an act of veneration?

It rhymes with 'penetration'.

No reason, just thought it needed to be said.

We have all kinds of confusing propositions like: should we fuck with teachers? Should we fuck with redistricting? Should we fuck with unions? Should we fuck with teenage girls getting abortions without telling their parents?

Basically, I have to haul my ass to the polls to say, "no, I don't want you to fuck with shit, Ahnold, and please reimburse us for the expense of the special election, asswipe."

I voted on my way to work - I'd forgotten how ridiculously terrific it is that my polling place is in our parking garage lobby.

I voted really really hard against all of the governor's pet propositions, and furiously hard against Prop 73 (I'm sad, though, that our home phone didn't end up on erika's No-on-73 list; not that either of us needed any convincing, but it would've been an uber-cool coincidence.)

Also, reason #6,875 why I love my church: In the parish bulletin for the last couple of weeks, there's been a running reminder that everyone has to go out and vote, along with a notice of the social justice committee's recommendations on the state propositions - no on all of Schwartzenegger's pets, yes on the good drug-prescription prop, no on the bad one, and no position on 73.

Hmmm, I am a bad voter -- I have no idea what, if anything, is being voted on today.

I have to say -- Coffee Bean has a great Chai Latte. It's even better unsweetened.

Wait, they can do that? Where is this "Coffee Bean"?

They don't give you an "I voted today" sticker to prevent that? Owen's wearing mine on his sweatshirt right now.

I usually put mine on the dog.

I have to say -- Coffee Bean has a great Chai Latte. It's even better unsweetened.

I was just saying that to Perkins the other weekend - well, not the unsweetened part (never tried it that way, but now I'm tempted to), but the part about the magnificence of the CB Chai Latte.

Next time some grumpy South Bayista with large cats or some pink New Yorker with wee fists starts making noise about being the nicest, just think about who here actually remembers your skeevy Gallo links and agrees with you about CB Chai, and then vote your conscience.

Hmmmm. I just discovered that I'm making pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving. I'm assuming one gets pie crust, gets a can or two of pumpkin pie filling, inserts filling into crust, and bakes. When the pie is done and cool you smother it with whipped cream and eat.

Am I missing something vital?

IL doesn't have any statewide elections this time around--next year is the joy of gubernatorial voting, though! It looks like it might be Judy Barr Topinka vs. Blago, and she might win due to his getting into sticky investigations (like that's a surprise--an Illinois governor being investigated?) and pissing off the downstate Reagan Democrats who voted for him before. Heck, she's such an anti-Republican Republican that I might actually vote for her!

Wow. The Asshole Guy in Portland, who had been suspiciously non-assholish up until now, just sent me a supremely bitchy message implying that I'm incompetent at my job and a burden to him.

Then he tried to recall it. But too late! I'd read it, Asshole Portland Man! See if I'm ever polite to you again.

They don't give you an "I voted today" sticker to prevent that?

I don't think I've ever gotten one of those. It makes me grumpy.

Possibly not as grumpy as throwing hot tea on myself, but still.