Oh SNL short videos

SNL hasn't been at it's best for a few years but occasionally they still have some hilarious stuff.

Happy freakin' holidays!

So it's not even Christmas day and I can officially say that this is the worst Christmas ever. And I blame that in general on working in healthcare and specifically on the current situation where I work. I got the un-luck of the draw and have to not only work Christmas day but the entire week of and weekend after. Seven days straight. AND we were supposed to go to Omaha for a 3-day weekend last weekend to celebrate Christmas with my family. We were supposed to go leave Thursday night. But after sitting at the airport for 4 freakin' hours our flight (and all flights) to Omaha was cancelled due to an ice storm. So we had to rebook for Friday afternoon. And because of the same storm hitting Chicago, that flight was 1.5 hours late. Then our flight home on Sunday night was delayed by 2.5 hours. It's AWFUL trying to travel in the midwest in winter.

So now I need some help coming up with new career paths that will forever get me out of working holidays. And weekends / evenings to boot. Here is my list of good choices so far:

1. Photographer for National Geographic. Sure, I have no training in photography. And I've barely left the U.S. But I think I take some pretty decent pictures AND I'm a quick learner. And I like to travel. Isn't that all I should need? (Not to demean those of our loyal readers that are NG photographers...there must be a few in our vast legion of follower [intentional omission of plurality]... I'm sure it's a challenging career).

2. Work as an aid worker in Africa for the Clinton Global Initiative. I have a background in HIV / AIDS so that should help. Plus see #1... I like to travel. And I'm open minded and money would be no object if I loved what I was doing and felt as though I were helping people in Africa. So I'd like to ask those of you with connections to the Clintons to hook me up, please.

(Ya know technically for both of these jobs I would probably end up working evenings and weekends... but I wouldn't care).

3. Professional cat wrangler. Hell, we have a dog whisperer so why not a cat whisperer? Qualifications: I have two cats who are both a handful. 'Nuff said.

4. Personal shopper. I have good taste AND I like to shop. And I would be very thorough... just ask D & J about our trip to Urban Outfitters in Boulder a few years ago... how long did it take me to pick out some T's?

Any other suggestions? And is anyone willing to help me put my CV in order to get one of these jobs? It would take just a tad bit of creativity...

In honor of the holidays (note the PC title)

Steven Colbert + Dance Off = Hilarity

It took a while for SC to grow on me, but that man is FUNNY.

The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c

Rain Dance-Off

Colbert at Christmas
Colbert Christmas DVD

Green Screen
Bill O'Reilly Interview

OMFG

This is one of the many things I would worry about if I had a child. GOOD GOD.

Oh, the Obama Obsession will NEVER end!

Bonjour! and Merci! and bon... jour...

Dave and I went to Montreal! Above is a picture I took while helping Dave navigate our way back to the interstate, back to the states. As you can plainly see, I was not completely to blame for misleading directions.

Dave and I make an annual trek to Dave's hometown of Coventry, CT every year (well, okay, for the past THREE years now) after Christmas. This year, we decided to switch it up a bit and go for Thanksgiving. Plus, Dave had a high school reunion that weekend.

The thing about Canada is, I never expect it to be that different from the States. But it is--as soon as you cross the border, things are just a bit different.

After MILES of flat farmland, you suddenly see Montreal across the river. It's a wonderful city. Of course, IT instantly feels different because of all the French everywhere. And, for all those little differences. For example, KFC is PFC in Montreal:










We stayed at the Omni, which is a 5 star hotel (Dave got a us a rocking deal) and is in the central shopping district. It was perfect. Here is a picture of one of the must-see sights we saw in our 24 hours in the city: Notre Dame. It is spectacular!


Here we are taking our own picture there:

We then spent the next night at a family friend's beach resort on the coast in Maine. I fell asleep to the sound of crashing waves. Here we are on the beach:

The rest of our time was spent in Coventry, which if you haven't been is quite a cool little town. At least the way Dave gives the tour.

Back to Canada: Dave and I decided Canadians are extraordinarily nice. Even the angry callers to the talk show we listened to on our way back to the States were extremely polite in their arguments and then took forever to thank the host and say goodbye. It's remarkable.

Hate

I posted a slideshow from Picasa on another blog with the tag "Obama". Suddenly, it seems, many of the pictures that pop up are hate-based. I plan on clicking on all of the pictures and tagging them for hate. You can, too--if you see a picture on the slideshow you want to tag, click on it and it should show up on the poster's picasa site. In the right column at the bottom there is a link to tag it.

See, for example this one.

In the spirit of the season...

Have a listen.

I find the comments at the bottom of the page fascinating. This goes back to J's post on comments. Seriously? This is offensive to you? Because "Italian" is mentioned? Really? That must be so sad for you. You must really be broken up about italian dressing.