I don't get a sticker this year, but I don't have to stand in line either. I received my ballot a day or so ago and I took time to read up on the issues. I talked through the issues with Jen and voted via mail-in ballot this evening.
It feels good.
This is my first time using the mail-in ballot, and I don't think I will do it any other way again. It's really the way to go.
We are lucky in this nation that we have the right to vote and I encourage everyone to do his or her duty by being an informed voter.
Now I'm free to drive people to the polls, volunteer for the last-minute push and become a zombie as the returns come in on November 4. Our moment is now.
Political discourse, enlivened by the convergence of various life experiences into one virtual town hall
What I am...
Reading:
-- Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace.
Watching:
-- The Wire.
Listening to:.
-- My entire library.
Contemplating:
-- too much.
-- Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace.
Watching:
-- The Wire.
Listening to:.
-- My entire library.
Contemplating:
-- too much.
Books I've read from 2010-now
Benjamin Franklin
The First American and my political guiding light
Books I've read in 2009
- -- What the Dog Saw, by Malcolm Gladwell
- -- The Football Fan's Manifesto, by Michael Tunison
- -- Eating the Dinosaur, by Chuck Klosterman
- -- Brothers Karamozov, by Fyodore Dostoevsky
- -- The Book of Basketball, by Bill Simmons
- -- The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown
- -- Crime and Punishment, by Fyodore Dostoevsky
- -- American Lion, by Jon Meacham
- -- Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell
- -- Seabiscuit, by Laura Hillenbrand
- -- As They See 'Em, by Bruce Webber
- -- Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell
- -- Winston Churchill, by John Keegan
- -- Boys Will Be Boys, by Jeff Pearlman
- -- The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell
- -- Bowls, polls and tattered souls, by Stewart Mandel
- -- How to Rig an Election, by Allan Raymond
- -- The Breaks of the Game, by David Halberstam
- -- Southern Storm, by Noah Andre Trudeau
- -- The Watchmen, by Alan Moore
- -- Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown
- -- Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs, by Chuck Klosterman
- -- Me of Little Faith, by Lewis Black
- -- Have a Nice Day, a tale of blood and sweatsocks, by Mick Foley
- -- Ernie Davis: The Elmira Express, by Robert Gallagher
- -- Born Standing Up, by Steve Martin
- -- Team of Rivals, by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Books I've read in 2008 (24)
- -- God in the White House, by Randall Balmer
- -- Angels and Demons, by Dan Brown
- -- The World Without Us, by Alan Weisman
- -- Bearing the Cross, by David J. Garrow
- -- Bringing Down the House, by Ben Mezrich
- -- 1776, by David McCullough
- -- Friday Night Lights, by H.G. Bissinger
- -- Dreams From My Father, by Barack Obama
- -- Ball Four, by Jim Bouton
- -- Can I Keep My Jersey, by Paul Shirley
- -- What Happened, By Scott McClellan
- -- Against All Enemies, by Richard A. Clarke
- -- Catch-22, by Joseph Heller
- -- The Great Derangement, by Matt Taibbi
- -- I May Not Get There With You, the true Martin Luther King, Jr., by Michael Eric Dyson.
- -- '77, Denver, the Broncos, and a Coming of Age, by Terry Frei
- -- The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court, by Jeffrey Toobin
- -- The Audacity of Hope, by Barack Obama
- -- Hatemail from Cheerleaders, by Rick Reilly
- -- The Kings of New York, by Michael Weinreb
- -- Turning of the Tide, by Don Yeager
- -- The Second Civil War, by Ronald Brownstein
- -- The Last Shot, by Darcy Frey
- -- I am America (and so can you)!, by Stephen Colbert
WFFL Titles
- 2012
- 2008
- 2006
- 2002
- 2001
My Bride
My little boy
Purpose
Political discourse, enlivened by the convergence of various life experiences into one virtual town hall (or the place were I flush out some ideas, whatever's on).
The Author
About Me
- Joe
- My book would document the things most important in my life and give my son an indication of what made dad tick. Subjects would include: Family, lessons learned, interests, and political evolution that leads to what I hope will continue to be an evolving life outlook. I hope to cultivate such a narrative (in rough draft form) on these pages.
Hawaiian Sunset
1 comment:
We got our ballots yesterday, I can't wait to fill it out!
The thing on your previous post about Jacob saying "hurt eye" is hysterical. Gracie will absolutely lecture your ears right off about how Obama needs to win and McCain is bad. She takes the drama of the political commercials about 100000000 times stronger than necessary, but it's pretty cute.
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