What a Difference Two Years Makes

I want to start by saying, wouldn't you have liked to hear Rove explain to Bush that the Whitehouse was sinking? Or maybe hear Bush congratulate Nancy Pelosi?

I didn't want to repeat 2004 and get all excited prematurely, then get depressed when I realized that most of America was either a) sleepwalking through any sort of political life or b) just didn't care. So last night was low key for me. I ordered a pizza and just hunkered down alone to watch the election returns (and Gilmore Girls and Veronica Mars).

By 9:30 CNN was projecting the Democrats would eek out House control, but the numbers coming in looked nothing like the tidal wave I hoped for. It was a bit depressing, but I was happy that that the tide was turning--if just gradually. Then as the night wore on, more and more races started tilting Democratic. James Carville (who is crazy, I know, I know) mentioned that a lot of the earlier returns were from the South which is the only place Democrats didn't expect to do well.

I went to bed at midnight thinking, "well, at least we won the House and gained a few Senate seats." You can imagine how surprised I was to wake up and realize that the Senate was still in play. And I'm sure hoping we take it too.

I'm glad that America is finally starting to wake up to the real Bush. And I'm jubilant that Bush's finger pointing, mean spiritedness, and tyranny are finally going to be put in check. So thanks, America. I just hope in the future we can work on putting the kabosh on the anti-gay ballot initiatives.

Britney News

No...not her appearance on David Letterman, or her new album. Britney is...wait for it...divorcing K Fed. Who ever could have guessed it would happen?

By the Way...VOTE!

I don't want to jinx anything, but let's hope we wake up tomorrow in a better, saner, world--albeit one still too embroiled in politics.

But however you identify politically, whichever candidates float your boat, be sure to vote today!

Heroes Gets Better and Better

They really know what they're doing at NBC. Well, sometimes...

Heroes just gets better each week. Tighter writer, spookier mysteries. I'm loving it. But it's sad the follow-up show, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip is pretty much tanking. Sure, the show is basically The West Wing but set in tv instead of politics. Sure, it's self-important. But it's damn funny. My guess is we won't see a single Studio episode in 2007.

Faith Hill Shows it Like it Is

Coworker Caroline sent this link to me today, showing Carrie Underwood winning big a big Country Music Award. I don't give a rat's ass about country music, but watch Faith Hill's face when she hear's Carrie's name called. It's priceless.

***UPDATE***
Now Faith is saying it was a joke. Riiiiiight.....

Desperate Sundays

Okay, so Desperate Housewives was a bit better last night, but it felt much more like a "very special episode" than an attempt to get the show back on track. Hey, but at least Nora got killed. Because (aside from Susan's awkward daughter) Nora was the worst story and worst actress on the show. Completely grating.

Brothers and Sisters just keeps getting better and better. I'm loving it actually. Compare last night's funny, heart-felt (and just a bit too much contrived) episode with the first episode of the season and you'd think it was a completely different show. As long as showrunner Greg Berlanti can ditch the melodrama and focus on simple interactions between the main characters, I can see the show doing really really well. It's no Thirtysomething but it'll do.

Gay Doogie

Somehow I missed this last week, but you probably all heard it anyway: Neil Patrick Harris of Doogie Howser and How I Met Your Mother fame came out last week. Just out of the blue.

With T.J. Knight the week before, and now Doogie, maybe we'll get another star coming out this week. That'd be nice, huh?