www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2008/11/2008-national-studentparent-mock-election-preliminary-results/

Scroll down to South Carolina.  Obama/Biden won among middle schoolers.  Take that, Red State!  Your children get it!

Four years ago, a lot of my online friends were enthusiastic in their support of the Democratic hopeful for president. I was not interested much at all, as I didn't really think it mattered.

Boy, was I wrong.

Sitting here tonight, I am terrified that John McCain will win this election, and that we'll have more of the same for four more years. If you go by my home state (South Carolina), he will. I'm hoping that the rest of you guys can make this right and vote Obama into office. I'm surrounded by idiots here, with a few exceptions, and it scares the hell out of me. I've heard that Obama is the antichrist, that he wasn't even born in the US, that he wants to raise taxes on the working people and small business, that he's unamerican and won't even salute the flag and wants to do away with the National Anthem. All of this is false, but people actually BELIEVE it. Oh, and did I mention that Sarah Palin is hot? That's what one friend said to me today as a reason why he was voting for McCain. Well, heck! I can't think of a better reason! Can you? Give me a break.

I was leaning towards voting for Obama before John McCain picked a vice presidential candidate. That put it over the top for me. All I can think of is President Palin and what a disaster that would be (don't get me started on how I think Palin has set women's rights back by 20 years with her stupidity - I can rant all night on that topic). McCain is in poor health, so it's not really a stretch to think that she would be president. The fact that he chose her shows poor judgment on his part, and that's not something I want in a president, either. This is also a time where we need to be pursuing diplomatic solutions to our foreign affairs, and that won't happen with McCain.

This is the first election I can remember where the vice presidential candidates really mattered to me. I think McCain will die in office if he's elected, because he's not in great health and that's a stressful job, to say the least. I think Obama will be the target of numerous assassination attempts, and it only takes one nut with a gun to succeed. In either case, the vice president is incredibly important, and Biden wins that hands down. He's the clear choice over Palin.

So, if you want Obama to be the next president, go vote tomorrow. If you want McCain, please, stay home. Do it for me. ;)

It's Superdog!




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The Swedish Chef, Beaker and Animal. It doesn't get much better! :D

You want the ball?






You can't have the ball!

I'm cleaning up my music files, and I have tons of duplicates. If I have a file in mp3 and mp4 format, which one should I keep? Does it matter?

I find it incredibly funny that there is a town called Pleasureville in Kentucky.


Pleasureville, KY


Appropriate, isn't it?

I read this headline yesterday and went digging to find more of the story. I found this link: http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051009/NEWS01/510090392

Basically, a guy makes a "prank" phone call to McDonald's posing as a police officer, and an 18 year old girl is abused (even made to perform oral sex on one of the guys guarding her) for 3 and a half hours. The net result is one manager on probation for false imprisonment, the fellated guy is in prison, the guy on the phone walks away free, and the girl gets $6.1 million (well, the lawyers get that...no idea what she will get). This kind of thing happened over SIXTY times in different fast food establishments.

That boggles my mind. I can't believe people are that gullible, and it is so sad that the girl didn't know they couldn't do that to her. Thank god that security camera was on.

I did some rabbit chasing after reading that article and found experiments that were done to test people's response to authority and it's just horrifying. We're sheep.

Rasputin's meme

1 and 3 are lolomgwtf. I could never work with animals or old people, for much the same reasons. Powerless individuals in pain are not the thing for an empath.

I've never considered air traffic controller. It seems stressful. :P

After that, it was pretty accurate. Genetic Counselor, that's funny considering my schooling. Marriage and Family Therapist was my second career choice when I was trying to decide.

Fun stuff, for sure.



