Today is the 21st birthday of the Macintosh computer. There wasn’t any buzz online that I could see but I wish it a happy birthday anyway. The Mac has a been a great computer for me since 1990 and I know I’ll continue to use Macs and buy Macs in the future.

Today they announced the nominees for the Oscars. I’m embarrassed to say I haven’t seen any of the movies. I think I’ll try to see at least one of the Best Picture nominees before the Oscars at the end of February. I thought it was interesting that The Passion Of The Christ nor Fahrenheit 9/11 were nominated for any of the major awards. I guess both were on the opposite ends politically to be considered for the awards. Better to ignore them then recognize them. I did not see the Passion nor would I ever but I did see 9/11 and thought it should have been nominated at least for Best Documentary Feature. Oh well, what can you say? I was very pleased to see Alan Alda finally got a nod for an Oscar. I hope he wins. He’s been a favorite of mine for years. And it was fun to see that Hillary Swank is up against Annette Bening again. They were up for the same Oscar in 1999 and Hillary won. I kinda hope she wins again!

I was a little pissed to hear that Bush is asking for another 80 billion for the war. The deficit for 2005 is projected to be 485 billion. What is that man thinking? There is no way he will be able to cut the deficit in half in the next 4 years. What a fuckin idiot.

I had a wonderful phone conversation this evening with Homer. He told me the tale of his quest for a public restroom on his way to work this morning. It was quite hysterical! I couldn’t do it justice by recreating it here. Feel free to ask him about it sometime. Rest assured that he did not pee his pants…this time.