One Mouthy Broad

So I finished Fallout 3 today, and I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised.

( A spoiler free review inside. )

Our television died last night. I'm guessing that it got tired of showing political coverage and committed seppuku. I can't say that I blame it.

Normally my husband and I would be happy since this would give us an excuse to buy a flat screen. But since it's quite likely that Tom's going to get laid off next month (again...gah), dropping a bunch of money on a brand new toy would probably be unwise. So we've decided to wait a few weeks and see if we like living without television.

This should be an entertaining experiment, since I haven't lived without a television since college.

You're still killing me. There seems to be three more simple ideas that you fail to grasp:

1. Sarah Palin isn't the one running for President, so stop wasting time and resources on her. Every time you go through the minutia about what may or may not have happened with "troopergate," "bridge to nowhere," or whatever, I start banging my head against my desk. She's like Teflon. Even if everything you're ranting about is actually true, none of it's going to stick. You already lost your credibility when it comes to her with the stupid ass attacks on her family so even if you have anything legitimate to say (which you probably do), people have tuned you out. The more Democrats and the media attack her, the more people like her.

Besides why focus on her when you have John McCain who was one of the Keating Five to rake over the coals? The dude should have gone to prison over that and probably would have if he wasn't a war hero. And now he's running as fighting corruption and bringing reform to Washington and none of you bring this up? WTF? Stop with the stupid cracks about lipstick, the bullshit about her qualifications and all the other stuff and focus on the guy that's actually on the top of the ticket.

2. The attitude of "OMG rednecks, why don't you know that we're best for you, you stupid assholes? Vote for us now, plz!" is going to alienate more people than it will win over. This kind of condescension and class warfare is why you lost the last election.

3. Hollywood stars ranting and raving on your behalf only reinforces the idea that Hollywood/blue states/liberal media/Washington are out of touch. Explain to them that they are not helping and put a freaking muzzle on them.

Stop dicking around. You're missing the forest for the trees and it's painful to watch.

...but now after being home for a couple of days, I finally have enough energy to whine about it.

So my mom has all these convoluted health problems, and she's been going to the Mayo Clinic for about three years now since no one else seems able to untangle what's specifically wrong with her at any given time.

( What I've been doing for over two weeks and how old people can even bigger babies than a four month old children. )

So I figure that since my new spawn has been around for almost two weeks now, I should get off my ass and post some pictures.

( Cut for baby photo dump. But first, some random observations about the last few weeks. )

I have to say that it's about freaking time Battlestar Galactica started up again, because television was looking mighty bleak for awhile there. Although I have to admit that's because I have a low tolerance and have given up on so many shows that I used to enjoy (Smallville, Heroes, Lost). The only other show I watch anymore on a semi-regular basis is Reaper, which if you're not watching, you're totally missing out because it's pretty hilarious.

Anyway, back to Battlestar Galactica and some things I really want to see this season, because as you all know, it's all about me. ( Cut for BSG Spoilers. )

For my son, trains are like kiddie crack, so yesterday we took him to this model train expo convention.

( Cut for a ginormous photodump - dial up beware. )

We stumbled on entire city and train scape made from Legos.

( Click here to pass the boring family shots and go directly to the Lego awesome. )

I need a valentine's day themed prompt for the next Dueling Circle Challenge over on kfm. Anyone have any good (or hell, bad) suggestions? Because I'm drawing a major blank here on how to come up with something romance related that we haven't already done.

Because I'm years behind everyone else on the gaming curve (partially because of being broke for awhile and partially because of World of Warcraft eating up all my gaming time) I've finally gotten around to playing both Fable and Jade Empire.

( Cut for minor spoilers that are probably not spoilers for most of you guys anymore... )