Yesterday was a huge personality split for me. I could not decide whether to watch the AFC and NFC Championship games or watch coverage of Washington, DC and pre-inauguration events.
Football won out with the often channel flip during timeouts and commercials. Today, on the other hand, I was watching the CBS Early Show – a morning ritual in my house, followed today even though there is no school – when they showed the group Il Divo. The group will be performing at the Purple Inauguration Ball tomorrow night. Today, they sang “Amazing Grace” on the National Mall. While I cannot find that particular video online yet, below is the same group singing the same song.
Nicki's Nook 
Ah, Nicki. I wanted to check out the video but it says “embedding disabled by request”. Darn.
I did not watch the inauguration. Probably the one American who didn’t. While I am so proud of our nation for selecting a president based on how he run his campaign, his promises, his past experiences, and his skills. And of course, for not letting race or creed or what-have-you interfere, I just couldn’t bring myself to watch the government spend 1.4 billion dollars (or whatever the exact figure was) on such an elaborate event when so many Americans are without jobs, are losing their homes, and fearing for the worse.