I just read a post by Gordon - yes, “Sticky Rice” indeed.

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice wants to continue serving President George W Bush until he leaves the White House, her spokesman has said after Bush's top aide Karl Rove resigned.

"And she has a lot that she wants to accomplish on behalf of this president, on behalf of the American people," he said.

But it reminded me of a plaintive love song made popular by Barbra Streisand….

Oh, my man, I love him so, he'll never know
All my life is just despair, but I don't care
When he takes me in his arms
The world is bright, all right...
What's the difference if I say I'll go away
When I know I'll come back on my knee someday
For whatever my man is, I am his forever more
It cost me a lot,
But there's one thing that I've got, it's my man
Cold and wet tired, you bet,
But all that I soon forget with my man
He's not much for looks
And no hero out of books is my man
Two or three girls has he
That he likes as well as me, but I love him...
Oh, my man, I love him so, he'll never know
All my life is just despair, but I don't care
When he takes me in his arms
The world is bright, all right...
What's the difference if I say I'll go away
When I know I'll come back on my knee someday
For whatever my man is, I am his forever more...

I get all teary-eyed when I hear romance in the air.