Remembering the 2008 Elections

Next Tuesday I will undergo hip replacement surgery on my left hip. (Basically I was born with a dislocated hip. The doctors fixed it while I was an infant and there are baby photos of me with a big cast on my leg. When I was 12, I sprained that same hip in a roller skating accident. I recuperated nicely and things were fine for the next few decades until last year when people around me noticed I was limping. My left hip became increasingly stiff and the orthopedic specialist said that a hip replacement is my only option.) Right now Barack Obama is busy selecting his cabinet and most people in the U.S. are preparing for Thanksgiving and the major December holidays. So things will be basically quiet.

On that note, I think it's a fine time to take a look back at the recent elections to praise or laugh at some of the bizarre things that went on. Now that the U.S. has picked a new president, we can now look back at these events with a more lighthearted sense of humor than before.

All this will start with the next blog entry.