Sometimes the past just needs to stay IN THE PAST!!

Back in my pre-teen days you better believe I could "Hang Tough" like the rest of them. I was all about Donnie, Joey, Jordan and the those other New Kids, I'm pretty sure I even had a poster or two. Each of my friends claimed their future Groom from the Block and we all lived contently in New Kids on the Block la-la land. I won't deny it, but folks...I was 11.

Dana and I watched the AMA's last night and lo and behold, it ain't no joke, the New Kids are back on the Block. They performed a medley of two old songs (including Hang Tough) and their newer (raunchy old men singing to young girls about getting jiggy) songs. WOOOOOWWWW....I have few words.
Wait..no that's not true, I have more than a few..
LET IT DIE BOYS!!! LET IT GO!! You'd think that these early-middle aged men would realize that the pipes don't work quite the same as they did when they were teens..oh no...they were belting it out in all their nails on a chalk board glory! I gotta say, the hibbidy-dibbity dancing with the teeny bopper background girls was a little creepy for my taste. Yikeso.

Let it go homes, seriously.
Hammer pants, wave bangs, neon green, NKOTB, all things we should leave buried...F-O-R-E-V-E-R.

Early Christmas!!!

Folks, we filled up the Civic for under $20 last night. That's right, gas was only $1.99/Gal!!!
Can you believe it? It's like Christmas came early!!

We miss the Element terribly, but I'm not gonna lie, the fuel bill is a lot easier to handle. :)

HAPPY FRIDAY!!

Just a tasty tid-bit for your listening pleasure.

Eleanor Roosevelt

"No one can make you feel inferior without your permission."

I like that.

All Eyes Are On You Barack Obama

Wow, what a day!
As expected, internet news sites, blogs, emails, EVERYTHING is littered with the news of the very historic moment this nation experienced last night.

Presidential Elect Barack Obama.

Honestly, from the very beginning, I believed he would take it, but the reality of that really hit me when I saw him and his family accepting their place in the white house. In my lifetime, I was witness to something powerful, and something that my childrens' children will be reading about. Like Martin Luther King Jr., or Abe Lincoln, or freedom writers before their time, Barack Obama just made a mark in the history of this nation.

Despite the magnitude of this event, the internet is STILL filled with people debating the big issues as if the decision hadn't yet been made. They are stuck in a perpetual pissing match. There is a lot about this that leaves me unsettled and feeling a little insecure, A LOT, shoot I voted for the other guy.
But here's the deal folks, we have an amazing opportunity to take those insecurities and turn them into something really positive. This is our chance, to rise up as a nation, despite our differences and unite. If you are passionate about abortion, help inform the women that are contemplating that decision. If you know someone that is considering assisted suicide, educate yourself, be a support in whatever way you know how.

Stop playing the blame game. Get off your batootie and step up. Republican or Democrat, black or white, we are in this together.

So...shut up already and hold my hand!