This edition of Tuesday Tunes I thought I’d play songs that are considered romantic but I find kind of creepy.
I was happy to read that Paterson is polling very poorly for his run to attempt to be elected Governor of New York. The next best thing from him being removed from office now would be watching him go down in flames during the primaries. He should do us all a favor and switch parties and run against Rudy for the Republican nomination. Either way it will be fun to watch him lose (hopefully).
Kirsten Gillibrand will replace Hillary Clinton as the junior Senator from New York.
Joseph Bruno charged with corruption.
Although I would have preferred Brian Higgins as the Senate choice, and I don’t understand how a Democrat can support the NRA, I hope that Gillibrand will represent New York well. It would seem that in addition to guns she also supports education so I can only hope she supports the latter more than the former.
As for Bruno, who would have thought that someone involved in Albany politics for over a decade would be involved in corruption? Never saw that one coming. 
Since it was warmer today and my lungs didn’t want to explode from the cold, I spent some time digging out. We store our pellets for the stove in the garage, but with all the snow we haven’t run the pellet stove for a few days since we couldn’t get into the garage to get them. So now the stove is all fired up, which I have missed. I think the pellet stove was one of the best things we’ve bought for the house so far. 
One of the side effects of having the car run idle for longer periods of time is a reduced gas mileage. Since we have had so much snow my car has been running while I clear the snow and ice off. As a result the last time I filled up I only got 16.8 miles per gallon. Oh well. Gas was $1.89/gallon by the way.
I was travelling for work today so I didn’t get a chance to watch the inauguration. However, I did get to hear it on the radio while driving. I was happy to get to hear it since it was such a historical event. It’s amazing how such an event can be so moving.
You can watch the oath, the speech, and other video clips at: http://www.hulu.com/presidential-inauguration
So Dave, Matt, and I are going to try to learn to play a few songs together. I am looking forward to that since I haven’t played guitar in quite a while. These are the songs we decided to try to learn:
Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day so I thought I would post some quotes attributed to Dr. King that I liked:
Whatever your life’s work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.
We will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.
We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace.
War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow.
The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
The time is always right to do what is right.
The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.
The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.
Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.
Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
A right delayed is a right denied.
A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.
I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality… I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Isabella turned 7 today! 
She had a fun day today playing with her sisters and cousins. We had a bit of snow on the drive home, but the weather warmed up into the 20′s, which felt like a heatwave after the negative temps we’ve had the last few days.
Here’s a shot with her and her present from Mom and Dad:
