The blogger

I guess I forgot to mention the reason for creating this blog! A little of it is covered in my profile. As noted there, I am looking for a creative outlet. As many of you know, I toyed with the idea of creating a blog last year, but that was vetoed by popular vote in lieu of continuing the monthly update e-mails. Well, in case you haven't noticed, it's been a while since one of those e-mails went out! We haven't had anything monumental going on and they were becoming a little redundant: work, school, etc.

Therefore, I was hoping that this blog would serve to allow for finer detail of our lives. It should be a showstopper. In addition to that, I am hoping to get a little more writing in. And the final reason is that, according to Kevin, I apparently have an opinion on everything (hence the use of "soapbox" in the title. If you'd like to know more about the origin of that phrase, check here and here.) One of my latest rants has been on George Bush and his creation of the phrase "the Google."

As some of you may know, Dubya was recently asked in an interview if he ever used Google. If you haven't had the pleasure of witnessing this interview, please take a moment. This is only 19 seconds worth - you may want to search for more (or not). This interview has quickly entered the pop culture lexicon because of the reference to the popular search engine as "the" Google. Doesn't really sound like a guy who's in the know, does it? Do you hear that? It's the sound of his staff, political party and children simultaneously slapping their foreheads. Secondly, he uses "the Google" for maps. Maps, people. The man, often referred to as the leader of the free world, has multi-billion dollar satellites as his disposal and he's looking up maps on Google? I mean, I guess we can rest assured that he's not wasting taxpayer dollars and abusing his executive powers. Granted, the directions are excellent, I'll agree with him there. The last thing that bothers me about this clip is the way that the interviewer is tossing her hair and giggling. Maybe she's just got stars in her eyes, but the reaction to his innane commentary is a bit much.

Needless to say, we've now taken to calling it "the Google" as well just for laughs. I must admit that I did vote for this man. Lastly I'd like to point out that my blog host, Blogger, the video links on YouTube and the search engine I used to find the soapbox references are all sponsored by - you guessed it - THE Google. It's taking over the world. Better watch out, George.