I’m sitting in front of my computer and I really need to write a past-due review (or two) for Firefox News, but I just can’t get motivated. My boss of most recent vintage was sacked today. The big guy who runs the company will oversee the department, again, in the interim. He wants to hold staff meetings at 8:30 a.m. every morning, which means I’ll have to be at work and fully caffeinated a half-hour…

Mike and Alli at the top of the Liberty Memorial Originally uploaded by AllisonStein My sweetie and I went to the National World War I Museum at the Liberty Memorial. We finished the day with a trip to the top of the tower. It was chilly, but worth it.

It’s a new day and the beginning of a new era! There is again, at last, Hope in America. President-Elect Obama! It was a long, hard campaign, and despite much poo being flung in his direction, Obama kept his cool, his dignity, and his vision for a better America intact.  The campaign may be over, but now the real work begins. BTW… if I’m not mistaken, the music played following Obama’s acceptance speech was from…