I feel like I should be sitting in some circle in a nondescript class or meeting room, surrounded by faces I don’t know each looking as guilty as I. I’m Jonathan; I’m 30 years old and have never been married. The next part is a bit confusing though. Although a 30 year old single male with no kids isn’t as rare as it used to be, I was recently accused of having a fear of commitment by an ex-girlfriend, of course. Short history lesson: Lost my job, lost a close friend who seemingly may have taken her own life and my grandfather was in his final days in the hospital. In the heat of an argument, I took my relationship down with everything else life had and was taking from me.

In one of the many subsequent post-break up battles a set of words were spoken that I couldn’t recall ever having heard before. “You’re just afraid of commitment!” she said. Here’s where it gets confusing. Sure, I was 30; I’d lived with a couple long-term girlfriends and was even engaged to one of them for a couple years. Was she saying that because I freaked out as my world was falling apart and I realized she was basically moving in at the same time? No, that was too easy. She was alluding to the fact that I also blew up my engagement twice and never even got close to planning the big day. Now we’re getting somewhere.

Read the rest of my post here: In LOVE & WAR Online: A Different Fear of Commitment.

Obama preparing Hil for her appearance on Ellen.

What happened to changing for the future? Getting away from the Politics of yesterday? It seems like the 90′s all over again. I’m just waiting for Bill to show up on the Arsenio Hall show.

WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton has decided to give up her Senate seat to become secretary of state in the Obama administration, making her the public face to the world for the man who dashed her own hopes for the presidency, confidants of Mrs. Clinton said Friday.

via Clinton Is Said to Accept Offer of Secretary of State Position – NYTimes.com

Oh boy. This can't be good.

I really want to believe that my fellow Americans that voted for Obama did the right thing, and certainly want nothing more than to see our country headed in a much better direction, but this can’t be good. I’m all about giving someone a chance, and fresh start, a clean slate, but why is it that EVERYONE that B-O associates himself with has such a questionable history or radical position on the direction of our country? This is not a unifying move, this will not bring our parties together. Practice what you preach Obama, after all, that’s all you’ve done.

President-elect Barack Obamas newly appointed chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, served on the board of directors of the federal mortgage firm Freddie Mac at a time when scandal was brewing at the troubled agency and the board failed to spot “red flags,” according to government reports reviewed by ABCNews.com.

via ABC News: Emanuel Was Director Of Freddie Mac During Scandal

The Washington University team identified 10 gene mutations which appeared key to the development of the womans acute myeloid leukaemia.

Just two of these had been linked to the disease before.

The sequencing technique, described in the journal Nature, could be applied to other cancers and aid the design of targeted drugs.

via BBC NEWS | Health | Cancer genetic blueprint revealed

Obama: Victory Speech

via Barack Obamas Victory Speech – Election Results 2008 – The New York Times

I’ll be posting my thoughts on the election and onour President-elect later in the day. In the mean time, the New York Times has had a great interactive site for most of the important speeches throughout the election. In my opinion, the best part of his speech was at the 11:57 mark. Congratulations to Barack Obama, and God bless America.

Fox 13 has a pretty cool “Interactive voting issue map” pinpointing exactly where the problems are happening. It’s better than “Where’s Waldo”!

http://media.myfoxtampabay.com/youdecide/nov08/problem.html

UPDATE: Unfortunately, as I was leaving the above polling place, I got “the finger” and a “F*&% McCain” as I was driving away. God Bless America and nobody else. Happy voting!!

I wonder how many of the networks will be picking this one up? mmmmmm, none?