I've been watching the inaugeral concert with a mixture of giddyness, excitement, pride for our country, and a good deal of tears. As someone who truly believes that music brings people together in unexpected ways, it is amazing and touching to me to see such a crowd at the Lincoln Memorial, all gathered in celebration of... well, words. Lyrics, ( Read more... )

Tonight, history was made. And I would love to write something eloquent and something that properly captures exactly how I feel right now, but adequate words escape me. So I'll leave it at this --

I have never been more proud of America than I am in this moment. I have never felt more connected to my fellow Americans. And I am excited to be able to ( Read more... )

So I was browsing around on JJB tonight, and I saw a post titled, "Bob needs his own thread." I automatically thought of Bob Harper, one of my Celebrity Boyfriends, so I clicked.

It wasn't a thread about Bob Harper, but it WAS a thread about another Bob H. -- Bob Herzog, the traffic guy for Cincinnati's Channel 12 morning news! Apparently someone ( Read more... )

I'm rooting for Eight Belles, Adriano, and Pyro today... Pyro wasn't initially one of my faves, but I saw a photo of him online where it looked like he was sticking out his tongue directly at the camera, and it cracked me up. So yay for Pyro! LOL

I freakin' love the Kentucky Derby. One day I WILL be there, in my fancy dress and big hat, drinking my ( Read more... )

This Evil Twin has her candidate for the presidency... and since I'm in an Obama mood today, I'm posting his speech from last month that gives me cold chills every time I hear/read it.

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Obama speaks after New Hampshire primary election results announced
Tuesday, January 8, 2008; 8:45 ( Read more... )

86% John Edwards
84% Hillary Clinton
84% Barack Obama
79% Chris Dodd
79% Bill Richardson
74% Dennis Kucinich
71% Mike Gravel
70% Joe Biden
42% John McCain
36% Rudy Giuliani
34% Mike Huckabee
34% Tom Tancredo
33% Mitt Romney
21% Fred Thompson
14% Ron Paul

2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz

1. I hate storms. Like, whole bunches. Rain, I'm cool with. But thunder? Lightning? Wind? Hail? Not cool with. VERY not cool with. And there's a ginormous storm about 13 minutes from my hometown, which means it's about 20 minutes from me. And it's moving our way "at a very strong clip," according to Mr. Weatherman. *shakes fist at storms ( Read more... )

Based on my browsing of some Broadway-related messageboards, Adam Pascal fans are not too thrilled about his new CD potentially being named "Me and Larry."

I, however, think it's funny, especially given that he even asked for suggestions for a CD title, so that he wouldn't have to go with something like "Me and Larry." For him to end up using what ( Read more... )

I fucking love fireworks!!! I fucking love the WEBN fireworks!!! We had such a great view, and it wasn't claustrophobic at all, which made it even better!! And ten minutes after the last firework went off, I was back here in my nice, cool apartment with my cool beer and Channel 5 showing the highlights from the performance ( Read more... )

And this year, I put out a blanket super-early (7:45 a.m. this morning, to be exact), and then put a second one down around 10, and when my niece and her friends got down to the river at 1 p.m., both were still there! Yay!! So now they're camped out on one and keeping an eye on the other until Evil Twin and I go down tonight. And the spot should be ( Read more... )