the Unexpressed Advantage

It occurs to me that regardless of your politics, McCain doesn't stand much of a chance in November against a late 40s Kennedy-esque Lawyer – who also happens to be black – running for president.  Sorry about that.  So just for the record, here's my prediction:

McCain is going to get creamed.

(btw, John Dickerson is, in my opinion, the best political news columnist in the country)

Straightening out McCain's "straight talk." – By John Dickerson – Slate Magazine

Somehow, and I'm not sure how, I ended up reading this article about the removal of the ban on selling foie gras in Chicago. I found it interesting, because I didn't really know what foie gras was or why it would be illegal in Chicago. The article pretty much explained all that. Foie Gras is duck liver from ducks who are force-fed so their livers get really fatty and tasty. Apparently this offends some animal rights Activists.

Today I was riding on a bus, and in the middle of the bus (sorry this is taking so long to write, my fingers are frozen), there's this accordion section that bends and spins around when the bus is turning or when it goes over bumps. It's like an island in the middle of the bus that's kind of floating there.¹Needless to say, when I can, I like to ride in the accordian-y part of the bus. In the accordion circle, there are two benches, with two seats each. They are facing each other.

Who does this look like shreding on the Les Paul

Point of Clarification. On the right side of my blog it says, "not THE CLAP!!!"

It occurs to me that out of context that could be taken in the wrong way.

So I'm going to clarify, point by point.

1. I was at a lecture last night when we had a very long and sometimes standing ovation for my professor, Mark Davies, who was giving his final lecture as a professor at Regent College.

Well the time has finally come. And it's been a long time coming. The following is the long-anticipated, much looked forward to, baby montage that I've been talking about for the last 10 weeks. Interestingly enough, during those last 10 weeks new babies are being born like every week! Which is part of the reason I've kept putting it off. Now that Kyle and Sarah had their baby however, I'm calling a cease-fire on all births until tonight at 10:00pm by which time this blog will be finished. So if you have a baby between now (8:49) and 10pm I have to tell you I'm sorry, but your baby isn't going to be on this baby montage or the next baby montage on this blog. Your baby has been disqualified because he or she broke the cease fire and now will have to stand trial for war crimes.

Since the internetic authority on the definition of "montage" is as follows A cinematic device used to show a series of scenes, all related and building to some conclusion it should be easy for you to see why I've referred to this constantly as a montage. It's going to be fun, and this will be the only time on the blog where you will see this many pictures of the blog author in one place. So single ladies, beware this post contains images of dan and babies and lots of images of dan holding babies. You probably better just move on and see what's going on here or maybe here.

And now that that's all settled, I present to you, without further delay: