Marshall Ramsey

Good morning! Many people are having Christmas parades and my kids will be in one of them. And so will I. So this will be brief because we gotta go get our Santa on.  If you’re not parading, I highly recommend going to the grand upwrapping (like a big fat Christmas present) of the Mississippi Children’s Museum.  It’s off I-55 off the Lakeland Drive exit in LeFleur’s State Park. (Click here for a map)

Weather: Well, there’s weather today. And it will be cloudy and warm.  Near 70. VERY Christmasy.  If you don’t live here, well, it will be whatever it is where you live.  Weather’s funny like that.

Saturday Free-For-All: Join in the discussion.

Mississippi FINALLY gets a State Chief Medical Medical Examiner. What?  Dr. Douglas Posey punked us and backed out due to health issues?  OK, it’s back to the drawing board.  Anyone have this guy’s number?

South Panola wins their ninth State Championship; Is set to play in the BCS championship and then will take on the New Orleans Saints in the Super Bowl. They beat Meridian 28-7.

The latest on the tax cut extension battle in Washington D.C.: The Senate is to vote on a Democratic plan to extend the Bush Tax cuts for married people who make $250,000 and over (single is $200,000) but not those over. Republicans want the tax cuts extended to everyone. The Dems are trying to paint the Repubs as coddling the super-rich — this has a lot to do with 2012 as well.

Mansion used in “The Godfather”is up for sale: $2.9 million. It’s an offer you can’t refuse.

Best pictures of the week: From Time Magazine.

GRINCH coming to Whoville: Millions are bracing for cut-off of extended unemployment. Ho. Ho. #$%#$ H0.

Mississippi’s Patrick House is in the final four of The Biggest Loser. Awesome!

Good grief, it’s Friday already?  Where has this week gone? Been a busy one here at Tiny Wheels Media LLC.  I burned the  midnight oil last night working on a cartoon, signed a bunch of items to give away to clients and filled in for Sid Salter yesterday on his radio show.  All and all, it’s been an awesome week.  Too many blessings, not enough time.

Hope you like nice, sunny weather. You don’t? Move to Seattle.  The rest of us will have this to enjoy: Sunny and a high near 60. There’s a slight chance of rain tomorrow if you’re in any parades or taking part of the opening of the Mississippi Children’s Museum but not enough of a threat to spoil anyone’s fun. ENJOY.

Friday Free-For-All: Discussion, friends and air cleaners. Don’t ask.

Thought I’d start with a bit of good news: Hiring is up. The line I like best out of the story is this: Americans who do have a job are working more. Really? Everyone I know is know is doing at least four jobs at work.

Waldo: Where’s Dan Mullen? Latest article on whether Mississippi State’s football coach will be bolting for South Beach. Maybe we should call these guys to investigate.

South Korea: We will bomb you into stone age with jets if you attack us again.  Great. Nothing says Christmas like another war.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS! I had to switch to something people care about. Here’s the latest coverage from The Clarion-Ledger’s high school football reporters. Some good games — South Panola will also play Auburn for the BSC Championship.

Sorry Charlie: Yesterday, Rep. Charles Rangel stood silently and was censured for bringing discredit to the House.  And considering how low the opinion of Congress is most people’s minds, that took a lot of hard work to do. And in related news, scientists discovered an arsenic-munching germ.

A piece of piloting that rivaled the Miracle on the Hudson: The giant Airbus that nearly crashed after an engine blew.

OSCAR® WATCH: The National Board of Review has picked the film “The Social Network” as their top movie of the year (an early signal for how the Academy Awards will turn out).