Almost New Years - Taking Requests

New Years Eve is almost upon us. For those of you coming to our annual bash, I am finishing up the music playlist (about half Beatles, and the other half is a mix of other stuff), so if you have any songs you'd like me to add to the playlist, let me know by adding a comment here - or, if registering so you can comment is just too damn complicated for ya, you can just email me at john@john420.com.

23 Days and Counting

Let the spinning begin! Seeing as how old Chimpy McFlightsuit is finally on his way out, his surrogates are now out in full force trying to rewrite history for the most embarrassing President of all time.

A small sampling:

"History, though, is going to be kind to [Bush] at the end." - Karl Rove

"[This generation is going to] thank this president for what he's done," - Condi Rice

"In 100 years people aren’t going to remember Guantánamo or Abu Ghraib" - John "The Walrus" Bolton

I do have to agree with Condi though. I am thankful that Bush has been so terrible that he has opened the door for us to fundamentally reshape our politics, which have been nothing but right vs. left and gridlock for the last 20 or so years. So, yeah, um, thanks Chimpy....

More details here.

Merry Christmas!

The Christmas insanity is over, and 2008 was one of the best Christmases ever. Julia and David got TONS of toys (and other stuff, but do they really care about anything except the toys?) and they really seemed to enjoy everything. Went to quite a few parties, some family friendly ones - and some not so much (thanks Brigette and Al!).

Anyway, the new blog is now up and running and I plan to post at least once every day (we'll see how that works out). Please visit often and say hello or share your thoughts in the comments section!