Happy New Year 2008

Hey all, it was a sleeping in morning at our home today. We spent last night with our friends, Matt & Chrissy and their boys and got home rather late which means that Ben was kind enough to let me sleep until 9AM! That is a VERY good thing Ben was sick with a double ear infection, but the meds from the doctor already seem to be helping him get back to normal. The downside is that Heather now seems to be sick. I’m only a bit run down, but have not succumbed to anything…yet.

I’m going to head up to Blockbuster today and pick up my order of HD DVDs bought under their Buy 3 get 2 free sale:

• Bourne Identity
• Bourne Supremacy (Out of Stock – They’re going to have to ship it to me)
• Bourne Ultimatum
• Batman Begins
• Superman: The Movie

Unfortunately, some of these are double dips with standard DVD, but they’re good enough flicks to pick up in high-def.

Oh, on a total separate note, Heather and I have made a bet on who will get the presidential nomination and who will will the general election this year.

• Heather – R: McCain, D: Obama, Obama winning overall
• Me: R: Romney, D: Obama, Obama winning overall

This is an interesting turn of events. I voted for Bush the last 2 times much to my current annoyance. I now dislike any of the Republicans (save McCain, but his pro-war stance has pushed me away) and Obama has captured my attention as a possible candidate to bring the country together. I am annoyed enough with the Republicans that I went out and found the form to fill out to have my voter registration officially changed to an independent. I am rather ashamed at what the party has been doing over the past few years. This is no longer a party of personal liberty, small government, and responsibility. They now favor torture, stomping on the bill of rights, legislating morality (for quite some time), and politics of fear all in the name of “national defense”. No longer can I support this.

There is no reason to take away our freedoms to make old white men feel safe!