As a Seth MacFarlane fan, I am very excited about the debut of his latest series, a spin-off of Family Guy : The Cleveland Show

From what I have read, this new series follows my favorite character, Cleveland Brown. Cleveland revealed in the "Baby Not On Board" episode of Family Guy that he will be leaving. In his new show, Cleveland sets off to get his own friends and experience his own adventures. He moves to several locations around the United States (including California) before settling in Virginia with his new wife (Donna), Cleveland Jr., his new step-daughter (Roberta), and his new step-son (Rallo). During the series, Cleveland meets several new friends and their families. These friends include a family of bears, a family of rednecks, and a well-to-do British Family. There is also a guest appearance by Kanye West!

If this series is as good as I hope, Family Guy might just slip down on my list of gotta-see-tv. I honestly don't know how I'll feel about seeing Peter, Quagmire, Joe and the rest of the gang going on these crazy adventures without seeing or hearing Cleveland's monotone voice point out the utterly obvious which just makes everything so much funnier...

The Cleveland Show is set to replace King of the Hill. As a huge Hill fan, I am hoping that The Cleveland Show will fill that void in my life.

The Cleveland Show appears to have a good mix of stoner comedy, stereotyping, and many Cleveland-isms.

I am very excited!

I found this interesting... I stole it from aol.com


Even if McCain had won the White House with a clear majority --– instead of becoming the second successive Republican president to take office after losing the popular vote --– he probably would have been hard-pressed to find common ground with congressional Democrats on the economy. The ideological fault lines have been deep, from the size of the economic stimulus package (McCain's original $420 billion proposal prompted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to brand him "President McCheap") to the administration's laissez-faire attitude toward a looming General Motors bankruptcy and the almost certain dismemberment of Chrysler (the Detroit Free Press headlined, "McCain to City: Drop Dead").

McCain has often seemed like a third-party president in dealing with Congress. Conservative House Republicans resented the president as a closet moderate even before he gave his explosive "Uncle Sam needs everyone" answer to a question about gays in the military. In the Senate, the anti-McCain sentiment is more personal than ideological, since many of his former GOP colleagues have been the targets of his ire. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was overheard referring to the president as "that stubborn S.O.B. in the White House." The McCain faction in the Senate, which in the best of times could caucus under the same folding umbrella, was depleted by the appointment of Lindsey Graham as Attorney General and Joe Lieberman as the Secretary of Homeland Security. Congressional Republican mistrust of McCain was compounded by the president's abortive effort to name former Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle as Secretary of Commerce (which oversees the politically sensitive Census Bureau), but the nomination quickly became snarled over Daschle's tax problems.

Sarah Palin was, in theory, supposed to be McCain's emissary to the Republican right. Instead, the Tina Fey lookalike spent most of her time negotiating with the tabloids, as the breakup of Bristol Palin's engagement to Levi Johnston made OctoMom seem publicity-shy. In contrast, Meghan McCain has played against type, avoiding any unplanned appearances in the gossip columns, limiting herself to tweeting about visiting Girl Scout troops at the White House and announcing plans to write a book (all the proceeds will go to charity) about how young voters naturally gravitate toward grandfatherly presidents.

Even before McCain took office, his selection of his personal vice-presidential favorite Tom Ridge (vetoed as a running mate because he failed the anti-abortion litmus test) as White House chief of staff circumscribed Palin's orbit. An authoritative late March story in the conservative Washington Times quoted "sources close to the vice president" complaining that Palin felt marginalized by the "macho culture" of the White House. Coincidentally, McCain was overheard by reporters two days later in an open-mike snafu saying about Palin, "Shouldn't she be off at a funeral somewhere far away?"

Contrary to expectations during the divisive 2008 campaign, the hawkish McCain has been surprisingly successful in forging a Beltway consensus on foreign and military policy, partly because of his success in luring Colin Powell (who had endorsed Barack Obama) back for a return engagement at the State Department. The fragile veneer of stability in Iraq and the bipartisan commitment (supported by Obama, Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden in the Senate) to increasing troop levels in Afghanistan have contributed to a revival of the old-fashioned gospel that "politics stops at the water's edge." Democrats, in particular, have been reassured by the centrist tenor of the foreign policy team, which McCain frequently describes as "my Over the Hill Gang" --– notably Bush holdover Robert Gates at Defense and the surprise selection of former Marine commandant Gen. Jim Jones as national security adviser.

