Well, this is it, my last post of 2008, and the 999th in Rubinville history. I'm heading out shortly, but just wanted to wish you all a happy new year and may you all get drunk and laid tonight. 
In a mere 8 hour and 22 minutes this giant ball will drop in Times Square and we can all kiss 2008 goodbye. It has been a great year for me all around, personally, professionally and a few other words that end in "ly." That being said, I know 2009 is going to bring more of the same and I'm ready to rock it.
I have returned from my week in Dallas. It was a great time being with Carlos' family and I ate Chick-fil-A three times. Good stuff.
Embattled Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich said today that he is innocent and will not resign from office. "I will fight, I will fight, I will fight until I take my last breath," he said at a news conference today. Then, in a bizarre twist, he tried to take his last breath but his tongue got stuck between his lips.
As some of you may have noticed, CNN changed their graphics earlier this week. Unlike most graphics changes, be they television, video game or your dentists computer system, CNN decided to actually go backwards with their graphics. They now look like something from the 1980's and even have a white "crawl" on the bottom. Not only does the white look really bad, but it also is the worst color to constantly be on TV for those with plasma TV's. 
Alright, we're back in business, people. And speaking of business, today's post will be about a company that should be, and is, going out of business.
By now you've all obviously heard about the crazy going-ons in Chicago. While most of the articles I am reading are about his sheer disregard for the law, I would rather focus on two other things, his name and his hair.
If you haven't been watching already, it's probably a little late to tell you to catch the series finale of Boston Legal tonight. I've only been watching it for the last three seasons (out of five), but I have to say it has been funny, irreverent and probably the most underrated show on TV. The cast, with actors like William Shatner, James Spader and Candice Bergen were all perfect in their roles and they even made time for fit in guest starts Tom Selleck, Parker Posey, and most importantly Betty White. 
There's a nice interview with me in the most recent "Philadelphia Gay News." Just like the last article I posted here, if you click the picture above it will get bigger. I don't know how that happens, but it is a nifty little trick of the internet. Thank you once again, Al Gore.
Since it's a short week and I haven't posted, I think we're gonna close shop here in Rubinville until after the holiday.
A bunch of pirates have hijacked a Saudi Arabian ship, causing this man, Saudi Prince Saud al-Faisal to say, "Piracy, like terrorism, is a disease which is against everybody, and everybody must address it together."
It was just reported that Christopher Llyod has lost his 11 million dollar home in the California wildfires. There is good news for Marty McFly, however, because my sources say that Llyod was able to get the plans for the Flux Capacitor out of the house in time.
There's an intersting article from the AP about how The Cosby Show helped pave the way for Barack Obama to become president. Thank god the show wasn't about an ignorant, ex-beauty queen from Alaska.
(Photo courtesy of Carlos Masip)
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I was out doing stand-up last night, so didn't get a chance to see the Barack Obama prime-time infomercial that ran on seven different networks. You know that a campaign is going well when a candidate can start selling rotisserie chicken roasters. My sources are also telling me that Obama plans on selling spray-on hair sometime in early 2009.
John McCain, pictured here choking and imaginary heathen, yesterday guaranteed a tight election victory next week. A McCain aide later attributed the comment to the fact that John hadn't slept much the night before and "was a little loopy."
John McCain has been focusing on a man named plumber Joe throughout much of this third debate. While that's all well and good, let's hope that it isn't at the expense of my personal favorite plumber, Mario.
I just bumped into Jerry Seinfeld near my apartment and walked and chatted with him for about three blocks. While I can't divulge the private conversations of two comedians, I did get him to laugh a couple times and vice versa. (Which I'm sure meant a lot to him!)
It's now 10:20 and they have spent the last 10 minutes discussing the Pakistan/Afghanistan border. Frankly, I would've enjoyed more time on the economy and health care because it seems obvious that this guy has the whole border thing under control...
We're 44 minutes into the debate, and Tom Brokaw is begging the candidates to keep their remarks brief. While he will surely fail at that, I'm pretty sure he got laid after taking this picture...
It is not debatable that I am exhausted from this debate induced week. However, being the profesional that I am, I will give you my thoughts on the debate in Haiku form...
So, George, John, Barack, and a few other people who claim to be fighting for us have been sitting behind closed doors in DC trying to solve this financial crisis thingy. George said he had a plan (but nobody listened), John said he was suspending his campaign and postponing the debate (which he backtracked on), and Barack said he needed time to think (which he loves to do). 
The summer is officially over, which seems particularly sucky when you look back on days like this one. This picture is from a few weeks back at the Boat Basin alongside the Hudson River right here in NYC. As you can clearly see, I was in deep thought as I knocked back that Corona.
I was just walking down the street when I realized what the contents of my bag were. 
It was some crazy week here in the good ole' US of A. I'd write about it, but instead I think you should hear my thoughts about it on this weeks Topical. Click the link below for the most recent episode or go to iTunes and subscribe.
Few people know this, but Darth Vader actually had a secret apprentice, so secret, in fact, that the Emperor himself didn't know about him. Not only that, but even Star Wars fans such as myself didn't even know until the last few months when the story for the new Force Unleashed video game was leaked on the internet. 
Lehman Brothers is going under and people are freaking about it all over the country. While I don't know much about the financial markets, I do know a little something about lighting, and it seems to me that a company that uses this much electricity just to light the outside of the office was due to go bankrupt. 
UPDATE: My sources are now confirming that Rick Moranis will be unshrunk in order to reprise his role as Louis "The Keymaster" Tully in Ghostbusters 3...
