Good news, bad news today. Big Love starts back up tonight but, sadly, it’s the beginning of the end of the series. Oh, I suppose that’s really just as well, since, when last we saw the Henricksons, things weren’t looking too good, and I don’t know where they can really go from here on out. Plus last season was Amanda Seyfried’s final one, so this year will be a letdown in that respect. A darn shame on all accounts.

Hopefully HBO will be coming up with some series to justify the expense of keeping them. When do True Blood and Curb Your Enthusiasm start back up again, anyway?

In other news, Oklahoma has a new Governor – a woman who has sworn to “support, obey and offend” the U.S. and state constitutions. That sounds about right.

Chris Matthews apparently called birthers, “crackers.” Being a cracker myself, am I supposed to be offended? And, if so, is it the term “cracker” that’s supposed to piss me off? ‘Cuz, frankly, as a white guy of rather mixed descent, it’s pretty hard to offend me. In fact, I don’t think there are any names that can do it. Cracker? Mick? Kraut? Nah, just no kick to those, and white guys who pretend to be offended just seem silly to me. Much like the supposedly offended white people who wrote into NPR the other day because a commenter had expressed relief that the Arizona shooter had been a “gringo.” Oh, how horrible.

Or am I just supposed to be mad because Matthews (whose photo might very well be in the dictionary next to the definition of “cracker”) lumped me in with these idiots? Because, let’s face it, as a white man, I get lumped in with far worse than that on a daily basis. Yes, yes. Me, Glenn Beck, Bill O’Reilly, and Rush Limbaugh. The persecuted and downtrodden majority.

Well, surprisingly enough, after snowing all day yesterday, it’s snowing out there again today. But, at 23, at least it’s about 20 degrees warmer than it was yesterday morning.