I had this idea this afternoon: I would sit through the State of the Union speech with a pen and note pad, like I was in a lecture hall taking notes in school. Then I would listen to the Democrat response and see if it was really a response at all. Then I would pick both of them apart.

Then I saw that there was a new episode of Rome AND Heroes on the DVR.

I tuned into the speech sometime after 9:30, heard one reference to 9/11, and turned my attention off. Cheryl wanted to watch so I couldn’t turn the TV off.