But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Things to be happy about today

1. The Democrats took the House
2. The Democrats probably got the Senate
3. Donald Rumsfeld resigned
4. Beer is widely available at local convenience and grocery stores
5. Friday is a holiday
6. Thanksgiving is coming soon
7. Liverpool v. Arsenal Sunday = breakfast at Lucky's (and a 3-1 victory for the Reds)
8. although it was hotter than shit today, winter weather is coming
9. only 1 more wedding to go
10. November 25th visit to the meerkats

Places that accepted my Sacagawea dollar: Starbucks, soda machine at school

2 comments:

Lauri said...

Hey Jeff, I'm not going to Texas for Thanksgiving so if there's a space open to see meerkats, lemme know!

Pete said...

Dude, have you seen this? Scroll about a quarter way down the page to see a reference to both ETWJB and Pete the Elder
http://uchicagolaw.typepad.com/faculty/2005/12/presidential_wi_1.html