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now, i'm contemplating all the places i want to take a picture wearing it.  wow, that just sounded a little bit shallow, huh?  hope you have a fun-filled weekend.


--mike

it is voting day... and boy, am i excited.  well, sort of excited.  see, i've already voted by mail over a week and a half ago -- so, no waiting in lines today for me.  i guess you can call it relief... especially if you spell relief "n-o-m-o-r-e-p-o-l-i-t-c-a-l-a-d-s-o-n-t-v"... which, let's be honest, is probably the most awkward spelling of the word.  hooray!  let's see what the day has in store -- democracy in motion!  i hope my team wins!

your pal,
mike 

p.s.  thanks to everyone who sent me congrats on the caption winner dealie. 

3) "born in the usa" (ronald reagan) -- everyone knows about the epic missuse of this song in the reagan campaign... yet, the man still went on to be victorious. 

2) "barracuda" (sarah palin) -- actually anything with an animal in the title is ironic, right?  unless, maybe "i hunt... barracuda", and so forth.

1) "stand" (fdr) -- talk about irony... hell, for that matter, i didn't know r.e.m. had been around that long.  i guess that means that michael stipe actually looks better than i thought.  who knew?

3 is all the time i have for this morning.  would to have loved to tell you about michael dukakis and the unfortunate use of his campaign song: "i touch myself"... but, that will just have to wait until another time.

this guy,

mike 

maybe it's just that time of the year.  i am really looking forward to the peanuts holiday specials and the day job is really dragging.  i feel like i am moving in slow motion. 

hey, if you haven't already... would you do me a favor and check out the latest video i posted: "bird watch!".  i think it turned out really well.  btw -- "bird shit" really stings when it hits your eyes!

thanks to everyone who has already taken the three and a half minute plunge into my latest creation.  hope everyone out there is doing well.  i'll have more stuff up and running real soon.  until then... 

this guy,

mike

ok... let me preface this by saying that i am not a neil diamond fan... but, i'm not stupid -- the man obviously is a skilled singer/songwriter (why do you think he chose "cracklin' rosie" over "cracklin' martha"? -- he's got skills).  it's just that i would NOT actively pursue listening to the dude given a choice... although, some of his tunes are pretty catchy ("we're coming to america... TODAY!").  so, flash back to last evening -- hollywood bowl.  crush of humanity (re: 95% cougar, 5% other).  traffic jams that would make a snail seem like he's zipping by at the speed of light.  and, of course, neil diamond.  sometimes, the first thing you notice about a concert is that certain "smell" in the air -- i.e. "a contact high is about to commence".  well, the air is certainly thick at a diamond concert, but it isn't pot you're smelling... it's merlot.  red wine.  lots and lots and lots of it.  boxes of it.  crates of it -- like a wino was trying "mouth to mouth" on you.  thick.  the second thing you notice is that diamond is a great performer.  i think we figured out he was 67 or 68 and he was going strong up there on stage... so, kudos to the guy for that.  i'm sure he'll remain "forever in blue jeans" -- i don't know what i mean by that... but, the guy can really go for being nearly seventy.  so... if seeing that guy who was in the remake of "the jazz singer" is your thing -- i highly recommend seeing neil diamond in concert if you haven't already.  you won't be disappointed.  if you aren't a fan of the diamond... it helps if you sneak some red wine away from an unsuspecting onlooker... just look for the box with a spout on it in the aisle where the cougar is freaking an invisible ashton kutcher (oh yeah, neil diamond concerts are an excellent place to go "people watch"). 

this guy,

mike          

this has always been the hard-hitting question on the minds of the american public... has it not?  war, financial budgets, the future of this nation... "f" that, right?  this is what our future world leader should be discussing come this first presidential debate this friday night.  "senator obama, with the state of affairs being the way they are in the world today and the status of the united states of america dropping amongst other nations... what would you do for a klondike bar?"  "senator mccain, this week saw the stock market dive continue.  people are fearing a total economic collapse... in your opinion, what would you do for a klondike bar?"  someone has to go after this cutting issue. 

of course, i'd also like to hear the candidates thoughts on how many licks it would take to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop -- a subject that senator/professor owl has covered abundantly.

this guy,

mike