Tuesday Miscellany - Happy Birthday, $t. Ted & Sarah Palin For Time Person of the Year?

A lot of balloons might be popping for Uncle Ted today. It is November 18th, Ted Stevens' 85th birthday.

Meanwhile, today and tomorrow might pop whatever balloons are left in Ted's political future, both in Alaska and in Washington, DC.

Happy 85th Birthday, Sen. Stevens. May your 86th birthday find you healthy, retired and free!

And Time Magazine has announced that Sarah Palin is one of their 25 nominees for 2008 Person of the Year.

You can vote for Sarah or any of the others there. As of this writing, she is in second place behind Barack Obama.Where's Joe the Plumber.....?