We have a new president!

I just heard President Obama take the Oath of Office a couple minutes ago.  It's a very traditional ceremony, but i confess that despite myself, I teared up when I heard Aretha Franklin sing "My Country 'tis of thee. 

Congratulations, and good luck, President Obama.

Amazed and happy he's still around

Back in the early 80s one of the highlights of my fannish life was my motherand I giving the writer Fredrick Pohl a ride to the airport after a group signing. My overwhelming impression was of a soft-spoken elderly gentleman, and of the authors in attendence, his intelligence and attitude was the one I most admired. I think I assumed at some point he had passed away.

Today, courtesy of james_nicoll's blog, I found out that he's not only very much alive, but he has a blog!

Words cannot describe how pleased I am that he's still around, and keeping current.