MARCH HOT PIECE OF THE MONTH. I wanted to post the most gratuitious pic of him as possible because it's in such contrast to his personality. He seems like a dork that happens to be good looking. Or at least he pretends that he doesn't know he's hot. I was planning to post him at March's hot piece because that's when the latest season of Dancing With the Starts premiered, and this tall drink of water made it to #2. He definitely kept me watching every week. If my husband had a blog, he'd certainly post pics of his favorite professional ballroom dancers, Edyta (Jason's partner) and Cheryl. Anyway! Jason is a teddy bear with the cutest soft brown eyes. Perhaps if he applied some of that tenacity to football, the Dolphins might win a game or two. Speaking of the Dolphins, has anyone heard how their hater-coach is refusing to let Jason practice because he could train with the team early on because if DWTS? He says Jason is all about achieving Hollywood success now, and his priorities are all out of wack. He's probably salty because he didn't make it on DWTS. Jason Taylor wants to be the next Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. This will happen naturally, why stand in the way?

HI AGAIN!!! Ok, so I've totally fallen off. Now that my infant is a toddler wanna-be, my days are spent chasing her from room to room or outside of the home all together. That's right, I'm blaming Laila. She's always plotting on the next set of shananigans to get into. It's a busy life, it tell you! Enough of these excuses though... my readers have missed me. Both of of them have said so. I will not let you down, there's much to discuss! Although it is June, we still have March, April and May hot pieces to post. Not to mention Obama finally clinching the Democratic Presidential Nomination (yay!). Also there are a few books I'd like to discuss. Yes, I read (occasionally)! I saw a few good movies too. Stay tuned....

SAY WHAAAA?? Ok sorry folks, it's been a while. My husband changed jobs so we had to turn in the "work from home laptop" that job gave us, so I have no computer during the day. I need one of my own, I know, but until then, my time on the computer is limited! ANYWAY, I just wanted to blog about incorrect song lyrics today. Leave it to my husband to totally invent song lyrics and insist they are correct. Case in point, everyone knows Is This Love by Bob Marley right? The end of the first verse goes "We'll share the same room, and Jah will provide the bread... is this love, is this love is this love is this love that I'm feeling". In Russ's world, it's "We'll share the same room, and jump rope by the bay... this this love, etc. Equally as puzzling, a friend of mine couldn't decipher Michael Jackson's famous line in Gotta Be Starting Something "Mama say Mama sah Mamacusa". She recently revealed she thought he was saying "I was saved by the sound of Michael's songs". My cousin thought he was saying "Imma say it one more time, I'm not gon' stop" while my other friend always thought (until last week actually) that it was "Mama said Imma sell a Moccasin". That one doesn't even make any sense.

FEBRUARY HOT PIECE OF THE MONTH Hold on to your Fish n' Chips - this month's hotness is Prince Harry of Britain. I've surprised myself this choice, I've never been one to care much about the British royal family, but I can't deny that Harry's bad-assness is slightly intriguing. He's also riding a new wave of popularity now that The Drudge Report has exposed that Prince Harry has secretly been fighting in Afghanistan for the past few months. Some privileged youth scant to Ibiza to blow their fortune and exploit their "fame", others deploy to the desert to fight on the front lines for their country. That's sort of impressive, right?

YOUR MONDAY MORNING GIGGLE.

NO SLEEP 'TIL OHIO! Senator Obama is CLEANING UP! He's now swept the Potomac (or Chesapeake, whatever they're calling it) primaries, and he just waxed Senator Clinton in Wisconsin and Hawaii. Hawaii was expected as it's Sen Obama's home state, but Wisconsin is something to boast as it has a 90% Caucasian population and mostly working class (under 50K annually) population. These groups were formerly squarely in Hillary's corner. Senator Obama captured 63% of the white male vote, and 50% of the working class vote. Here's the best: he also racked up 48% of the female vote. That's Senator Clinton's bread and butter there. I listen to the pundits speak of him being the clear front-runner, and how it will take miracles for Sen Clinton to catch up, but I can't allow myself to believe his nomination to inevitable. I'm not even superstitious, I'm just taking it one day at a time. One thing that we've learned in this primary race is that anything can (and did) happen. I also want to take this time to shout out my Dad who says he was inspired by my work on Senator Obama's campaign and signed up to be a district Captain for the campaign up in Cleveland, OH. He lives in the #4 region on the map above, in Cuyahoga County (NE Ohio/Cleveland). His job shouldn't be too hard, seeing as though that's where all the Black people live. There and Cincinnati. Still, I'm so proud of him! Ohio should be interesting. A week ago Sen Clinton showed a 21% lead over Sen Obama in the polls, but OH has a similar demographic as Wisconsin; many working class white. Since Sen Obama has been chipping away at Sen Clinton's voter base, perhaps he can make inroads in Ohio as well. Add to that, Ohio has a lot more people of color than WI. I do feel he may have a better chance in Texas where the major cities are filled with Blacks - Dallas, Houston, San Antonio. Even if he doesn't win theses states, chances are, he'll win the the previously named districts which have the most delegates. I'm bracing myself for the negative ads the Clinton machine will produce in the next weeks. The Clinton campaign doesn't have the budget to air them nationwide, so at least we won't be burdened with them here in MD, but trusty MSNBC always airs the attack ads during their broadcasts. It'll be interesting to see just how nasty it gets. Sen Clinton has no choice but to go negative, she's going to have to do something, anything to slow Sen Obama's momentum. They just better leave Michelle alone. She's not the one!!!

