It's amazing the effect of a Democratic presidency. According to the wingnuts Clinton caused all the problems of Bush's first four years, and now Obama will be causing all the problems of Bush's last three months.

It's a wonder that Bush got anything done at all, really.

for all of you who have never forgiven Nader for 2000....The snippet in which he calls Obama an Uncle Tom. "

I loathed Ralph Nader long before 2000, but that's the closest I've come to wanting to run over an old guy with a Pinto.

I am sorry that Uncle Tom has acquired such negative connotations, because he was a hero in the book. It's hardly giving in to the man to die rather than betray someone else.

When traffic near home is being jacked up, it's at least good to know it's for a good reason--Glam, did you make it to the demonstration at the Mormon temple?

Went for lunch with an ex-worker yesterday. Today he jokingly referred to it as a date (I was notoriously single at the office). Why he gotta do that? I have such a lack of sense of humour when it comes to stealth dating. In all seriousness I let myself get bitten by that more than once.

Cash, good call on the Weatherly arms. They were pleasant. NCIS has a decent set of science advisors, it seems. I swear they used appropriate methodology cleaning up a JPEG in this past episode.

Kat, I love the reporter's reaction. "Ralph Nader...what was that?"

ita, I love his "Really?" first. That shit cracked me up.

I'm so tired and so swamped with bleh that I haven't even answered any of my emails or phone calls. So if I owe you one, it's not you. It's me. I haven't even called my volunteer supervisor back yet.

That's great, Sophia.

I've been hearing a bunch of speculation figuring out what school the Obama girls will go to. My bet is Sidwell Friends.

My bet is Sidwell Friends.

Good bet. It certainly worked well for Chelsea.

I have such a lack of sense of humour when it comes to stealth dating.

I'm not a fan of the stealth date. It makes everything awkward when people I know have imaginary relationships with me, and also I refuse to apologize for any infidelities I've committed before I've been made aware of my sekrit girlfriend status.

Oh yeah. Awesome stealth fun times.

I fell asleep with the TV on, and just woke up to Elvis Costello and Madeleine Albright singing "don't Fence Me In" on Conan. It was quite surreal. Also, Madeleine Albright has a really nice voice!

Now there is some sort of metal type band seriously dressed like Demons from Buffy.

I've been reading the Newsweek story. It reads like a thriller even though I already know the outcome.

One of the things I've been thinking about is that the Baby Boomers only got a president for eight years. Whoever comes after Obama is not going to be from that generation.