Just give a damn...

(Warning: you are now entering Tangent Land)

A number of years ago, I read an excellent Star Trek fanfic (yes, they do exist :)) where one character asked another what she expected him to do. The answer was, "Just give a damn." For some reason, that line stuck in my head---maybe it's because what we all expect someone to do. Just give a damn about us, our lives, and for the love of deity, don't pretend you get it, when you really don't.

Which brings me to this

http://community.livejournal.com/obama_daily/153184.html

These are photos taken of the Obama family's trip to St. Columbanus High School in Chicago to hand out food at a food bank. I'm as cynical as they come (especially given the antics of the last eight years) but I don't think this is an act for them. They get it. They give a damn. And you can see it in their faces and in the faces of the other people in the photos.

I don't know what kind of president Obama will be yet. I don't know if his attempts to help us get our bus out of the ditch will make things worse, or better. But it's nice to have someone at the helm who gives a damn.

And on to a last, minor tangent:

To all my reader(s): I wish you all a Thanksgiving full of good food, good times, good friends...and lacking drama, angst, or undercooked turkey.