Marking the ballot, early
Today, my “cup ranneth over”. After a month of political mudslinging, I headed over to the advance poll and did my part for democracy. Yes, I’m an early decider (I also abhor standing in line for anything other than free stuff). Despite what new detail might be added by the postulants for power in the next few days, I’ve marked the ballot and will live with the consequences.
A detail. After listening to my current MP announcing to a group of peers that the last election had been won (quote) “déchromatiquement“, I didn’t need a dictionary to interpret.
All of my kids are now interested in the political process. I can’t claim credit, but I’m prouder as a consequence. We don’t have much opportunity to affect the power in the tower, but if you miss an occasion to vote, you don’t get a “do over”. This is not a video game. Now to pass that message on to some of their friends, before we get the government we deserve.
The PS3 network is still “down”; the only reason I know this is that we watch Netflix via a game console, and the login process has turned into a repetitive try/fail loop.
We’ve started into season 2 of Community, and the writing gets better and better. Back in the early days, SNL had material of this calibre. Too bad that the gems of prime time get hidden among the chaff. If son #2 hadn’t found this stuff, I’d have missed out on some good moments of pure comedy.
