 2000 or 2004, racial prejudice, and a big raised middle finger to people in the coastal states that all-too-frequently act like everything in between is a wasteland populated by extras from Deliverance. Bill Clinton was the last Democrat on the national scene that treated Arkansas residents with respect, and he's from here.