The BBC front page celebrates America today. Thank you thank you thank you! news.bbc.co.uk/

Interesting article on Social Networking today: tr.im/ardt

<Pet peeve of the inauguration: People who say "an historic." Later, they'll go to lunch and order "an hamburger."> RT BillSheridan

<Can I just say since Sat my mother has left CNN only for restroom breaks & sleeping? It's kinda cute, kinda annoying.>

Access to Natl Mall closed @ 7th St. Use 14th St entrance instead. Thanks to Twitter sspenguin

Metro reporting l'enfant plaza closed - looks like you have to go to gallery place

News anchors already talking about Michelle Obama's outfit. The biggest news. "Is that brokade?" Tom Brokaw

Ha Ha! <If Henry David Thoreau was right – “Dreams are the touchstone of our character” - then I must be a slut.> tr.im/9m2n

Baltimore - 5854 active members in tr.im/9evu

People who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns. Reuse and keep good stuff out of landfills. www.freecycle.org