I'm back!

... but who know for how long?

Congratulations to President-elect Obama, his family and supporters. I accompanied a New Orleans-style marching band tooting their way from Davis Square to Teele Ssquare in Somerville, waving to curious residents peering at us. When the news struck, I was half in the bag at a restaurant in Somerville with about forty other Democrats.

But enough about me. Reports are coming in about how, a scant four years after the supposedly 'permanent Republican majority' had been instituted, this stunning change in affairs could've happened. Some cite the youth vote, the weakness of the economy, the utter cluenessness of the other candidate. Others claim that it was merely an uptick in registered Dems. In any case, the election was inescapable. Even if you are eight years old and a big fan of Nickelodeon.