Yada yada:

North Korea has tentatively agreed to close down its nuclear weapons program in exchange for energy aid, U.S. and Chinese officials said Tuesday.

But the proposed deal was being reviewed by officials in the negotiators’ capitals before becoming final.

Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, the lead American official at the talks, said the United States will give an unspecified amount of energy assistance to North Korea in exchange for North Korea freezing its production of plutonium.

I’m sure they’ll be as faithful to this agreement as they were to the previous one, under which they most certainly did not engage in any sort of nuclear development.

I’m sorry, but how stupid are we?

It might go something like this:

Although I think I am going to spend tonight pretending I’m still on vacation before I return to work tomorrow.

See you soon.

So Barack Obama is officially in. Sure, he seems like a pleasant enough fella who gives good speeches (I checked my thesarus for alternatives to articulate…can’t appear to be racist, ya know), but all I hear from him are banal platitudes. It’s along the lines of, “The children are our future” and “We must work together to fulfill America’s promise as one nation.” Yawn. He never says anything of substance and is relying on the media-created persona to fool people. 45 years old, no competitive campaigns, a very liberal voting record, and two years of doing nothing in the Senate, and he wants to be President?

Forgive me, but anyone willing to consider such an empty-suit with a charming smile needs their head checked. People, don’t pay attention to a politician’s words! Examine their actions and votes before jerking off to him/her. Obama has nothing!

I don’t care for Hillary Clinton and she is clearly not as articulate as Obama (at least for a white person), but she does have a record. I respect her more for standing by it (mostly), than someone who’s the media flavor of the month.

My beloved Grandpa passed away in Denver last June at 92 years old, after suffering from two years of Alzheimer’s disease. He is considered the great man in our family…the one who set the standards for work ethic, personal responsibility, and love of family. My Dad gave the eulogy at his memorial and I’d like to share it with you. It’s in outline form, but try to imagine my Dad flowing through it effortlessly…until the end. (I’ve deleted the last name, of course.)
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Whenever my friend Tom and I get together, as we’re doing right now in beautiful Alabama, we sit down to record equally beautiful music.

We do so in all seriousness, discussing chord progressions and melodies and lyrics, and - by the time we’ve actually got something halfway worked out - we’re usually drunk.

And stuff like this results instead:

Dodgy Lesbian Girl

Update: What, nary a comment? Oh, fine! More tunes soon!

Wheee!

As mentioned in my post below, it’s always important to at least stretch or warm-up a little before the workout. Let’s just say this is not what I had in mind.

Via Dlisted.com. A funny gossip blog that I never read.

I just can’t write about politics right now. Let’s face it, politicians suck and they’re too easy of a target. However, I am happy to hear Ted Haggard has been cured of his homosexuality. I think he was inspired by the now infamous Snickers Super Bowl ad and ripped out his chest hair. Just to cover the bases, my parents forced me into a permanent hair-removal procedure when I was ten and it works. I’ve been straight ever since.

Anyway, as per the title, this will be a boring post about my workout/diet/supplement routine that began about three months ago and has been very effective. Since it may not interest you, I’m going to include the rest of the post in the extended entry. Feel free to read on, if you want. (It’s long.)
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I’ll post my thoughts about the presidential contenders for 2008 sometime tomorrow, but when I was considering what to say about John Edwards, I remembered this hilarious video from the 2004 elections. You may have already seen it, but it’s worth another viewing. Please leave your political leanings at the door, turn on the speakers, watch the whole thing, and enjoy.

Sen. Hillary R. Clinton: I like her, I’ll admit it. She’s sassy and not afraid to say out loud that she hates to ever-living crap out of George Bush. She loathes him and it shows. That’s pretty balsy for a woman in politics and I am drawn to it. Honestly, really, truly honestly, I must admit that my vote for her would really be my vote for getting Bill back in the White House. I dig Bill Clinton. I think he was a good president and set a fine example for the next admistration to follow. Can you imagine where we’d be right now if W just got a decent blow-job every now & then? My guess? Not Iraq.

Sen. Barack Obama: I really like him. Like, a LOT. He just seems like a for real person, an actual American. He does good things. I just like him, OK?

Sen. Joe Biden: He is from Delaware. I am from Delaware. That kinda seals my vote, now doesn’t it?

Rep. Tom Tancredo: Seriously?? This ass-hat is thinking about running? I will seriously carve out every part of me that has touched American soil with a spoon and move to Eritrea if he gets elected.

Rudy Guiliani: Here’s where my dilemma lies. Not that I am a Democrat or anything, but dear god in heaven I am certainly not a Republican. But this guy, he’s a bit o’ alright, he is. He is smart and clever and he, well, if you can keep New York in order through what he did, you just might sway my vote. Sometimes I worry that he is too far up W’s heiney-hole to do what is best for our nation and not just what is expected, but hey, he’s a New Yorker. Ain’t no New Yorker too far up anybody’s heiney-hole.

Blake, I’d love it if you took the next four.