HRH Obama

His Royal Highness has made a number of poor decisions as of late, and I wanted to reflect on those for a minute...

1. He was on vacation again, and this time he went to Maine, after urging Americans to continue with their plans to visit the Gulf Region after the BP Oil Spill. I am a firm believer in "practice what you preach" and as the President, he should be held to the highest standard. Show Americans that it is safe to be there...don't go as far away from there as possible.
2. Being around DC, I have dozens of Boy Scout Troops as of late, as they are having what I think is the annual "Jamboree" where something like 45,000 Troops are in the area. HRH Obama is the honorary President of the Boy Scouts and was invited to speak (over 2 months ago) at the Jamboree. He has politely declined, and in his stead, has sent a video message. What is he going to be doing as opposed to meeting with America's youth...he is going to NY to do a stint on "The View," followed by some fund raising events, ahead of election season. Parties aside, does this not seem to be in poor taste?

I would love to see this guy not get re-elected....

Quote of the Night...

Goes to Miguel Batista, the Nationals pitcher who was given the start last night, at the last second, after the Nats pulled Stephen Strasburg, due to some inflamation...

"Imagine if you go there to see Miss Universe and you end up having Miss Iowa, you might get those kind of boos. But it's OK,"

Great line...

Thanks AMTRAK...

I appreciate sitting on a train at Baltimore Penn Station last night for 2 hours, only for you to tell me you expect another 3-6 hour delay.

That $100 cab ride to DC was fun (at least I saw someone I knew, and we split it).

The Major Earthquake...

ok...maybe not major, but my wife and I were both up at 5:04AM this morning and we looked at each other, and thought..."what the hell is that?"

It sounded like a tank was rolling down our street.

Well it was just a minor 3.6 on the scale, but enough to make us not go back to bed...

A kind of cool experience actually.

It Seems To Be Missing...

In this day and age, where things like comics and other things we remember from the past are suddenly popping up again and becoming normal in places like movies, something struck me as missing...

Every morning, my child, like many others, has a bottle of milk to start the day. It kick starts him into overdrive as soon as he goes 90 degrees on that thing...

To that end, I think of him as Popeye. We all remember him cracking open that can of spinach, only to have super human strength and energy.

Why has there not been a modern day Popeye movie made? Maybe more importantly, who would play the awkwardly thin and flat chested, and not all that attractive Olive? Maybe a skinny and just out of jail Lindsay Lohan? Maybe her girlfriend/boyfriend Samantha Ronson? I could think of these options for hours on end...

A Delicate Balance...

It really sucks when you have to make the decision between a "big" night out and the realization that the punishment is a baby who wakes up at 630 needing your attention.

I hate that!

Disney...

With a 20 month old, I watch a lot of Disney, specifically, Special Agent Oso, Handy Manny, and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.

With regard to MMC, my mind tends to wander, and I cannot figure out why the creators have 2 Mice that can talk (Mickey and Minnie), 2 ducks that can talk (Donald & Daisy), 1 dog that can talk (Goofy), and another dog that is simply a pet (Pluto)

I am very confused!