first of all, it's amazing that you were raised colorblind in Boston. That says alot. Also, I'm all for the Sharks hosting the biggest kegger this region has ever seen. As long as the Raiders all get a ring sometime before I die, too.

Shit yeah we went blue!

Ya-HOO!

Frosting on this cake, if MLKjr had been here to see it.
I think that supporting this change is going to be an
uphill effort. After hearing all of the Boo's during
McCain's concession I think there is going to be alot
of intolerence to be defused.

I did foresee this day. Hell, I was ready to vote for a black republican 8 years ago but he refused to run.

I just got back to SG and have tried multiple times to accept but the thingies keep spinning so I'm not sure if it took. There's still a '1' on my fiend request thing in the upper right.:/

I'm still having a hard time believing it myself. I was raised in the south around a lot of racism and I never would have predicted it ever possible in the US.

I took your good advice. I used the "ignore" button on that individual and deleted the comment he placed on my page. I agree that there's no reasoning with someone like that. I don't need his kind of drama in my life, on or off SG.

I've heard quite a bit of hateful garbage from a number of people since Obama won. It's those kinds of people that make me both sad and angry.

Honey, you can go to bat for me anytime. I'm not so good at letting things roll off my back these days and they tend to really, really upset me far more than I should allow. You actually helped me feel better and stronger with all that crap yesterday. I need friends like you. Thanks!

I've been looking in on some of the confrontational stuff that was posted in the Geezers group. It's a damn shame that it has to come to this. It takes a little something off the euphoria of the Obama victory for me.

I see that Lizabeth is a friend. She's an amazing lady. We've become very close over time. We speak to each other on the phone once or twice a week. I feel I can confide in her no matter what the subject happens to be. She feels the same sway about anything that's on her mind.

In fact, I mentioned you to her just yeaterday. I told her that I considered you and her my best friends on SG. I also told her that of all the people on here I was sure that I would want to meet the two of you face to face and be friends in real life.

As you mentioned the other day, perhaps it will happen some day.

You know, maybe it's because I'm of a certain age, but I really don't think the importance of this has hit me yet. I mean, I've only learned about racism and segregation from my schooling, I've never lived it or been exposed to much of it. For me, having an African American President isn't such a big deal. I don't mean that in an insensitive, ignorant sort of way. I think I do appreciate how big of a deal it is for our country in the context of history, but on a personal level, the idea of a black President doesn't rock my world. That doesn't make me sound like a dick, does it?

Oh yeah, thanks for the picture of Mr. Davis. For some reason I'm imagining him saying "Whatchyou talkin' about, Willis?"

or maybe "Whatchyou talkin' about, Kiffin?" is more appropriate.

I agree with you when it comes to the racist comments. I feel sorry for the haters. They must have had some really traumatic experiences in their lives to be the way they are. Still, there's no excuse for the disgusting things that I've heard and read, on SG and esewhere.

I'm determined to refrain from commenting on politics anywhere but on the Liberal Politics group, at least for the time being. Believe it or not, I've been known to get really nasty with people who push my buttons with their racism and other neanderthal attitudes. I don't like myself very much when I get that way. Besides, I know that whatever I say to people whose views I despise won't change their minds about anything anyway. So all I accomplish is to raise my blood pressure needlessly.

you know what my grandmother said about the election? my 89 year old grandma? "well you know tabitha, we're outnumbered, we live in a city, and in this country, now we're the minority".

you would think some people would eventually change.

smoking is just a part of me, a part of my persona. it's who i am.

and as i've been saying to everyone, i had given myself two days to get over everything, pick myself up and attend to my needs. i'm about 1600$ in debt, with one collection agency threatening me and being nasty with me over the phone. i JUST started a job yesterday, and thank god it pays off the books.

I'm wondering if you're familiar with the music of Miriam Makeba. I've loved her music for many years. She passed away yesterday while performing in Italy.

FUCKING AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hate to be a downer. It's just that there are days when I feel like I'm taking one step froward and two or three steps back. Unfortunately, this is one of those days. How are things with you?

Made an awesome new friend the other day. She seems to be one of those handful of SG members that I can see forming a real connection with. You might know her. Her screen name is luky.

I keep finding my name popping up in the comments sections of friends' blogs!!! Talking behind my back, you guys, huh? Ha.
I am flattered beyond belief! Owe you a big, sloppy kiss, mattacme. Smmmoooooooccchhh

Big kiss, too, to MY awesome new friend, wsoxfan. Another smmmooooooochchchch

And I'm going to do my smooching with Lizabeth in private 'cause you guys would just want to watch!

I'm OK with the boys watching. Were all friends right.

I'm still kinda overwhelmed by it all. I was actually in Grant Park to see Obama on election night, I managed to hold it together but as soon as he came out and started speaking it hit me - this is really happening. Suddenly my eyes teared up... being a typical guy I tried to suppress it but quickly looked around and noticed I wasn't the only one moved by it all. I knew we would elect a minority to the highest office in my life time, but figured I'd be in my 60's or 70's.

I never thought of myself as someone who would be able to pour my soul out there for all to see. Of course, before joining SG, I was never in a situation where I could blog. While I'm on the subject of SG, I want to elaborate on my last paragraph of my blog. I may have mentioned in the past that I joined SG at the urging of a friend of mine who joined as an SG Hopeful last February. Her screen name is Lyrical. She's the one with me on my profile pic. She's chosen to distance herself from me over the past month or so. I owe her a lot, as she helped me turn the corner away from the depression that I was going through after my wife's passing. I neither could nor would badmouth her to anyone at any time. I have no animosity toward her for seemingly ending our friendship, whatever her reasons might be. I just wish she would have been willing or able to tell me what those reasons are. That would have made closure much easier.

I'm glad the Sox got rid of Swisher. I had high expectations for him when he came over. From what I saw of him, he continuously kept taking pitches, many very hittable ones, and before you knew it, he had two strikes on him. It seemed that he was always looking for the walk instead of wanting to swing the bat.

I wish you success dealing with whatever is troubling you. You've made a difference with the support you've given me on a regular basis. Thank you.

I just left the following query with electric_eel also. I'm asking you in case he doesn't know.

How can the score revert to 11-10 in the Chargers-Steelers game when the extra point had been kicked? It was kicked, wasn't it? Or was it a figment of my imagination? Isn't it a fact that the previous play can no longer be reviewed after the next play (the extra point in this case) has been run?

I was watching the game while involved in something else and I had the sound off. Did I miss something?