Happy Birthday
Today is December 11 and it is Max Baucus’ 66^th birthday! Besides being the senior senator from Montana, Senator Baucus is the “senior” member of the delegation. I checked his schedule to see if there was a party with cake, punch, and gifts planned, but it only showed December 10. Scary thought – Max will need to serve another 44 years to break Strom Thurmond’s record as the oldest serving senator.

Evel Knievel
God bless Evel! Yes, I am one of the children of the 60s and 70s who tried to jump stuff on my bike after seeing Evel Knievel do it on TV. After making a fountain with a garden hose to imitate his Caesar’s Palace jump in the late 60s, I crashed. I decided not to jump things.

Sick of Vick
Did anyone get a little sick of the life and times of Michael Vick during the Monday Night Football (MNF) telecast last night? It was quite a coincidence that on the day Vick was sentenced to 23 months in Federal prison, MNF was in Atlanta to see Vick’s former team (Falcons) play the Saints. Of course this game was scheduled long before Vick got into trouble, or they probably would not have chosen Atlanta for MNF. It’s time to move on folks.

Politics in the Mail
We received another piece of political snail mail the other day. It’s nice to feel wanted, even when you don’t have a penny to give away! On the front of the envelope was written, “Brian Schweitzer hopes you throw this letter away.”

Since I really don’t care for Brian, I plan on keeping the letter forever just to really tick him off.

I really could not take time to read the six pages of information as they broke Jack the Blogger’s rule of keeping it simple. It had something to do with giving him a pink slip AND sending them money.

The good news is I received the 2008 George and Laura Bush calendar from the Republican National Committee…without giving a penny. The calendar appears to be smaller than the 2007 calendar. Maybe it’s sized based on contributions?