Buh-Bye, Blago

Just thought I would document for posterity that any tollway evidence of Rod R. Blagojevich as Governor of Illinois has officially been removed as of last week's impeachment proceedings. Signs (that cost IL taxpayers $480,000 to begin with) were covered up or removed literally the day of his conviction.

January 28, 2009

January 29, 2009

If only Illinois tollway construction were as expeditious!

How did THEY get in?

I was just scrolling through some article about celebrities who were at the inauguration earlier today and noticed a lot of foreign faces. Not that I have anything against the foreign celeb list or anything, but I was just wondering how they get priority over other American celebrities to attend such a publicized event.

I mean, unless there's some amendment in the Bill of Rights that I haven't heard of, they weren't even allowed to vote for the man.

Sting going through the metal detectors

Marisa Tomei (okay, she's allowed) and Shakira schmoozing with the new POTUS

Bono, the self-proclaimed activist.

Is it just that we don't have enough quality domestic musicians to fill a set list for an inaugural concert?

Inauguration Day

Today is January 20, 2009. It's my mom's birthday. (Happy birthday, Mom!)

It's also Barack Obama's inauguration day - the 44th President of the United States. D's company pretty much shut down this morning so they could have this huge inauguration party at his office. I'm watching this from home. C is at preschool, watching.

We have a relative and a few friends who are at the inauguration. A friend of mine actually got up at 3 this morning so he could drive to a satellite office (on the other side of the Potomac), park, and walk into DC. A five mile walk. Some people they know actually paid somewhere around $2,000 to be there today.

While I'm actually totally jealous that we're not there at this once-in-a-lifetime event, it's okay because I fully plan on having a run-in with the President sometime while he's visiting his hometown. And at least this way I don't have to share a port-a-potty with 299 other people.

Anyhow, here's to the next four years. (Oh, and for the record, I still am getting chills watching this. So it's almost like I'm there in 14 degree weather. Balmy.)