Two Weeks to Go

So what are you doing for Inauguration Day? Driving around town with a Dubya beenie baby tied to the bumper of your pickup truck? Meeting Scooter Libby for lunch at the Pardon Moi Cafe? Sleeping out at the governor's mansion in Dover with a suitcase full of cash hoping to get first dibs on Joe Biden's vacated senatorial seat? If you're planning to go to the Inauguration event in Washington D.C., you'd better have more than one suitcase of cash, because tickets have been running upwards of 20 G's from some online ticket brokers (although one guy on ebay has a sweet deal for just $6,000!) If you are planning on going, you'd better get a move on with your plans, because there are only two weeks remaining until what promises to be the biggest Tuesday celebration until, well, Fat Tuesday. The Presidential Inauguration Committee has a website that includes a schedule of events, including the much-anticipated Black Tie and Boot-in-the-Seat-of-Your-Pants ceremony for outgoing lame duck George W. Bush. As for me, I think I'll just sit back and watch it all on TV while sipping on a flute of Obama champagne. Cheers!