Wow! It's actually Thanksgiving time again. How can it possibly be the end of November already?
It feels like time has been getting by me a lot faster lately. I just realized that I haven't blogged in over a week and plenty of things have happened that I should have blogged about. So I'm wondering...do I comment on a long list of things...or just promise to be more attentive and blog more often?
I think I'll compromise and briefly comment on just a few things...
Dancing with the Stars season finale: Predictable
Quantum of Solace: Maybe the best James Bond movie I've ever seen (w/o Halle Berry)
Obama's new team: Interesting so far.
American Music Awards: Not a bad show this year. I love the red carpet for obvious reasons!
Having the 24 hr flu earlier this week: I think a picture says it all.
OK...I'm guessing those are all things that I would have blogged about over the past week...I may have left a few out...but I promise I'll be blogging daily.
Have a GREAT Thanksgiving...enjoy your family and friends...and we'll talk in the morning.
Barack Obama has won the first battle in the 2008 Presidential election...albeit a small one!
Results are in from the towns of Dixville Notch and Hart's Location, New Hampshire...and Obama has won there . The results in Dixville Notch are 15 votes for Barack Obamaand 6 for John McCain. In Hart's Location, it's 17 for Obama and 10 for McCain.
What's the rest of the day hold for Obama and McCain? I can see it going either way. A majority of the polls have Obama leading at this point...but things have been tightening up over the past few days and could get a lot tighter before all of the polls close tonight.
I guess the bottom line is this...go vote. Exercise your right as an American and be a part of the process...no matter which candidate you support.
A lot of the things that I watch on those shows gets discussed on the show each morning, while others don't because of time, subject matter, or because it's not mass appeal enough. So I thought I'd take a few minutes and discuss some of those things here on the blog.
First off...The Rolling Stonesjust signed a long-term contract with a new record label. That's obviously not a story you'll see Tori Ryden lead with tonight on News 8 WMTW. However, around Frank-FM it's been a big topic of discussion.
Mick Jagger is 65. Keith Richards is 64. Charlie Watts is 67. Ronnie Wood is 61.
I can't believe the words "long term" come up in conversation about any of the Rolling Stones...unless we're talking about long term health care!
Another thing that got my attention yesterday was the news about the family that had Extreme Makover demolish their nasty old house and replace it with a mini-mansion back in 2005...now having their dream home put up for auction because they can't pay the mortgage.
Besides a luxury home, they were also provided with $250,000, including scholarships for their 3 kids, and a home maintenance fund.
So where did all the money go? Well I'm assuming it went for more than extra cheese on a couple of pizza's last Friday night! Reports say they used the home as collateral for a $450,000 loan to start a construction business that failed.
I don't want to judge them, but can you imagine someone GIVING you a brand new home, college scholarships for your kids, money to keep up the house, and $250K? How do you mess that up?
NFL training camps opened this week. This is the time of year that I live for...I LOVE the NFL. Obviously I'm interested to see how former NY Jet and Oakland Raider running-back Lamont Jordan will fit-in on the Pat's squad...
But the BIG news is the return of Packers QB Brett Favre.
Brett retired back in April...
Now he wants to play again...
The Pack...not so interested! They've moved on, but they don't want Brett to move on...they'd prefer he just stay down on the farm in Mississsippi.
Have you ever been to Mississippi? Yeah...now ya know why Brett wants to return to Green Bay!
Anyway...enough already. The Pack should let him go play someplace else...other than the NFC North...and Brett should make sure that next time he says he's done...he's really done!
Here's a question for you...are you sick and tired of the Presidential election yet? I try to never get too deep into discussing politics for the obvious reasons. But unless they have something new to report I wish CNN and FOX would find something else to discuss.
And here's a tip for Obama and McCain...pick a VP already! Let us know who they are...so the TV know-it-all's can sit around and pick them apart for a while. It serves two purposes...it gets them to stop talking about you so much...and give us a chance to sort through the dirty laundry of your VP!
OK...that's it for now...I gotta get to the TV for late-breaking news! There has just been an earthquake in southern California...5.8 in the Richter scale...
Since I'm going to Disneyland for vacation on Friday, I need to find out if Mickey and Minniestill have a house...