TWO OF MY FAVORITE GUYS: TIM GUNN, A GUEST ON CONAN LAST NIGHT: Tim Gunn breaks down his guidelines for flattering attire for your body type, and his take on President Bush and Hillary Clinton's fashion sense.

BARACKIN' THE VOTE IN MARYLAND. So I joined Barack Obama's campaign. Before the Chesapeake primaries last Tuesday, my local Obama '08 organization met up to distribute campaign information, knock on doors etc. Can I just say, his campaign is extremely organized. I signed up as a volunteer at 10pm one evening and at 10am the next morning, I received a call from a local organizer. His website is thorough too - a member of his campaign can pick a state, and resident listings are available to call to spread the message of change. I'm calling my home state of Ohio, which is holding its primaries on March 4th. Polls are showing Hillary leading by 21% in Ohio, and it's one of the largest states of the union (I think they've got 15o delegates or so). I'm extremely impressed by the succinct efficiency of his campaign, it's money management and it's over all strategies. It's also important to note that he's done all of this my taking small donations by regular people like us (I mean, for the most part. We all know he as Oprah and Spielberg backing him - which doesn't hurt!) and he refuses to take money from lobbyists and special interest groups. That way he doesn't owe them anything. Who wants another puppet president? Not me!! This is a grassroots movement like never before. I look at this campaign as a microcosm of what his presidential administration would be like. Stellar! He obviously surrounds himself with the right people, which is a skill in and of itself. Hillary (whom I respect) is actually losing senior campaign advisors and running out of money. I do like her, but that's not the kind of organization I'd like to see in the white house. Anyway, I attended Senator Obama's rally in College Park, MD last week. That day, I drove my husband to work (45 minutes in the opposite direction) then schleped my 6 month old with me to the University of Maryland's Comcast Center (where the rally was held) but not before sitting in traffic for an hour, then looking for a parking space for another 40 minutes - all in 15 degree weather. But hey, I was a woman on a mission. The arena was packed, and you could feel the energy in the air. I was moved, Laila was stoked, and everyone was super excited. People were even crying. And I completely understand that, it's really is quite a phenomenon. I never thought in my lifetime we could actually have an African-American presidential nominee. With Laila bouncing on my lap, taking in all of the excitement of the rally, I thought to myself wow - my daughter's first president of memory could someone the same color as her. Amazing. My husband who is a fan of the TV series, The Wire, would have been glad to see Big G (who plays Slim Charles on the show, and DC heads will know he's also the lead vocalist of the super-popular go-go group, the Backyard Band) endorsing Senator Obama. He was one of many who took the stage to vocalize their support. Once the Senator came out the place erupted. People of all walks of life were in attendance; college students, olders folks, kids, blacks, whites, Hispanics sporting signs "Si Se Puente" which means 'Yes we Can!' the current campaign slogan. There were even republicans, or as they are also known "Obamacans". It's clear that people are truly embracing this message of change, and loving the idea of unification. Senator Obama is the candidate that brings people together - something so badly needed after such a polarizing administration! He tailored his message to address the majority of this crowd which were University of MD students. One point of interest: as tuition rates are at an all time high, he promises that when he's president, he will extend $4,000 towards tuition for every college student, every year. But the students must give back by volunteering, community organizing, joining the peace corp - whatever they can do to give back to their country as their country has given to them, and by doing so, together we can move forward. Ok, don't get me to quoting. It was something like that but of course much more oratorically stunning. Above is a picture from my seat. He's filling arenas this size daily. The momentum is undeniable. He swept DC, MD and VA (and got 55% of this white male vote in VA no less. Holy cow!!) This is major! Get on board people, join the movement! www.barackobama.com