1.Veterinary Technician

2.Air Traffic Controller

3.Gerontologist

4.Genetic Counselor

5.Speech-Language Pathologist

6.Marriage and Family Therapist

7.Medical Lab Tech

8.Upholsterer

9.GIS Specialist

10.Zoologist

11.Pharmacy Technician

12.Disc Jockey

13.Musical Instrument Builder and Repairer

14.Occupational Therapist

15.Taxidermist

16.Furniture Finisher

17.Picture Framer

18.Electronics Assembler

19.Dental Lab Tech

20.Adoption Counselor

I'm back from Vegas. I went with my parents and nieces, and it was really fun, but overwhelming. There's too much to see, with all the people, lights, cars, and just stuff. We saw Blue Man Group and Mystere while there. Mystere was awesome for me, mainly because of all the nearly nude, incredibly buff male bodies prancing around all over the place (we had front row seats, which for some reason were the cheapest). The look on my 8 year old nieces face when she realized the guy right in front of her on stage was not wearing tights, and that was his actual bare ass was just priceless. My mom and I were laughing so hard we couldn't catch our breath.

I won 15 cents on the slot machines! Of course, I had to spend 15 dollars to do that, but totally worth it! Thank goodness I don't find gambling enticing. My luck sucks. :D

Oh, and an update on TSA and airport security! The world is safe from my 6 oz tube of toothpaste! However, I went through 4 airport security checks with my keychain knife, and none of them caught it. I realized that when I got home and unlocked the door and saw the knife there. It was in my handbag the entire time.

God forbid you take toothpaste on a plane, but a knife is perfectly fine!

I'm flying to Vegas today to meet up with my family for a vacation, and I have discovered a conspiracy between TSA and companies that produce hygenic products. They won't let you have a tube of toothpaste in your carry on if it's over 3 oz!!! A normal tube of toothpaste is around 6 oz, and is NOT acceptable. Never mind that the smaller tube is much more expensive, as are all those little tubes they make you carry now. I like to carry 'essential' stuff in my carry on in case my luggage gets lost. I can do refillable bottles for most things, but how do you do that with toothpaste? TSA must be getting a kickback from Colgate. :P

Note to self: buy toothpaste in Vegas, and next time, put it in your suitcase instead of the carry on. :(

I subscribe to this daily 'Message from the Universe' thing. It's basically a motivational, feel good email that sounds cheesy, but actually is uplifting. Anyway, here's today's:


It seemed like a good idea at the time, but who would have ever thought that the physical senses would be used to draw conclusions about where you're headed, instead of simply taking notice of where you've been?

Nope. The illusions that surround you today, Susan, have absolutely no relation to the illusions that will surround you tomorrow.

Which barely hints at how unlimited you truly are.

Yeah, way cool -
The Universe



The part that gets me is "The illusions that surround you today have absolutely no relation to the illusions that will surround you tomorrow."

I like that.

My shaman is 70. 12 Days. Yay.

*falls asleep*

I love quotes.


What I've learned about marriage: You need to have each other's back; you have to be a kind of team going through life. That's beautiful-to have that kind of friendship. You're going to need it when you get old. -Tom Petty

I can tell a young person where the mines are, but he's probably going to have to step on them anyway. -Burt Reynolds

Don't tell me what you believe in. I'll observe how you behave and I will make my own determination. -Alex Trebek

It's like having two eyes. You either look through one eye or you look through the other. Or you look through both of them. Sex is sex. Love is love. Love and sex is clear vision. -Neil Young

-Stop cussing.

-Lose 25 pounds, damnit.



Hmm, this isn't working out so well...

On "Studio 60" the other night, they had a brass group from New Orleans perform 'O Holy Night'. It was the most beautiful versions of that song I have heard. The guys playing have been out of work since Katrina. When they played it on the show, with a backdrop of scenes from NO, it was very touching. NBC has put up a link to the song for anyone to download. Go listen!

http://www.nbc.com/Studio_60_on_the_Sunset_Strip/music/studio_60_o_holy_night.mp3

"Sometimes the only way a man learns the true spirit of a rock is to stub his toe on it."