Fireworks in Sydney, photo by my friends Charles and Debbie. I am very happy to see the end of of 2008, and I’m looking forward to the New Year. Best wishes to everyone.
Happy New Year
And the Socks Say
Winter Solstice
Rick Warren Despises These People
A World of Books
I saw this at Andrew Sullivan’s, and had to save it here, so I could watch it again and again.
This Is Where We Live from 4th Estate on Vimeo.
Thanksgiving Surprise
The Macy’s parade is a staple on Thanksgiving, but this year’s surprise made me very happy.
Change.gov
Hurry on over to the new web site for Obama’s transition team, if you haven’t yet. For one thing, it’s very nice to look at this:
The site’s informative too, with pages on the issues Obama plans to tackle first, a tab for sending in your own thoughts on issues and your stories from the campaign, and also a tab for job applications for the new administration. It feels very good having a President-elect who knows the importance of communication.
Campaign for Change – Colorado
We’re looking forward to having our weekends back to normal, trying to remember the projects we had planned when we decided two months ago to give our free time to the Obama campaign instead. By now, the little office that has been headquarters for the campaign in this part of Colorado has probably been emptied out. It was a good little office, though.
This morning we heard a news report about Obama’s transition team, and how they are organized into different teams and functions, and we smiled at each other. Yeah, that’s the campaign we saw – efficient, organized, disciplined. Very Obama.
Ratified
And I dreamed I was flying….
And high up above my eyes could clearly see, the Statue of Liberty, sailing away to sea…
Oh, but it’s alright, it’s alright…