An assortment of randomness

So many things! Yay!

1. Blogness: The tabs at the top are temporarily like that. I want the category ones to be on a second line. Workin on it. But it's loading faster, yeah?

2. The debate. Dems debated in Philly last night. By all accounts, it sounded amazing. Items of note:

I am excited to announce a new candidate for my future husband -- I think this one's going to stick, too. Mr. Gregory Chase, from Nashua, NH, manages hedge funds. He has two physics degrees from Harvard. He's 27 (kinda cute too - check out the link). He was pissed Gravel was excluded from the debate. He's waging a one-person fundraising and advertising blitz on Gravel's behalf. I heard him on NPR last night, and he's crazy smart. I'm in love. The best part?

"I don't have a lot of personal needs," said Chase, who is not married and has no children. "To the extent that my business is successful, I should spend money on things I think are important. And this isn't just some third-tier guy who is polling low. This is a guy with real ideas who's got a communications problem. And I can help."

. Mr. Chase, will you marry me?

In other debate news....David and Nerdette both pointed this out. It speaks for itself. I can't comment, but as David put it "A lesser man would have fumbled the question. Kucinich just ran with it."

MR. RUSSERT: Congressman Kucinich, I want to move to a different area, because this is a serious question.

The godmother of your daughter, Shirley MacLaine, writes in her new book that you've cited (sic) a UFO over her home in Washington state -- (laughter) -- that you found the encounter extremely moving, that it was a triangular craft silent and hovering, that you felt a connection to your heart and heard direction in your mind.

Now, did you see a UFO? (Laughter.)

REP. KUCINICH: I did. And the rest of the account -- (interrupted by laughter) -- I didn't -- I -- it was unidentified flying object, okay. It's like -- it's unidentified. I saw something.

Now, to answer your question, I'm moving my -- and I'm also going to move my campaign office to Roswell, New Mexico and another one, an extra, to New Hampshire, okay. (Laughter.) And also, you have to keep in mind that more -- that Jimmy Carter saw a UFO, and also that more people in this country have seen UFOs than, I think, approve of George Bush's presidency. (Laughter.)

MR. RUSSERT: Actually --

REP. KUCINICH: And so -- (laughter) -- wait. We're just getting started here.

MR. RUSSERT: No, no. Let me -- 14 percent of Americans say they have seen UFOs.

I'm going to move --

REP. KUCINICH: What was the percentage?

MR. RUSSERT: Fourteen percent.

REP. KUCINICH: What was that percentage?

MR. RUSSERT: Fourteen.

REP. KUCINICH: Thank you.

That's all for now. More later.