From friends of the club:

We have long felt as the “lone democrats ‘ of Utah and just looked up your address in order to invite any of your byu group to join our “inaugural bash”, which was our response to the Move-On email request for get-togethers Jan 20.  so far only 6 have responded so come on by and join us!
it is potluck dinner and a musical jam.  My husband plays in a band but only he will be here.  We have a piano, keyboard, and guitar, and invite anyone to bring an instrument they play , their voice, and any music.  We have 2 high school and 2 college kids in our family.  We’d be honored if any BYU Democrats would add to our memories of Inaugural Night!
Address: 1227 North 760 West, Orem
Phone: 224-1814
email: suezzz6 [at] aol [dot] com

Directions: take University to Orem 800 North (left at the power lines instead of straight ahead to Sundance)
Take 800 North to State St. turn right to 1200 North.
Go left on 1200 North  and right onto our cul-de-sac 760 West, we’re second house on left.

In the first two weeks since the election, President-elect Barack Obama has broken with a tradition established over the past eight years through his controversial use of complete sentences, political observers say.

Millions of Americans who watched Mr. Obama’s appearance on CBS’s 60 Minutes on Sunday witnessed the president-elect’s unorthodox verbal tick, which had Mr. Obama employing grammatically correct sentences virtually every time he opened his mouth.

But Mr. Obama’s decision to use complete sentences in his public pronouncements carries with it certain risks, since after the last eight years many Americans may find his odd speaking style jarring.

According to presidential historian Davis Logsdon of the University of Minnesota, some Americans might find it “alienating” to have a president who speaks English as if it were his first language.

“Every time Obama opens his mouth, his subjects and verbs are in agreement,” says Mr. Logsdon. “If he keeps it up, he is running the risk of sounding like an elitist.”

The historian said that if Mr. Obama insists on using complete sentences in his speeches, the public may find itself saying, “Okay, subject, predicate, subject predicate — we get it, stop showing off.”

The president-elect’s stubborn insistence on using complete sentences has already attracted a rebuke from one of his harshest critics, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska.

“Talking with complete sentences there and also too talking in a way that ordinary Americans like Joe the Plumber and Tito the Builder can’t really do there, I think needing to do that isn’t tapping into what Americans are needing also,” she said.

Andy Borowitz is a comedian and writer whose work appears in The New Yorker and The New York Times, and at his award-winning humor site, BorowitzReport.com.

via Huffington Post

• He was known as “O’Bomber” at high school for his skill at basketball • His name means “one who is blessed” in Swahili

• His favourite meal is wife Michelle’s shrimp linguini

• He has read every Harry Potter book

• He can speak Spanish

• While on the campaign trail he refused to watch CNN and had sports channels on instead

• He can bench press an impressive 200lbs

• His favourite book is Moby-Dick by Herman Melville

• His favourite music includes Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Bach and The Fugees

• He took Michelle to see the Spike Lee film Do The Right Thing on their first date

• He doesn’t drink coffee and rarely drinks alcohol

• He would have liked to have been an architect if he were not a politician

• He says his worst habit is constantly checking his BlackBerry

• He uses an Apple Mac laptop

• He wears $1,500 Hart Schaffner Marx suits

• His speciality as a cook is chilli

Original article here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/article3401168.ece

You can’t fake this kinda stuff…