It turns out President Obama didn’t need a “Beast” of a Caddy to keep him safe. Wired says he was wearing a bulletproof suit.
Watch as Ryan Duffy of the Vice Guide guys (creators of the great Vice Guide to North Korea) visits the manufacturer and takes a bullet wearing these clothes (Warning: salty language and self-starting Flash video).
Absolutely amazing stuff.
I joined the family for a birthday barbecue lunch today at The Pit. Man, was it good.
Thank you, Snow Day, for making it possible.
Snowbama. That’s what area folks are calling yesterday’s snow-and-inauguration mashup.
I thought the inauguration was fitting, and was glad Prez O didn’t promise the moon and the stars. I was also thrilled to see that he and Michelle hopped out of their limo to walk the parade route, a la Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter. One of the first signs of problems with George W. Bush’s term for me was the tank of a Cadillac he rode in during his inauguration. While admittedly Bush likely didn’t have any say about the car, something about that rubbed me the wrong way.
Anyway, time for Prez O to get to work. And what a daunting job it is.
Travis loves his Jerry Lee Lewis, The Definitive Collection CD, to the point that its beginning to drive us all crazy. He plays it literally all day long, all the time. It’s cute and yet maddening.
This morning he’s chosen to play Jerry Lee’s Thirty-Nine And Holding on repeat. The amusing thing is that Travis has no idea of its significance this morning. Just a happy accident. Or torture, depending on your point of view.
As I post this he just switched gears to another song. That makes about 15 times in a row for “Thirty-Nine and Holding.”
(As for me, while my 30s were great, I’m fully ready for my 40s!)
I woke up today and my thirties were missing. If anyone has seen them, let me know! And I believe my brother Allen is in the same predicament.
A little more water under the keel, as my friend Dave said recently. I like that. Nautical and all.
What an amazing decade it’s been, though. Here’s hoping this decade is just as rich.
