Well, the “me” Administration is almost over, and good riddance, as far as I’m concerned. The Bush Administration was simply 8 years of people thinking of nothing but themselves. No wonder we were unable to get together and solve any of the many serious problems facing our nation. Oh sure, some people did do some positive things in the Bush Administration — like jogging — but always for the wrong reasons, for their own selfish, personal benefit. Well, I believe the next administration is gonna have to be different. I think that people are going to stop thinking about themselves, and start thinking about him, Al Franken.

[Transcript of Weekend Update liberally — natch — edited, in light of the spirit of the thing.]

Seriously, kids: Coleman’s gonna bitch and whine, but we are looking at Sen. Al Franken for the next six years. But of course Mitch and pals are going to try to block him getting sworn in. Some sympathy, please — it’s the only way John Ensign can pick up a win at this point.

That, along with Roland Burris trying to storm the gates in order to chisel in another line on the ol’ resume? Tuesday’s going to be FUN.

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That wasn’t so difficult, was it? Heck, you were probably sleeping the whole time, and didn’t even realize we were switching wires on your Matrix headgear.

Fresh for 2009, it’s the New! Improved! Monthly! Jam! We’ll be running regular Jams on First Saturdays, and Locked Up marathons the rest of the time.

New Year’s Jam [Flickr]

Not to worry — nothing, y’know, drastic this time. But tonight around 2 a.m. Eastern we’ll be taking the website offline while we move it to a new server.

The good news is that other than a test pattern for a few hours, you shouldn’t notice anything different. Unlike our previous travels, the database is moving with us, including all the posts and comments. Same address, too — no need to change bookmarks or anything.

At worst, you may have to log in again once the site’s back online. But as always, there’s an automated means to reset your password if you’ve forgotten it. And, as always, Geeks Are Standing By if you need help.

Well, one Geek. And he sleeps in. But he’ll get around to you.

Australia, a country which is also an island, and incontinent, has refused to accept all of the Guantanamo convicts that we don’t want to release to the Middle East.  We don’t want to release them, of course, because we are suddenly and inexplicably concerned for their safety and happiness:

Washington has expressed concern that inmates released from Guantanamo could be tortured or persecuted if they are returned to their home countries.

As far as I know, Australia is a country full of convicts.  When you think of Australia,  picture Alcatraz, subtract Nicolas Cage and Sean Connery, multiply it by a million, make everyone talk with marbles in their mouths, and then substitute kangaroos for all of the prison guards.  Anywhere, now that Australia is not an option for our “freed” convicts, we’ll have to find someplace even more lawless for them, like International Waters, that island from Pirates of the Caribbean, outer space, or Las Vegas.

p.s. I’m writing this while awaiting a flight from Bangkok to Sydney.  Once there, I fully expect to be detained, processed, and sent to Cuba.

Canberra Rejects Guantanamo Cases [BBC]

Something’s rotting in our Intertubes today, preventing access to a number of sites — including ours! So the Porn Post needs to be iPhone-brief tonight: Imagine a very naughty tryst between Celine Dion and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

You got a problem with that? Fine. Fix our Internet, and we’ll put out.