On the 5th hold of Long Bay Club, Kev-Dawg nailed a 162 yard hole-in-one. Congrats dude!

For those that have been around these parts for a while, you have probably seen my various advertisements for Firefox. Even on my mac, I’ve been a huge supporter of the ‘Fox.. but I think the latest enhancements to Safari are enough to warrant my conversion. The fact that it’s blazing fast and has some great new UI features. As a mac user, Google has yet to release a version of Chrome that I can use — though that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t. Using a browser based on Webkit (Chrome or Safari) is the fastest experience you’ll have on the web.

On a related note, I logged into The Diatribe admin interface today for the first time in a month or so — and I was pleasantly surprised. At some point, I upgraded to Wordpress 2.7 — which has an entire new Admin UI. It’s much more user friendly and easier to navigate. Serves me right for not posting sooner.

I can’t make any promises for more frequent posting — though I’ll do my best

Regardless, it was great to watch the Inauguration coverage on CNN yesterday followed by all of the highlights from the Inaugural balls. Barak and Michelle looked like they were having the time of their lives — as I would hope.

Following the tradition of Presidential transition, George W., left a note for Barack on the desk in the Oval Office. I feel like most of the world would be very interested to know what the letter contains, however, this is obviously only Mr. Obama’s Eyes Only.

Lastly, it was so fantastic to see the country come together and support the new President,  yesterday. It was such a historic day, and even those people in states that do not agree with his political views, still wish the best for him — which is great to see.

After 8 years of doom and gloom, it’s so refreshing to know that someone with such an open mind is leading the country. It’s been too long. Thank you, Mr. Obama. Thank you.

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I’ve added my Friend Connect box to the right had side of The Diatribe, so if you already have a Google account, you can sign in and show your support for the site. Upload your photo and your Google profile with information and start making friends.

I’m still not sure how this is going to roll out for future applications or tie into other social networks, as it’s still too new. But check it out, sign up and support The Diatribe.

I think it’s become official, though, that Thanksgiving is now one of my favorite holidays. All of the cooking, eating, wine, desserts, people, etc. It’s just so much fun! For clarification, when I’m saying one of my favorites, I’m talking top 3. While Christmas, specifically, is not in the top 3 — the general month of December is. The holiday spirit is fun, even if I don’t officially celebrate Christmas as a formal holiday.

In any event, one thing that I really like about Thanksgiving is the national celebration that occurs. Everywhere in the country, at some time between 2-5pm local time, families are sitting down to eat turkey, stuffing and other Thanksgiving treats. Because there is no religious affiliation with Thanksgiving, it really is unlike any other holiday in that you know where everyone is going to be at a certain time. Even if Christmas was non-religious, families still celebrate at different times throughout the day. Some have Christmas morning, others go to someone’s house for an early afternoon celebration, while still others have Christmas dinner and celebrate in the evening.

Thanksgiving is the only holiday where you know what people are doing all day: Football, cooking, and eating. Yum. This year has come and gone, but this just kicks off the holiday season. Woot!

That being said, it’s time to start gettin’ thankful. The best way, as I’ve found, is to over-indulge yourself with Turkey, Stuffing, Potatoes, Pie and other delicious goodies.

So get to it. Oh yeah.. and don’t forget the wine!

Demographic Breakdown
A demographic breakdown of how the US population voted. As I tweeted earlier this week, I’m glad to see my Jewish Brethren come out in force and Barack the vote.

Timelapse View of the NY Times Homepage
A pretty cool 30 second video of the NY Times homepage throughout election day culminating in an “Obama Wins” headline.

President I’d Like To..
While I don’t know if I’d neceesarily agree with this statement, I’m sure there are plenty of folks out there that might. At least much more so than George W or some of his predecessors (Monica Lewinsky aside).

Palin speaks to Sarkozy
A radio duo from Montreal called Sarah Palin in the last few days before the election and pretended to be President Sarkozy of France. The conversation that followed was hilarious! My favorite quote is around 4:30:

Sarkozy: You know, I loved the documentary that they made of your life, you know, Huster’s “Nailin’ Palin”

Palin: Oh.. Good! Thank You, Yes!

Sarkozy: That was really edgy.

Palin: Oh.. good!