Advice for those who will hold public office in January 2007:

"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."

~Albert Einstein

Thanks to my awesome husband, who idolizes old Al, for paraphrasing that quote tonight. I look forward to seeing a new kind of thinking along with that bipartisan spirit so many people campaigned with.

Okay, you're in office: now get out there and keep your promises. Play nice, do your best, think of others first, and read Robert Fulghum's book "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten."