I set my alarm so I could watch President Obama be sworn in, but I just hit snooze and only got up in time to see Dubya board the helicopter to Andrews and then the plane to Texas. That was good enough. I can watch the Oath of office and the Inaugural address online, later ( Read more... )

I'm frankly still reeling from the republican candidate for president's choice for running mate (and from her acceptance speech which, like a flaming wreck on the side of the road, I couldn't stop myself from watching). Now I have a visceral response every time I see her picture, or even hear her name. It's not just disgust, it's more like horror. ( Read more... )

This was the first year I really followed the Olympics. I've certainly been aware of them before, and watched some events when they happened to be on, but I couldn't tell you anything about them now. I actually anticipated the 2008 Olympics. Not, you know, by a lot, but I saw some specials on the work Beijing had done to prepare for the games ( ( Read more... )