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The Fog

Fog by definition is “vapor condensed to fine particles of water suspended in the lower atmosphere that differs from cloud only in being near the ground”; so essentially a cloud on the ground rather than in the sky – a cloud you can walk through rather than fly though; just a cloud.

The “weather gods” – Zeus and Anemoi, came together today in a perfect form of weather – the great fog of 2008. To pull a line from my late grandmother “I’ve never seen anything like that…in all my life”. When I say perfect weather, can you sense the sarcasm in my voice? The sarcasm defines perfect weather as bad or unpleasant weather that only occurs during non-working hours and enjoyable weather that occurs during working hours. It’s like the perfect storm. Today was no different.

It was raining this morning when I walked my dogs. It stopped as I pulled into my parking space. It was raining when I went to lunch. It stopped as I pulled into my parking space. For the last hour of work all I heard about was this intense fog. INTENSE fog. Of course, just in time for the evening commute; not that I have a very long or difficult commute, but still, just in time. The fog was so thick that I could bear see my hand in front of my face, or the road I was attempting to drive on. SO THICK.

Modern cars have “fog lights”, I guess they did some research that headlights gave insufficient lighting in foggy conditions. Why not add fog lights – designed specifically for foggy conditions. It makes sense, like intermittent windshield wipers (thanks Robert Kearns). I suppose I’m lucky enough to have fog lamps (as they are called in twenty 08) standard on my Jeep, at least I thought I was lucky enough. Not that I don’t think fog lamps make my Jeep look awesome – either on or off. So tonight, I lost my fog lamp virginity! I pulled the lever that controls my headlights and WHAM – fog lamps! I really thought I was going to be able to see for miles, go speeding by all the other suckers without fog lamps – NOPE! They didn’t do anything – not a thing. I didn’t see anything more; nothing was clearer, brighter or easier. It was still just as hard to drive home, even with my standard fog lamps. The only saving grace in this whole story is I didn’t pay extra from my fog lamps!

"the change we need"

November 4th, 2008 - it was historical, it was a day of firsts and it was a day of major change. I don't believe it was just about republic vs. democrat or McCain vs. Obama, but it was about same vs. new, status quo vs. change. It was an election that the world will remember for the rest of time, it was the day when America made a historical choice, against such a strong history of discrimination and status quo.

I'm not sure who really was the best candidate, who told more acceptable lies or who developed the best plan for this great nation, but I know that it was historical and a great moment in American history. A moment that many Americans never thought was possible.

Over the past week there has been a lot of media; bashing Sarah Palin for her outlandish spending, McCain saying Palin wasn't his ideal choice and blaming her for his loss. Others critical of Obama's plan for the 4 years, fearing higher taxes, less small businesses and the concept of "socialism". It's hard to say who is right and wrong and more so why. It was a race, there had to be a winning side and a lossing side - it was impossible to make everyone happy.

The Amercian people have spoken, the ballots are in and counted and the winner was announced. The question now is can American get behind President-elect Obama? Clearly this election divided the country, can we come together now, in the aftermath, as one nation, standing behind the leader who was elected? If not - why hold elections? Why allow for votes to be cast, debates to be had, and people to choose? Why not have it directed to us, without our input? I understand that people are scared for the future, it's a scary time, there are a lot of unknowns, but I believe that any new leader has to overcome challenges left in his seat. It is fair to make a decision about President-elect Obama without even seeing what he can do, how he wants to do it and what change he will bring about?

If we can't come together, as one nation, we will surely fail. That failure however will not be the failure of President Obama but of America. Right or wrong, happy or unhappy, he deserves the support and paryers of all Americans. The road will be long, bummy and uncertain, the only way we as a country can get to the end, is by riding on the same bus.

Join me, as I celebrate my 28th birthday and the Inauguration of the 44th President of the United States of American on Jan 20, 2009 in our nations capital.