The most emotionally laden moment of the McCain presidency has been, of course, his whirlwind visit to Hanoi as the president hopscotched his way west (also stopping off in Kabul and Baghdad) to the G-20 summit in London. The former POW's rapprochement with the Vietnamese is an oft-repeated tale, part of the mythology that elevated McCain to the Oval Office. But for all the familiarity of the story, there was something arresting in seeing Air Force One land at Noi Bai Airport as the first foreign stop of the McCain presidency. As Stephen Colbert said that evening in a half-serious moment, "This is one president who will never refer to the White House as a gilded prison cell."

Aside from a brief uptick in his poll numbers following his Vietnam visit, McCain's job approval rating has been below 50 percent since the glow from the Inaugural Address ("After years of partisan division, it is time to multiply our unity") has worn off. "It's not that McCain is personally unpopular," said a Republican pollster unaffiliated with the administration. "But with the economy on life support, it's just that voters feel wary and nervous." Part of it is the impression, loudly denied by the White House political team, that the 72-year-old McCain will voluntarily choose not to run for reelection in 2012. Both Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee have already been spotted in Iowa, while Palin on an Air Force Two flight home to Alaska last weekend made an unannounced stop in Des Moines, purportedly to inspect storm damage. When the vice president was informed that the Iowa weather had been unseasonably calm for weeks, Palin shook her head, crinkled her nose and said, "Doncha just hate it when you get things wrong?"

So maybe the relevant number is not the 100-day mark for the McCain administration, but the reality that the 2012 presidential election is only 1,289 short days away.

I learned tonight that my grandpa is coming home tomorrow. His hospital bed is being brought to the house before 2, and he should be home before 7.

It's ataractic. He has decided that he just wants to be in peace, which I think is the best thing for everyone. It was hard for me to know that if his heart stopped  he wanted to be revived, which in his fragile state would just put him (and us) in more agony.

I am excited for him to be home. I know he will be much happy in his own home rather than in a hospital or hospice house.

Graduating from high school became a great achievement for me (as thing went to hell the last two years), and I have been accepted to almost every college I have applied to, yet I am still worried about how school will work out.

I was accepted to Muskingum College as a non-degree student, and I spent two months with the music department as well as two weeks with the school. However, I had to drop out - I hate saying drop out, because it makes me feel like I failed - because I could not get a dorm room (being a non-degree student), and with gas price nearly $5 a gallon, I just could not afford it. So after two weeks of being a college student, I returned home and entered the work force. I found a great job with the Columbus Metropolitan Library, and so far I have been happy.

After being accepted to Ohio University I played with the idea of going. I could have gone to Athens, got a dorm, and lived a fun life. Or I could have gone to the Lancaster Campus and Pickerington Center, continued working, been as successful as I had planned. But I didn't... I honestly don't know why I didn't... Perhaps I just needed a break, just needed to catch up with myself... Plus, I feel more comfortable entering school with money in my pocket...

I continued applying to schools around Ohio (and even one in New Zealand), feeling like I wasted money each time, and I was accepted to all of them except for the University of Otago. It was a pretty great feeling being accepted to Muskingum and OU, and then Kent State, Toledo, Ohio Wesleyan, Ohio Dominican, and then finally Capital and Ohio State.

I would like to go to any of these schools, but right now I have to think about location, money, and many other things that I can't control.
SO, I have decided that for two years I will attend Ohio Dominican University in Columbus, majoring in psychology. My plan is to then transfer somewhere up north (Case Western, Kent, Cleveland State, or Toledo) and graduate with my bachelor's in psychology. After that, I will attend OSU and graduate with my PhD in psychology. I will be 27 years old, two years older than I originally planned, but I believe everything will work for the best.