Noah thinks the new president's name is A-Rock A-Bahma. He got a hold of the Newsweek with Obama on the cover and came racing in to ask if I knew who was on the cover? "A-rock A-Bahma", he's the president!" I watched President-elect Obama on 60 Minutes last night and I was favorably impressed. I especially liked it when Michelle Obama called him on some of the things he said. It made them seem like the real deal, and not some phonies posturing for the media. At one point the President-elect said that doing the dishes was soothing for him. Michelle asked him when doing the dishes was ever soothing for him? He stammered like the rest of us when we are caught by our spouses trying to peddle a line of BS. He said, while trying to explain how much his old routines, that he missed being able to take a simple walk. He said the he wanted to take Michelle for a walk and she said she wasn't going. Real life stuff. Unfortunately, there really is an underlying tone of racism in this country, despite the election of Obama. I actually heard someone use the n-word in a sentence today. I was shocked, but the speaker seemed completely at ease saying it. I'm always conflicted as to whether or not to say something at these times to indicate my disapproval. Some joker at bowling tonight was making a joke about the Obamas trashing up the White House. I did take that guy to task, but he just blew me off gave no mind whatever to my attempt at challenging him. Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year. He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there is some mistake. The only other sound's the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake. The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. --Robert Frost I think Frost is saying that as much as we are tempted to stop and rest, the job is never quite done and obligation always calls. Obama's election might have closed the racial chasm in America a bit, but much is left undone. Things in this blog represented to be fact, may or may not actually be true. The writer is frequently wrong, sometimes just full of it, but always judgmental and cranky