fearless killer.... ?

Here is a picture of Bo ruthlessly slaying his most recent prey:

In case you can't tell, he's snuggled up on my belly, eating a saltine cracker. What a killer. :P

Hey, that's good. :)

Alex and I have been working on being healthier. We are going for improving in small ways, like having more white meat, salads, and stuff like that. Well, yesterday we got an exercise bike! It's small, so it doesn't eat up half the apartment, but it has a bunch of fun gadgets on it so you can track heart rate and stuff like that.

Hooray!

New Hampshire is doing a recount of the votes cast in the primaries this week. Dennis Kucinich called for the recount and the Governor very wisely agreed to do it.

Alex and I are interested in the results. We feel that even if the results tally the votes exactly as they were recorded the first time, it's worth going through the process to get rid of the doubts and worries that are already being discussed openly among our citizenry.

This is something we can support paying money for!

CNN

Turns out I made an appearance on CNN last night. In this video, Wolf Blitzer puts his hand right on me when he starts talking about the numbers.

Link of the video

Oh, in case you can't tell which is me, I've put a photo up for you. I've got my arms above my head (wearing the cream-colored sweater that Don and Diana got me for Christmas) taking a picture over the crowd.

Tales from the Party

So, the Ron Paul post-primary party was larger than I expected, and I probably ended up with the back of my head on CNN. In his speech Ron didn't speak of winners and losers (as the rest of the field was so very obsessed), but instead simply re-iterated why we were all there. He said that he was grateful to have learned that he had cured the political apathy of some. He let us know that we also had a revitalizing effect on him, and that he would continue to spread his message of freedom across the country. It really is the foundation of his campaign. Melissa and I were talking about simply writing-in Ron Paul when we vote for the President (if Paul doesn't get the republican nomination). Why vote for the lesser of two evils, when you can vote for good?

Tales from the Party

So, the Ron Paul post-primary party was larger than I expected, and I probably ended up with the back of my head on CNN. In his speech Ron didn't speak of winners and losers (as the rest of the field was so very obsessed), but instead simply re-iterated why we were all there. He said that he was grateful to learned that he had cure the political apathy of some. He let us know that we also had a revitalizing effect on him, and that he would continue to spread his message of freedom across the country. It really is the foundation of his campaign. Melissa and I were talking about simply writing-in Ron Paul when we vote for the President (if Paul doesn't get the republican nomination). Why vote for the lesser of two evils, when you can vote for good?

Melissa's two cents on voting

Hmm.... I also voted for Ron Paul. The short answer on why is "Because the Constitution works."

The story of our voting: We went down the street (quite close to where we live, actually) to a school where we did the classic maneuver of filing into a school's gymnasium for the voting process. There was a big sign outside saying that you can't wear any pins or political shirts while you're in the gym (so I had to put away my Ron Paul pin!).

First we had to register. (We were THRILLED to discover a while ago that New Hampshire offers same-day voter registration at the Primaries.) Given my history of not getting along with the bureaucratic process, I was pretty sure that they weren't going to let me! However, it all went well and we registered as Republicans.

The next step was going to a long table with a bunch of ladies who were divided by letters. We went to "B", of course, and were given red poker chips to signify that we got the Republican ballot.

Then we had to go over to these two ladies who were passing out the ballots--trade them your chip for your ballot.

Next we went around the corner into a warren of little voting booths which all had red white and/or blue curtains. I read the ballot and instructions about six times through before voting, just to make sure I wasn't going to do something dumb. (I later found out that Alex did the same.) :)

SO we voted and left, and I guess it was all rather uneventful, but it was the first time that I voted by actually going to a place, rather than by mail. Now I feel like the world can look at me and know I'm a registered Republican, just because I got my official red poker chip. :P

For the 50th

This is our 50th post to this blog, and an exciting one at that. I voted in my first Primary! As most of you can already surmise Dr. Ron Paul got my vote. I voted for him for several key reasons:

1. He and I agree on some of the most important issues facing our country.
   
• Even if the majority of the population can't figure them out, or is only paying attention to what a few media outlets are saying the issues are (what are they wearing, what is their religion, etc.).


2. He is a real person. By that, I mean he is not a professional politician.
   
• We don't need person saying what the majority of people want to hear so they can get elected and then do whatever he/she wants -- or what large contributors want.


3. He fundamentally understands how to think logically and rationally, and he truly wants what is best for this country.
   
• I don't think these two qualities have been found in a President in a long time.

I didn't want this post to be a long drawn out post about what issues are important to me and what my personal politics are. (I could make that another post if there is actually interest). I just wanted to lay out why voted the way I did. Ok, I will point out one issue that is VERY near and dear to my heart. I love having inalienable, undeniable, inherent human rights that I do. Do you know your rights? I know that my rights are being defended, if this man is our President.

Success!

The weekend was a success. We're ready for launch tomorrow! Fortune 500 companies will be charged real money by a program written by me. I'm excited! More on this to come.

Launch on Monday

Ok! Monday is the BIG DAY. I have a whiteboard of stuff to handle from now until then, but it is all do-able. This weekend will be spent drinking mountain dew, listening to a wide range of music (German Rap, Techno, Hard Rock, Ska, Punk, Alternative and Something Corporate), talking to myself, and cursing the computer. I'll post a link to the site here once I'm done.