If you can manage, watch it (sorry folks, broken link here.  too bad for you) through to the end.  This is A+ ranting.
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It has been some time since I’ve updated on the progress of our computer generated doppelgangers known as the Lady-Gay family in the computer game called The Sims.  Last we met, Janie and I were living together with a newly adopted daughter and cheating on one another at regular intervals.  Janie was in a passionate affair with Sim Bette from the L-Word and I was prancing about town on the arm of an unattractive and sickly co-worker.
Since that time, I have become mayor of our town and each morning I …

Last week, Janie’s grandmother died.  It wasn’t altogether unexpected, but really sad nonetheless.  Janie was her only grandchild and they shared a very special bond.  In the last years, as her memory steadily declined, she moved to a beautiful home in Oregon where she was cared for around the clock by a family.  Janie and her parents drove down for a visit this summer, a visit that would be their last chance to hold her and kiss her and tell her how much she was loved and missed.
She was 92 …

For the first time in my adult life, in the part of my adult life where I am conscious of the world outside of myself, there is a president in office I feel proud of.  This particular feeling of joy is not something I have experienced over the last eight years.  Isn’t it wonderful to watch the news of this new president and not feel the urge to kick the screen in?  It’s like a true breath of fresh air, to be able to talk about the leader of this …

Text of President Barack Obama’s inaugural address:
My fellow citizens:
I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.
Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath. The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. Yet, every so often the oath is taken amidst gathering …