google has digitized life magazine's photo archives going back to the 1860's. check it out.
http://images.google.com/hosted/life

the best part of waking up
is chicken pot pie in your cup.

wow. poor georgie. his approval rating is the lowest ever recorded since the ratings were first started. 76% of people disapprove of him, with nixon in second place at 66% when he resigned after watergate.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/10/bush.transition.poll/index.html

i've been reading the bbc to see what people outside the US think of obama's win, and surprisingly they didn't really go into how big a deal it is for us to have a black president. they finally wrote one though:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7710449.stm

i feel like it’s ok to be an american for the first time in a long time. and maybe i won't get spit on as much when i travel.

the japanese really go the extra mile when it comes to safety simulations. they built a rhino costume to use for practicing escaped rhino drills at a zoo. the video is hilarious, especially when they hit the thing with a tranq gun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgHQfxT7ImI

remember back in the 80's and 90's when mtv had music videos? they decided to put them all online, including some newer ones. enjoy.
http://www.mtvmusic.com/

oh santa cruz...
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_10837899

shepard fairey did the now famous obama four-color "hope" poster and the classic "andre the giant"/obey sticker. here are some spoofs people have done, my favorites are the bob hope and luke skywalker ones.
http://www.posterpage.ch/exhib/ex216oba/ex216oba.htm

there's a "your momma's so fat" battle with presidential candidates as the subject on twitter. a few choice quotes:
Yo mama so fat, she authorized a $700 billion bailout of Dairy Queen.
Yo mama so fat, she thinks the G8 is a Value Meal.
Your mama so fat, when they asked which menus she reads, she said "You know, all of 'em."
You moms so fat ACORN registered her to vote *three* times.

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/10/21/playing-the-presiden.html