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Happy St. Patrick's day to all of you!
Can you believe that nobody heard of this holiday before Guinness really started promoting it. Well obviously not really, but they have done a great job of getting their delicious beverage to be a staple of not only this day, but my entire life.

I haven't been blogging much (some of you noticed), but I've never been much of a blogger, really, I was tricked into it and I kept it up just so that I could see the tracker go up (such an easy way to feel good about myself). But I don't watch that much TV anymore, I just don't. I still watch an obscene amount of TV by anyone else's standards but its not really a top concern anymore. I've been busy, I may have somehow accidentally gotten a life. I hope to bring random things to your attention, but it may not be on a regular basis. Although I am getting excited by American Idol. oh and Lost. and I guess all those shows that are coming back. Who knows soon I may actually like blogging again.

Singstar 90's is coming out on Wednesday and I am pretty excited! My voice is still sore from a marathon session of the current games on Saturday, since we knew that this was a great opportunity to get some Singstars before the 90's disc took center stage. I am hoping to sing a lot over the next week, maybe you will join me for a song?

If you watch Battlestar Galactica, then this recap of the first 3 seasons will make you laugh and remind you of things you forgot happened. The Season 4 premiere is April 4th.

Obama is going to win!
Hopefully we can stop FOX News from brainwashing too many people into thinking he's not the first politician in generations with the ability to enact change for the good of our country (not the corporations), before the misinformation spreads like the bloody pox (I'm enjoying John Adams on HBO a lot) through all of the stupid people (I think there are a lot more of them than you may think). It is nice to see the Yes We Can video from Will I Am because it uses Barack's own words to show what an inspiration he can be. The We Are The Ones video is pretty silly and doesn't focus on him or his words, but why others are excited about him, its not the same. Obama is not the media darling, he is the candidate that is connecting with voters in new ways and literally building a grassroots movement that can not be ignored. The media just happened to be doing their job and picked up on it.

Ever have one of those days where you have a 4 hour drive (some may tell you 5, but you believe in your abilities) and a couple too many important phone calls to make ahead of you, only to find out that you left your solar power charger behind? Probably not, but this is about me, not you, pay attention. So you don't have your charger (you never bought a car charger because of the Solio), but at least your phone has a back up battery, which at this point it is not making a connection and you finally realize that it isn't working at all. So you use your phone until it dies, unable to make a couple of your calls, but, you know what, no big deal, you'll be home in an hour, its okay nothing you can do about it. Then you realize why you need that back up battery to work, and why that charger would have been soo nice (fully charged on a beautifully sunny 70 degree day (anyone who complains about DST needs only one afternoon/evening where it is still 60 when you're done with work to realize that DST is not the devil)), its that noise, the noise that makes you think you have a flat tire. You know that you have a spare, and rememeber that the last time you had a flat you pushed it and shredded your tires, so you pull right over get out and start to check the tires. But there isn't a flat, nothing seems to be broken or stuck or out of place or obviously wrong, so you get in and think that its just finally official that you've gone crazy. As you drive away the noise is back. Get out again kick the tires just to make sure, check the wheel wells, lay on the shoulder of the highway to look under your car and see nothing unusual (not that I have any idea what it would normally look like). So now something is wrong with my car, I don't have a phone and I'm still a good 25 miles from home. What to do? Make a deal with your car of course. Okay if anything sounds worse I will get out immediately and walk to a phone, if it doesn't sound too bad I'll try driving to the next exit. Well the second exit is only another mile and the noise seems to be going away, then its almost gone. Maybe I just hit something and it was stuck, I'll drive slow, yeah, slow and steady will be the key to making it easiest for the car. God how does anyone just drive the speed limit? I'll go a little bit faster, you know so I can get home quicker and then get my car fixed.
I had one of those days Friday, it was stressful and fun and helped me remember that as much as I try I can't think of everything and I have to learn to adapt better (don't know how that lesson applies, but its the one I'm going with)
As it ends up nothing is wrong with my car (though there is a definite new rattle noise), or at least so says the service guys. The knock has gone away, and I'm sure I'll get used to the noise, so all is well. Thanks for your concern.