One Year Of Awesome

Thank you, President Obama, for encouraging everyone to get a mop, and for not quitting once you saw the mess you were handed.

One Year Of Awesome

Big News Day!

U2 released their new single, Get On Your Boots today! Yeah, it's a neat little dance tune about the future needing a big kiss and love and community and not blowing someone else's stuff up. I've heard it about three times today and I'm crazy about it.

U2 was at this concert over the weekend, and they got to stand near Shakira and meet a guy who has to clean up an insane amount of messes.



Great song...really.

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Oh, who the hell am I kidding?

LOOK AT THIS PRESIDENT:



After that picture was taken he told a whole story about how this country has seen way worse times and rejected as false the choice between our safety and our ideals and was like, if people just work together things will get better. Crazy idea. Just might work.

It feels good to have a President again.

Tags: January 2009, music, politics, world, U2, Barack Obama, news

Big News Day!

One Last Throw Down

A few days ago I posted the Obama/McCain Dance-Off video, but it was at the end of a very long thing and it deserves a spot all its own because it's awesome, no matter who you rooted for.

One Last Throw Down

Yes, We Really Really Did. Really!

I had this post planned in advance but then last night I came here in the middle of my frenzy of glee and basically wrote what I had planned for today, except I had a different song, the Zydeco version of Yes We Can, so...Laissez les bon temps roulez!

Yes, We Really Really Did. Really!

Yes We Did.

I'm a bit verklempt at the moment, but I once said I'd dance when the next president was elected and although it took me longer than I'd hoped, I'm making good on that boast. While I'm off doing that, here's some music:

Signed Sealed Delivered by Stevie Wonder

(Thank you to everyone who voted Obama and to everyone who didn't...it'll be okay.)

Yes We Did.