Today I started counting down to my big 4 day weekend. I now have 8 working hours to go. I can't wait. Tomorrow night, in my little town of Ripley, the local high school is having its "Homecoming" parade to get everyone psyched up for the big football game on Friday night. The theme for this homecoming is "Hollywood Homecoming" or something like that. It's better than our rival's homecoming theme. It was a superhero theme. There's nothing quite like a homecoming queen talking about which comic book superhero she likes. I'm surprised no one named Brittany Spears.

Siegfried of Siegfried and Roy is supposed to be Larry King's guest tonight on the Larry King Live show on CNN, 9pm eastern. I will probably watch it.

I heard today on the news that the husband of the woman who had an affair with WV's Governor Wise is running for Governor in the next election. I'm not sure why he's doing it. Gov. Wise is not running for re-election, so it can't be a move to defeat him and get even. Maybe the husband thinks that if he's governor, his wife will come back to him??? Weird. I think he just can't do without those 15 minutes of fame. He was the one to expose the relationship and call the media and drag it out with media statements about having instant messages from the two of them.

Yesterday on NPR, I heard a news reporter say that Turkey has finally decided to send troops into Iraq to help with the 'coalition's' efforts to restore Iraq to the Iraqis etc... The reporter said that this was a last ditch attempt to salvage the alliance Turkey and the U.S. have enjoyed for over 50 years. Why is it that no republicans see that the current administration has done nothing but destroy international relations since being appointed - uh, I mean elected. Israel is even attacking Syria now. And it seems that the U.S. catch phrase "war on terror" is becoming a convenient excuse to attack an opposing minority in some countries. I don't know how these representatives, elected by the masses, can continue to pay lip service to this reckless decision-making on the part of their political 'leader'. They must have no self respect. It's a shame that some people don't realize that you can't play schoolyard bully with enitre countries when there are millions of lives at stake.

A funny little exchange from work today: Tony, who continually tells us all how wonderful he is, said today, "I'm so good I amaze myself." I responded, "Well, when our expectations of you are as low as they are, it's easy to be amazed." Heehee. Tony thought he was the King of the trash-talking until he met me :)