my votes for best dressed at the Oscars - and the Obama's dinner party

Oscars:
1. Jennifer Anniston

2. Natalie Portman











At the White House Dinner:

1. Jeannie Ritter - Colorado




















2. Washington Governor Chris Gregoire

Slumdog Millionaire cleans up!!! (at the Oscars)

Check out this video - up close with Dev Patel. What a cutie!

David Cook on tour - Kiss on the neck

incredible ...

Worst Pun EVER

This is so funny.

George Bush's 10 best YouTube moments

Chosen by Time magazine. Seems like there is much funnier material available out there, but these aren't bad.

Top 10 George W. Bush YouTube Moments

Reconciliation - not

Here is a cute poem I found in the comments on Huffington Post:

The Election is Over,
The Talking is Done.
Your Party Lost.
My Party Won.

So Let Us Be Friends,
Let Arguments Pass.
I'll Hug Your Elephant,
You'll Kiss My @ss

Thank the Troops

Even if you don't agree with the war, you can still thank the troops!

David Cook at Do the Wright Thing at the Hard Rock Cafe

Wow - from the video on Youtube this was a great show. Here is Life on the Moon and Light On. David is a great performer! His album which comes out on Tuesday only got 2 1/2 stars from Rolling Stone, but as many have commented, the songs really grow on you after repeated listening. I am really getting to love Barbasol -it reminds me of the way George Pelecanos writes about music in his novels - something essential to a kind of edgy life. And Life on the Moon is terrific.

Here is the video: (there are more, just search David Cook Do the Wright Thing)

David Cook on Soundcheck

The full show of David Cook is now up on Soundcheck. The songs featured are: Light On, Barbasol, Lies, Heroes, and Declaration. There is also an interview. Cook sounds pretty good, Light On and Declaration are great, Barbasol is growing on me, Lies and Heroes are ok. The setting is great, and Cook looks good.

Transparency in the transition

Here is a video from Valerie Jarrett, a long-time friend of Barack Obama, who has been named as a senior White House Advisor (her official title will be: "senior advisor and assistant to the President for Inter-government relations and Public Liaison in the Obama White House." ) Her direct, no-nonsense style seems to mesh well with Obama's. As Jarrett mentions in the video, the Obama Transition Team website is www.change.gov.