Oil Oil Everywhere

Oil is without any doubt destroying our environment. I never thought I would see the day when I could watch the damage develop right on my tv. Pelicans dying before my very eyes. Brown geysers squirting out at the bottom of the sea.

Some people say alternative energy is too expensive to be our main source of power. Billions of dollars will be spent on cleaning up this mess, billions we could spend on wind mills,solar panels and research into long lasting batteries and hydrogen fuel cells. BP will cover SOME of the cost, but they will only pay what we can quantify. What can actually be evaluated in dollars. We can't possibility know the entire cost in lost tax revenue from lost wages,loss of fish and seafood populations,lost tourism dollars,and health-care costs from breathing in bad air. BP will not pay what we "figure" they must owe.

You may think this is a freak accident,but mark my words,These "accidents" or negligent acts will keep happening,as long as off-shore drilling is this lucrative and this risky. It must be banned before it does any more harm.

To All the Girls I've Never Loved Before

I am a lonely single man looking for love. I think its time I found myself a girlfriend. So keep me in mind if you're interested in a severely disabled guy who rarely gets out of bed. I am also (if I do say so myself), funny, honest, talkative, imaginative, unique, and dog gone it, people like me! (ok, maybe I stole that last part from Al Franken). Anyway, here is my list of the top ten celebrity crushes I have right now.

1. Hannah Teter (snowboarder)
2. Amanda Seyfried (actress)
3. Alicia Sacremone (gymnast)
4. Carmen Electra (actress/model)
5. Megan Fox (actress)
6. Kaley Cuoco (actress)
7. Anne Vyalitsyna (model)
8. Mariah Carey (singer)
9. Carie Underwood (singer)
10. Angelina Jolie (actress)

If any of these women would like to go out with me, just ask.

Olympic Fever

The Winter Olympics are here again. The Olympics have always had a soft spot in my heart. Always seems to be incredible stories of people overcoming pain, anguish and tragedy to be an Olympian. It never ceases to amaze me what the human spirit can accomplish when it is allowed to be released. It isn't just a series of sports competitions. It is about courage, strength, integrity, motivation, freedom, peace, and humility. I feel all tingly and warm when watching the world come together like this. Olypians are so blessed to be able to do what they do. I think they are well aware of this. Good luck to you all, and as Morgan Freeman says in those Visa Commercials, Go World!

Mid-season TV Preview

American Idol begins on January 12th and 13th on FOX. Several guest judges will greet the season nine auditioners, until Hollywood Hell Week. Then Ellen Degeneres permanently joins the panel. I think Ellen will add new energy to the slightly stagnating show.

Big Love season four begins January 10th on HBO. Sissy Spacek joins the cast later in the season. I am particularly interested in learning the true fate of Roman Grant. Is the so-called prophet really six feet under, or isn't he?

Lost ends its mystery-laden run, starting in February. Smoke monsters, timelines, and polar bears, oh my!

The Vancouver Winter Olympics, and Survivor: Villains vs. Hereos will also be starting up in February. Should be a good winter for TV addicts.

Long December

Hi. Long Decemer is of course a great song by Counting Crows. It is also exactly how I am feeling right now. Probably the worst December in recent memory. Can't seem to shake a chronic headache and am especially lonely 'Round Here (pun intended). Could use a nice good surprise in my life, or at least a new friend. My computer crashed too. Nothing seems to be going the way I was hoping it would go. Even was grumpy with one of the most wonderful people on the planet. Gotta get my mind and body working again. Anyone out there feeling the same? I could really use some cheering up. Guess I'll make a list here of things I am happy about:

• Big Love returns for its fourth season in January.
• My computer is once again back home and functioning normally.
• I received 5 great DVDs for Christmas.
• A new year is coming.
• Survivor: Villains vs Heroes coming in February
• American Idol's ninth season in less than three weeks.

That helped a little. Be back in a few days. Happy New Year! (I hope).

Music Stuff

I am once again listening to Pandora Radio. It is extremely useful for people like me with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. I can't operate a radio or stereo normally. They're playing "Run Through the Jungle" on My quickmix right now. One of the coolest classic rock tunes ever . . . and now playing "Get Back" by the Beatles. That reminds me, I gotta "get back" to Pandora and tell them I like these two songs.

I just missed a chance to evaluate "Run Through the Jungle". I added some holiday channels to Pandora yesterday. Apparently Sinatra, Josh Groban, and Vince Gill, are similar to each other, when they sing holiday songs. They don't seem to know what "Hoya, Hayo" is. Its an amazing Channukkah song by Peter, Paul & Mary. RIP Mary. We will miss you!

TV stuff

Big Love is probably the best drama on television. Some people may be thrown by the subject matter of polygamy, but so was I at first. Sometimes the best shows come in strange and even unpleasant packages. HBO's Six Feet Under couldn't of had a worse premise, but was also a brilliant depiction of family life. Whether in a funeral home or in a three home neighborhood of sister wives, family is just plain nuts. Yours, mine, everyone's. Maybe showing families as sane, happy, and completely functional is less realistic than showing them as having three wives or three mothers in near chaos. Its the dysfunction that makes it believable, not the setting or the number of wives.

You'll love Big Love, just watch it!

Sincerely,
Sean from Vermont