Happy Belated Birthday

To ME!!! For the next 365 days, my age is the same as the number on Lebron James' jersey. Thats really the only awesome thing about being 23. But its a really awesome thing if you think about it.

I have to repost this comic from Overcompensating today. Its about Leap Days, and have been born exactly 365 after one, I've always felt a special connection to the day. Especially because people never cease asking when I say my birthday is Feb 28th, "So you missed leap day by a day?", never minding that I was born in an odd numbered year.


Credit to Jeff Rowland at Overcompensating

Anyway, if you're in Ohio or Texas, and of voting age, make sure you go out and vote Obama on Tuesday, so we can wrap this primary nonsense up and stop talking about politics other that how much W sucks for a few months.

for the win (FTW!!111!)

No traditional pictures today. But, instead, I post a video here. Its all about truth in advertising. I'm sure anyone actually reading this is familiar with at&t/cingular's "idk my bff jill" commercials. What follows is the latest iteration in the series. Personally, the behaviors exhibited in these commercials ARE exactly the reason that my eventual children will be so sorely deprived of texting. Even if it is a standard free feature by the time my children are getting cell phones, I'll ask the service provider to block the service. Enough pre-show commentary though, roll film:



To me, when the mom in the advert says "I have completely failed you as a parent", there have never been truer words spoken in a commercial advertisement. Frankly, I think that this ad would run better as a PSA showing the inanity of cell phone abuse, especially "texting abuse"(tm). But then again, what do I know. TV advertising is not aimed at rationally thinking individuals, but rather sheep-like folks that base their monetary expenditures on which TV ad caused them to RAOTGDFL (roll-all-over-the-gosh-darned-floor-laughing).

you'll notice a brief comment at youtube for this video to the same effect as this post attributed to a fellow named padfoot. Thats my roommates ID, not mine. I did however make the post on his account. I assure you these are my original thoughts.

RAOTGDFL is (c)2008 Steve Helmuth

craziness

Webster defines "Monarchy" as a government having a hereditary chief of state with life tenure and powers varying from nominal to absolute.

While we in the states still enjoy a presidency without a life-long tenure (real proof that God exists and loves us), we've been tiptoeing dangerously close to hereditary rule for some time now. At the end of this month, I will celebrate my 23rd birthday. During those years, there has been NO time at which either a Bush or Clinton was not at least the VP. Also during those same years, the population of the United States surpassed the 300 million mark. I refuse to believe that in a country this large that there are only TWO families capable of producing leaders for this country. That notion is tantamount to insanity.

So now for some light gimping.

I will not willingly vote myself into the worlds newest monarchy.

I did the math, and should the American people elect Queen Mother Clinton to 2 terms as president, guess who turns 36 in 2016? Thats right, Chelsea. We could, at least in theory have the Clintons in the White House for the next 16 years. I'd move to Great Britain (at least they're out in the open about their system of government).

So if you're in Ohio, Texas, or Pennsylvania and are leaning to the left, or care at all for maintaining the democratic principles that made this country great, get yourself registered to vote and cast your ballot.

A Vote for Obama is a vote against tacit monarchy.