Meteor brightens Edmonton night sky

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"I seen it!"

It's good to know there are white trash folks up in Canada, too, hehehe. (No offense to my fabulous Albertan friend, of course.) If you saw it, you have to tell us all about it!

Read more in the CBC News article.

Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh

That's the sound of Peter Griffith's sigh, and it's a huge sigh of relief after the freakin' elections. Ugh! I thought it would never end! Just remembering debating Hillary version Obama seems like FOREVER ago. SO much changes so quickly!

Enough with the politics! I'm done. Oh wait, I'm gay. Damn it! LOL I'm still ... [insert adj. here] about Prop. 8. What a bummer, huh! I'm still upset with that shit. Freakin' hot Mormons like their freakin' fifty wives, and I can't get one husband. That line borrow from a picketer's slogan. Find many more here, I found. Oh, and the Connecticut Supreme Court rouled 4-3 in favor of accepting gay marriages in their state . I wonder if Connecticut Catholics (or Mormons, LOL) will raise millions of dollars in money to advertise their bigotry AND push their church on the state, all on display for its 3.5 million citizens. I don't know what it is about this intersection of religion and politics, but it evidently gets to me.

My only solacement has been my twilight-hour coding. I've put together a small collection of code snippets and demos to prove to myself that I could make it use this to do that, and I'm thoroughly enjoying it. And I have put together a simple project that I am improving bit by bit. Maybe I will post it soon, who knows.

Bush Congratulates Obama

It's the start of a new era in America.


Hulu link

See Obama's first press conference including the quip, "mutts like me," referring to the upcoming choice in dog for this daughters.

OBAMA WINS!!

Sorry to spoil the news if you TiVo-ed it, but Illinois senator Barack Obama became the President-elect last night around 11:15pm. I was so excited when it all went down as I chatted with my Canadian friend who was excited for no reason. =)

The odds were stacking up against McCain quickly in the last hour as one after another electoral-rich states reported their votes and yielded all their electoral votes to Obama including Ohio, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Florida and California to put it over the edge. McCain did get the majority of the Southern states EXcluding Virginia, NC (both typically red) and Florida. The electoral count turned out to be a landslide for Obama, as of now it's 338 to 163 with a couple states not accounted for. ... That's more than twice the votes McCain got! Twice!

McCain gave a gracious concession speech, despite the boos of his character-trashing followers, and I have to confess I was a little sad when I watched Tine Fay, I mean, Sarah Palin walking off stage, like that was the end of all that wonderful fun we were having with her, haha. Obama gave an epic, presidential speech to a freakin' SEA of people in Chicago's Grant Park. I mean I was just in awe of the vast number of people there, and then the guys panned the cameras down the length of the park and it behooved me to say OMFG with renewed awe. This picture just doesn't do it justice since this is about half the width of this elongated park.


The Democrats secured a majority in both the Senate and the House in Congress in part due to the ousting of North Carolina's own Sen. Elizabeth Dole in favor of "Godless" Democrat Kay Hagan. At first I thought Dole was being gracious when she gave her concession speech, but then she made that comment about how she's going to PRAY for Kay Hagan, and it was just the way she said it that really rubbed Hagan's face in the whole Godless accusation again, and that really turned me off for Dole. I'm glad she's gone, because she doesn't represent my ideals in any way, and when I look at her I just think of Bob Dole and his beach-walking Viagara commercials. *shivers in disgust* Hagan was almost tactlessly giddy in her acceptance speech. I think she even gave out a "w00t!" LOL

In other NC news, Patrick McCrory, who I voted for, lost the gubernatorial election against current Lt. Gov. Bev Berdue. I guess only time will tell if Perdue doesn't get too wrapped up with Raliegh over there and doesn't forget about the state's larget city, Charlotte which is also larger than Atlanta and every other city between Philadelphia and Jacksonville, Fla. Keep that in mind when you're driving down our 2-lane interstate, Perdue!

What a night!

President Barack Obama!

YES WE CAN!!

The Force is STRONG with Me!

Drill, Baby, Drill!

I found this eerily funny game online today. It's called Oiligarchy and this is its stated description:

Delicious, profitable, stinky oil! Let's get stupid rich, huh? Trash the environment, bribe the politicians and squish the little peoples. Don't feel rich enough? Then Drill, Baby, Drill!

And it doesn't stop with references to the winkin' hockey mom we know and love, Caribou Barbie, LOL, but it starts post-WWII in Texas and and you start drilling for oil. Depending on the politcal climate in other locations, you can also drill in Nigeria, Venezuela, Alaska, and Iraq. You influence the president and try to get stinking rich over the years. I don't want to spoil the fun, but there are some overt suggestions. Don't forget the read the newpaper headlines!