Liquid Lunches

Having a drink with lunch always sounds like such a great, fun idea at the time but it really just makes you sleepy the rest of the afternoon. Damn you C-Bizkit!!!!!

Bring Me Sunshine

"Bring Me Sunshine" by Willie Nelson is one of the best songs ever. If you ever start your day sad, hungover, tired or just plain blah it will make you smile. Love it!

Who Says The French Are Boring?

So I took the long way home on the Metro last night. I'm really enjoying the book I'm reading right now, so I like to have more time to read. Moving on. I was at L'Enfant Plaza, hopped on a Green Line train and waited for a couple minutes for that familiar "doors closing". What happened instead you ask? A member of DC's finest appeared at the door I was standing next to and barks "Out of the train NOW!!!". Not just once, mind you but over and over again while making near violent arm gestures. This happened again at the escalator "Get upstairs NOW!!!". They let people mill about a minute or so upstairs, some who were foolishly looking over the rail at the SWAT team carrying AK-47s, and then "Everyone out of the station NOW!!! MOVE!!!! MOVE!!!! MOVE!!!!". People started to run. I took a moment to calm the nerves of a mother and her young son in town to see the Wizards game and then picked up the pace and got the hell out of le Dodge. Ended up walking with some guy to Chinatown, which is a few scant blocks from where I work, but not very close to L'Enfant. So glad I took the long way home.....

Update:
L'Enfant Plaza Metro station in Southwest Washington was closed briefly last night and commuters were ushered outside after a man told a station manager that he had an explosive device, an official said. Metro Transit Police arrested the man and checked the station but found no explosives. The station, which serves the Blue, Green, Yellow and Orange lines, was closed from 6:53 to 7:07 p.m.

Nobody Puts Baby In A Corner

"Law & Order" star Jerry Orbach has died of prostate cancer at 69, a representative of the show said Wednesday.

There Are Tall Good Looking Nice Guys Out There

Who knew? So I went on a date last night with the aforementioned TGLNG. Turns out he has the same birthday as yours truly. Also turns out, nice guys aren't always boring and cute boys aren't always jerks. What a pleasant surprise it was to have a completely unexpected, really enjoyable evening. And to truly make it a memorable evening - my front clasp bra popped open while we were having our first beer. Thank God I was wearing a sweater, he didn't see and I was able to excuse myself to the bathroom to fix it!

People Wonder Why I'm a Dem?

Ann Coulter has shown herself to be a closet evangelist for the Christmas cause, and has used her website to send out a subtle appeal to those who practice a different faith :
"To The People Of Islam: Just think: If we'd invaded your countries, killed your leaders and converted you to Christianity YOU'D ALL BE OPENING CHRISTMAS PRESENTS RIGHT ABOUT NOW! Merry Christmas"
Thinking this is one reason to convert most Muslim's haven't thought of, but, ironically, "Because we want to give them Christmas gifts" was actually in the first draft of Colin Powell's UN presentation.

Things I Learned Over The Holiday Weekend

1. The movie version of All The President's Men ends abruptly.
2. Quentin Tarantino is pure genius when it comes to camera angles.
3. Blind dates can be fun, but are definitely more so when the boy is cute, thinks I'm funny and doesn't stare at my boobs all night.
4. I really love the movie White Christmas. Among other things, it brings back memories of my Aunt Trish singing "Sisters". She really is a great lady.
5. I take far too much joy in beating boys at sports, but only when they trash talk and say I'm going to lose because I'm a girl. I blame this on my older brother.
6. I would be lost without my friend Jim. He really is a wonderful friend. Every girl should get one.
7. As sad as I was away from my family, I am super glad I wasn't stuck at National trying to get to them.

Further Evidence That Time Was Wrong

From Wonkette: "Rove used Rudy and Kerik to tout Bush as the anti-terrorism candidate, but Rudy is too socially liberal for the true-believers. So they let him shoot himself in the foot. Rove knew about Kerik's baggage - and that he could never be confirmed. But he went along with the nomination, betting that the heat would come down on Rudy, which it has."

Rove really should have been Time's Person of the Year considering without him the Repubs wouldn't have won the White House this year and arguably many elections since the 70's. If only he'd use his power for good....

Putin Scares Me

Am I the only one growing increasingly nervous about Putin? It's not bad enough that he and 43 get along well, but now every news story about him seems to involve either backward moves for Russia's democracy (what little they had to begin with) or signs that he is strengthening relations with China - and not in a way that would be beneficial to democratic countries.

Snow, Republicans and Very Cold Wind

My childish excitement over the appearance of our first snow flurry last night died as soon as I stepped outside this morning and it was 10 degrees at 7:15 am with no snow to be seen. It was further beat like the dead horse it is a few hours ago when we walked to the White House for our tour of the Christmas decorations. It is now official that wind is my natural enemy. Not even overhearing an old Republican bat mutter "Why is HER picture here?" in front of the portrait of Hillary (which, I must mention manages to be very realistic as well as flattering) could boil my blood enough to keep me warm. Although I did retort politely (well, as polite as a retort can be) "I do believe it's because we're in the First Ladies Hall" with a very, very ingenuous smile. I do believe she was fooled.