The folks over at MoveOn.org are pissed at CBS for refusing to air the winning “Bush in 30 Seconds” ad. They’re doing a mass mailing trying to petetion to CBS to stop being partisan lap dogs.

Did anyone mention a recent/ongoing vacation? Seems like someone was going to Hawaii, I’m not sure if I got that right or not…

However, I DO know that Kelly and I spent a wonderful weekend in an exotic locale. That’s right – southwestern Pennsylvania is the next big thing in adventure travel. And by “adventure travel” I mean “upper-middle-class family vacation.”

We spent Saturday through Monday at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort & Spa and it was perfect. Although the last leg of the 3-hour drive was a little nerve-wracking due to snow, once we arrived I have to say the snowy butt-ass cold weather only added to the charm of the place. There’s not much that’s prettier than rolling wooded hills blanketed in fresh snow, especially when viewed through a window while sitting next to a fireplace and drinking a glass of wine. That was our weekend in a nutshell.

I was just trying out the new iTunes RSS generator and what to my wondering eyes should appear at the top of the “recently added hip-hop” list?

Shreveport’s Throwdest by B-Mac.

It is a rarity nowadays when I actually read a book cover to cover. My reading time is spent as follows: work-related BS, news outlets, New Yorker. Lately I can’t even count the NY as actual reading, more like an attempt to read and comprehend something while simultaneously falling asleep. Soon I will be illiterate and walk the streets as a mindless drone, voting Bush into a second term.

Here at the AIA, there has been a lot of talk in the past year about Richard Florida’s “The Rise of the Creative Class.“ Although I haven’t read it yet, from what I can tell it’s kind of a big WDYLIA – extolling the virtues of cities like Austin that manage to become centers of creativity, etc.

Dr. Florida hasn’t stopped charting the trends of the creative class, and the latest news isn’t so great…(thanks to Maud for the link) Below is the excerpt I found most interesting. Although all of it is stuff I had thought about vaguely, it struck me and I thought others might find it interesting: