This photo was in yesterday's New York Times online.

You know, I'm not one of those people who thinks a man's greatness, or lack thereof, has anything to do with his height; I have been in awe of many a man who was not at all tall. A man that I might technically have "looked down on," especially when I was wearing high-heels and towering over him at 6 ft. 2.

That said, though, it kinda thrilled me to see that Obama is apparently taller than George W. Bush. Yay! (He's a wee little man on so many levels.)



And on a similar "yay" kind of note... this is from Jonathan Cainer's web site this morning:

Fifth Night

As the Moon grows Full, we're nearing the end of the Fifth Night of the Mayan calendar. According to this Central American tradition, the Sixth Day will commence on Thursday and will bring a new era, during which people rapidly become more creative, individualistic and clear minded. If that sounds unlikely, given that we're seemingly heading for recession, the Mayans have an explanation. The downturn was a side-effect of the Fifth Night which began in 2006. Some even predicted that it would cause a collapse of Western economic systems. By their reckoning, we're over the worst of this.