Funny Thursday

Impressive Reflexes

I saw the video of our soon to be ex-President dodging the shoes thrown at him and I thought, those are damn good reflexes for somebody a bit older. And he came up from his first duck with a smile, almost taunting-like (“bring ‘em on”) before the second shoe was hurled his way, which he dodged too. I rate that his best performance in eight years. He didn't have much time to wait for the second shoe to drop to be thrown.



James Fallows plagiarized my thoughts…that dog…if I ever meet him in person, you can be sure my shoes are coming off. Here's the link to his blog entry.

Inaugural Story Continues

Here's a link for you broadband people to the first TV news report on the band. Unfortunately, they kept saying the band was from Redwood City - it's actually Redwood Middle School from Saratoga!

http://www.ktvu.com/video/18273037/index.html

Look for the trombone player with the blue t-shirt -- that's Ben. There's both a frontal shot and a longer shot of him from behind.

Also, at the winter concert tonight, channel 5 was filming. I'll link to their video if they put it online.

BTW, I'm not worried about Ben and the cold. It's been close to freezing here for the past week and he's still wandering around in a t-shirt and shorts!

Ben's Thrilling Story

Saratoga's Redwood Middle School Marching Band will be in the Inaugural Parade in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 20, 2009. Even for a band accustomed to taking home first-place trophies, an invitation to this parade is a pretty big honor.

Read the rest of the story at: http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_11199016

Ben plays the trombone in the band, one of his many instruments (saxophone, guitar, and piano).

Funny Thursday

So... Steve, what do you rate this?