Apparently, Wanting is Far More Pleasurable Than Having, After All

The Politico’s Carol Lee:

HONOLULU – The media glare, the constant security appendage and the sheer production that has become a morning jog or a hankering for an ice cream cone – it’s been closing in on Barack Obama for

Granted that RCA is a brand that doesn’t mean what it once did. These days, the name is owned by Thompson, who sells consumer goods under the name. Good they’re keeping it alive, and they’re to be commended for that.

GAZA CITY —(New York Times) The Israeli Air Force on Saturday launched a massive attack on Hamas targets throughout Gaza in retaliation for the recent heavy rocket fire from the area, hitting mostly security headquarters, training compounds and weapons storage

(CNN) — President-elect Barack Obama visited military personnel and their families enjoying Christmas dinner at a Marine Corps base in Hawaii Thursday during his holiday vacation.

Obama went to Marine Corps Base Hawaii Kaneohe Bay on Oahu where he mingled

I had one left over…

Eartha Kitt, we hear by way of the AFP, has passed on:

NEW YORK (AFP) — Eartha Kitt, the versatile US singer and actress whose sultry voice and sensuality made her an international star with a career spanning six

Edtor’s note:

Once again as in years past, I’ve found my inbox filled with messages from longtime readers who wonder if I’m going to be re-posting “A Bithead’s Christmas”, and begging me to do so.

As I believe I’ve told

Welcome one and all to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the ‘sphere… BitsBlog’s Nightly Ramble.

Lot’s of last minute stuff to get in before the holiday. Let’s get to it.

• I’m hearing they’re starting to ask Chris Dodd

I noted the other day in the Ramble about how Tom Cruise  and his new film weren’t doing so well with the critics. But it’s worse than that. Far, far worse.

And what the hell is Pierce Brosnan  doing in

First, some housekeeping:

Given the Christmas Eve is on Wednesday, this is going to be a shortened week, for the Nightly Ramble. We’ll run the Ramble on Monday and Tuesday, and then perhaps again on Friday…. Friday entirely depends on

From the mailbag:

Last weekend I saw something at Larry’s Pistol & Pawn Shop that sparked my interest… The occasion was our 15th anniversary and I was looking for a little something extra for my wife Julie.

What I came

Let me give you just a small taste of the snow we’ve been getting around here.

For the first time in a few years there doesn’t seem much doubt about a white Christmas around here.

As usual, click once to

I wanted to pass along a couple of pictures that were passed along to me by readers last year. I never got the chance to use them last season because I didn’t see them until well after new year’s. But

Having found a meme on Sara’s place, I’ll jump in:

You just won the mega powerball jackpot to the tune of 150 million dollars…

1. What would be the very first thing you would do?

Faint.

2. Where would