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The author of one of my favorite websites is up for a $10,000 scholarship and seeing as how he’s in 2nd place, I wanted to ask if you’d please click this link and vote for David Cameron. It takes like 10 seconds and a vote for Cameron is a proxy way of saying you love me as well. Because let’s face it: if you’re still a daily reader here, you must certainly either be a loving friend / family member or a stalker and I’m sure he’ll take your vote no matter what.

I was in a bit of a bad mood this morning. Then I saw the two pictures below and inexplicably brightened up.

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I have 100ish sites added to my RSS reader, which pings them every 30 or 60 minutes in search of new content. Inevitably a few new posts are found each round, which triggers a dull “ping” from my computer and an automated response from me to ignore them for 30 days until they’re deleted.

However, I also have four or five blogs filed under the heading “Awesome,” which is instead checked every 5 minutes. On the rare occasion that something new is found, the computer equivalent of a klaxon is sounded and my browser automatically loads the page. I only wish I was MacGyver enough to rig a ham sandwich-bearing robot to accompany the glorious occasion.

These sites could be classified as my all-time favorites – ones that have yet to disappoint, who time after time drive me to laud them far more than any healthy human being should, and who literally make surfing the net enjoyable for me. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have some obscenities to scream while I delete one of the feeds.

I’m not a fan of crotch shots when they happen to me and yet that’s exactly what I felt last night when I read of Fire Joe Morgan’s demise. I’m not going to harp on this, but damn. It was a brilliant fucking website and I’ll miss their insanely rational reasoning and absurd sense of humor. For the FJM virgins out there, enjoy this and this before breaking out the cigarettes.

I meant to post this last month, but never got around to it, surprise surprise. It’s Barack Obama giving a roast at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner. I like this side of him.

You can find part 2 here.

McCain’s wasn’t too bad either.

Change is here. For all of us. As I listened to President-elect Obama’s speech, I can’t help but notice a common undercurrent that’s been there since Day 1. Every other word is us or we or together. Has any other President spent as much time addressing those who oppose or disagree with him than Obama just did? If you interpret that observation as an insult, you clearly don’t understand half of Obama’s appeal. We all have a new President, not just 51% of us.

Maybe I’m naive. Maybe I’m drinking the Kool-Aid. Or maybe I’m simply not old enough to be jaded. I want to believe that hope can triumph over fear. I no longer want exclusiveness to rule the land. The idea of knowledge and service and sacrifice all come together to make this world a better place isn’t just appealing, it’s enough to get me out of bed every morning.

Tonight begins the first step of an excruciatingly long, uncertain, and difficult journey. But dammit if it’s not exciting.

Every generation deserves its Obama. He could turn out to be our Lincoln or he could wind up flopping into the history books next to Carter. Either way, I’m excited. For the first time in my adult life, the leader of my country is somebody whom I trust and respect. Right now, that’s good enough for me.

DHL says the RAM that I ordered for my Macbook should arrive then. Goodbye lone gig and hello four!

Oh, and there’s that whole election thingy everybody seems to care about. Go vote dammit and then get some free Krispy Kreme, Ben & Jerry’s, and chicken tenders.

This tough guy exterior is quite brittle.

[via Robert Frusso]