Election Results and Vacation Plans

My wife and I took the kids with us to vote, as we often do, and afterwards my wife asked me why I didn't just mark a 'straight ticket', as I'm pretty sure I'd vote for Howard the Duck if he had the right letter after his name on the ballot.

The answer's pretty simple: I get a thrill from voting, and marking each race individually gives me a little 'ooo' factor and makes me feel more involved in choosing the winner.

And it reminds me just how many races are dominated by a single candidate of a single party. I don't care if the other person is running as a Whig, there should always be at least a token opposition, some choice to present the voter.

[fact: figuring out how to spell the print form of widely used human sounds such as ' uh hmm' 'oooo', etc has always, always been a thorn in my side]

Locally, Doyle earned another four years to line his pocket (thanks a bunch dpoem, j/k), the gay marriage referendum passed (meaning it may soon be constituionally outlawed here) and voters were in favor of the death penalty, something I myself (while a proponent elsewhere) was not comfortable with in my home state - I voted no to that one.

Nationally, despite a booming stock market one news source wrote

eight in ten voters called the economy very important to their House vote, and those who said it was extremely important - about four in ten voters - turned to Democrats.

 

Whatever.

 

So the Dems take the House, and damnit, I'm leaving the country.

 

No, really - I am.

 

In about 29 hours my wife and I and our girls  will be leaving for three days in DisneyWorld, to be followed by four days at sea on a Disney Cruise ship, with stops in the Bahamas and Castaway Cove.

 

Parker will be staying home, splitting time with our parents.

 

It's our first real vacation as a family (or 4/5ths of one) and my first vacation since my honeymoon 10 years ago, if you exclude weekend getaways.

 

I'm taking my laptop along so I might post once or twice on board.

 

[By the way, the trip was paid for in large part by my tax return. With the Dem's now in control, I guess you can prep yourself for Slapinions' "007 Family Vacation to the Local Public Library 'Cause This Lower Middle Class Family is Paying too Many Taxes thanks to Nancy Pelosi"}

 

Oh yeah, we're leaving on the 2nd anniversary of Slapinons. I reckon I'll get to that post once I return.

 

See you later!