Barack To The Future!

Mr. Bill made his long-awaited appearance with the Dems last night (Oh Nooooooo!), but although many worried he would be remain divisive to the party, he stepped up and did his Clinton thing. The Gray Stallion gave a stirring, supportive speech for the prospective Mr. O, and surprisingly was sober as a judge when he did it! Rewind your TIVO's to look at Tuesday Bill vs. Wednesday Bill. Tuesday Bill's face was an advertisement for Red Lobster. Wednesday Bill, thanks to excellent make-up work and his staff hiding the Johnnie Walker for 24 hours, looked like good 'ol President Clinton.....a welcome sight to a party that's had it's downs more than ups over the last 8 years. Mr. Bill still has the vocal gift that made him the greatest politician of his time in the first place, that effortless ability to speak to no one directly, but everyone at once. You got the feeling he was talking directly to your family. Job well done, Mr. Prez.

Next up was Little Joey Biden - who knew? At first I thought he was doing his best Navan Johnson impression (Steve Martin) from The Jerk. "I was born a poor, black child...." His Mom was getting more air time than Brad & Angelina's twins at a Paparazzi-fest. Eventually, the cameras realized GOOD HEAVENS -- her lips aren't moving! It's the other guy we're supposed to cover, so they moved back to Little Joey. Once he got past the stories of making mud pies for the homeless as a 5 year old, and back to the politics of NOW, it became a good talk. Not great, because some brain-dead speech writer thought it would be effective to keep leading the crowd by the nose to say "That's not change, that's the same". Kind of felt like that weird moment in church where the congregation is supposed to read something aloud in unison, but it comes off as sort of Night Of The Living Dead zombified poetry class. Still, I'll give him a B for Effort. Call it a Beffort.

More and more information is coming out about Royal Caribbean's next-big-thing, Oasis Of The Seas. They are packing this ship so full of activities, it will definitely revolutionize the next generation of floating cities. Wave riders, zip lines, enormous spa facilities, Madame Toussaud's Wax Museum (ok that last one was a lie, but there's LOTS of stuff to do). The booking window is still not open for the general public, but if you're a Royal Caribbean past guest, feel free to call or email us to see if you qualify to book early. Only certain levels of past guest membership are allowed to reserve space this soon, but the ship's inaugural sailing is in mid-December 2009 and it's already going fast!