Planetary Alignment

You may be asking yourself right now what amazing cosmic event has transpired to make me post on the weekend. Not event, gentle reader, EVENTS!

The day was starting off well to begin with because the husband and I had a rare weekend date planned. Oh joy, rapture, bliss. But little did I know that things could only get better.

At the gym, I happened to glance up from my treadmill screen to look at the people walking by in front of me on the track—a man in a ball cap and a woman. The man looked oddly familiar and then almost instantaneously it hit me! It was CHRIS DAUGHTRY from American Idol. Aside from seeing John Cleese at a play in England, this is my only celebrity sighting. And if I hadn't of looked like ass, I might have made an ass of myself and jumped off the treadmill and run him down. As it was, I tried to play it cool, while desperately scanning the gym to see if I could spot him again. And upon leaving I got confirmation at the front desk that it was indeed him.

So that would have to be the highlight of any day, right? But oh no, about 20 minutes ago it got even better. I answered the phone and was asked to participate in a telephone political poll. And I am not ashamed to admit that this excited me even more than seeing Chris Daughtry a mere three feet away from my own sweatiness.

Either the planets are in alignment or this is Christmas in May. I guess my grandmother was right, things do happen in threes.

The GOP's New Black Friend

It is starting to look like the GOP, and McCain particular, really do watch The Colbert Report. Over the weekend on ABC's This Week program, Dan Senor, a republican strategist (what the freak does that MEAN? could I be an American Idol strategist because I watch every episode and am not afraid to voice my opinion?), said that Condoleezza Rice has been actively campaigning the McCain campaign to be his VP pick.

Holy pajama bottoms Batman! This certainly wouldn't be the sneakiest thing the GOP has ever pulled, but it comes close. In a lot of people's eyes this would be a brilliant counter-punch to the Democrats offering up either the first African American or female presidential candidate. TaDa! An African American woman! Beat that liberals.

But not so fast. What would Condi really bring to the ticket? Foreign policy experience, but does McCain really need balancing in that area? And how many African Americans or women for that matter who are either undecided or liberal are going to be swayed by Rice? Frankly, she comes off as even less "black" than Obama if you want to go down that road. And of course she plays a mean concert piano.

Finally, is it a positive for the McCain campaign to literally connect themselves to the Bush Administration by selecting as his VP one of its longest running cabinet members? I mean I get that McCain thinks he can somehow turn Bush's legacy of destruction and devastation into a winning bid for the White House, but pardon me if I don't get how. And Condi has been riding shotgun for the whole eight years, smiling at  her husband Dubya the whole time.

Perchance to Dream

Dreams are strange things.

Today we are going to take a detour down the metaphysical highway. Check out this site: 

www.idreamofhillaryidreamofbarack.com/about.

Thanks to "Chad Boulet" for the link. And if you are at all interested in the American Idol juggernaut, he does a nifty job of reviewing it at his blog, Idol Savant listed in my links.

Speechless

Be prepared ya'll, I am about to blow your minds:

I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY.

I know you are shocked. Dang it is a slow news day because nothing new has popped up to incite my wrath so I am going to be forced to rattle on about American Idol last night.

I totally saw that the singing waiter and his oddly-hair styled youngin' would be hitting the yellow brick road, but Britney's former boy toy? I expected him and his wig to be around for a bit longer.

And while I was not blown away by the blondie that was booted last night, I figured it would be the Britney impersonator (as did she). Maybe she and the former Brit boy toy can hook up? Also the retro-80's attired Alexandrea was a bit of a shock as well. I think that was a mistake.

But at least there is now once less blonde girl for me to keep track off. I am getting old and feeble, my brain can't register that much peroxide in one night.