From McSweeney's: An Electoral-College breakdown for my French in-laws that meets all their preconceptions.

I'm trying to decide if his description of Florida or Ohio is more apt, but they did call Laura, Tep and Cash to mind.

Heh. The description of soccer in Ohio's section was 100% on the money:

For them, "soccer" is the word for Europe's national pastime, but in Ohio this sport is only allowed to be played until the age of 13.

Oooh, there's an "Obama Daily community on LJ!

The set of pictures from yesterday when the Obamas went to the White House, made me think a few things:

(1) Dude, the Obamas -- both of them -- are SO MUCH TALLER than the Bushes (both of them)!

(2) W. looks a little uncomfortable next to Barack.

(3) In the picture (I can't link to the individual pictures, which sucks) where W. and Barack are walking down the hall-like area with the fan-shaped window behind them, Obama looks SO at ease and SO comfortable, like he's already moved in. And W. looks constipated.

My new work computer is here! But I don't know when it will actually get to my desk, so I can't decide when I should start cleaning everything out of my browser, etc. God forbid I should just work until then....

I'm also in on the Obama & Family adoration, which is absolutely the first time I've found that kind of affection for a President (or just about any politician/political family, ever.)

Poor Laura Bush looks so dowdy in those pictures.

1. Why tell me about the great Depression, PBS?

2. Why is it that the situation before the Great Depression seem so much like our situation now?

I was watching that last night, too, and had the same reaction. Housing boom followed by big-time crash? Check! Twenty-some years since the last market crash (1987)? Check! The money getting concentrated in the hands of a few? Check! Everyone else thinking that they could make it rich just as easily as "the few" did? Check! Everything on credit/margin? Check!

Sort of like how I greet my brother with "HEY DORK!" but, you know, classier.

Hee--this reminds me of Rachel Maddow yesterday. After she mentioned that the Obamas got Secret Service code names, she said, "My code name is 'Dork-nozzle.'" I loves me some dorky Rachel!

This pic, Steph? [link]

Poor Laura Bush looks so dowdy in those pictures.

As I've heard her called Dumpy McQueen.

The latest in fashionable body armor.

This pic, Steph? [link]

Nope; it's taken facing them, rather than from the side, and Obama is in mid-step, and he's just all lanky and loose -- he actually reminds me of Michael Jordan, in terms of his physicality, now that I think of it.

Dean is stepping down as chairman of the DNC.

fucksticks

I was watching that last night, too, and had the same reaction. Housing boom followed by big-time crash? Check! Twenty-some years since the last market crash (1987)? Check! The money getting concentrated in the hands of a few? Check! Everyone else thinking that they could make it rich just as easily as "the few" did? Check! Everything on credit/margin? Check!

And then we'll get a World War.

My Dad recently read a book (has he gotten me the title yet? Goodness no) showing the "financial collapse/depression/big fucking war" pattern back to the 1400s or something.

I met one of my favorite jewelry designer (well, other than friends Gurhan is my only jewelry designer of love) at a trunk show last week and we ended up talking politics. As one does. He was saying that friends at home in Turkey and all over the world felt incredible relief at the election because we might just avoid World War III. As much as a depression would suck WWIII would be worse -- there are still enough nukes floating around that WWIV would involve flaming sticks and trebuchets... ::looks around frantically:: THAT IS NOT ACTUALLY A GOOD THING PEOPLE!