ROCKTOBER 08 - Bald Baby Bears

If you'll allow me to indulge for a post, I'd like to talk about the exciting month that is starting today. I've always enjoyed October, with it's crisp winds, nice foliage, seasonal squash, fresh apples and hallowed weens, but this has the makings of a really good one.

• It will most likely include the birth of my first child (if it doesn't the First Lady is going to be very uncomfortable on November 1 -- 10 days after her due date).


• It will hopefully include a big lead for Obama going into the last week of the election.


• It will hopefully not include a majority Conservative government in Canada.


• And it will maybe, possibly, perhaps, mayhap, perchance, dare I dream, include the first World Series Title for the Chicago Cubs since 1908.


• Other exciting October events: Canadian Thanksgiving, a new album one of my favourite music type things (Crooked Fingers), National Pizza Month (my favourite food), Be Bald and Be Free Day is Oct. 14 (and it's the full moon), Halloween and the 1st Anniversary of Johnada!

Honestly, if we get a healthy baby out of the deal, everything else will be icing, but it's still has a chance to be a very memorable time.

Tonight it all begins in exciting fashion with the Cubs first playoff game.

P.S. - Remember that it's never too early to start thinking about what to send Johnada for Be Bald and Be Free Day. And no you can't buy me a hat.

CANADIAN HEROES - Whoever Did This

These people are even more confused than we are, and we can get excited about that. They have decided that the next Prime Minister of Canada should be Barack Obama - Barack Obama for Prime Minister. Apparently the site was started because a poll of Canadians showed that Obama would defeat all other Canadian PM candidates, included the current Prime Minster, Stephen Harper. This is really going to stop all those nasty rumours that Canadians have America envy.

Unfortunately, I can't get behind the platform, because Johnada only votes for Johnada for Prime Minister. And really, I can't vote for Prime Minister. And America needs Obama a LOT more than Canada. Really!

But I appreciate the effort, and for that whoever created the site is our latest Canadian Hero. I respect anyone who's willing to create a site for Obama, especially those that follow through (unlike me).

P.S. For all you Americans and other non-Canadians that read this site, there's also an election going on in Canada right now. It's kind of scary because the current Prime Minister (who kind of sucks) may get a majority government. What's a majority government, you ask? Well, we'll talk more about this in the upcoming weeks, I suppose, you silly Americans who don't know anything about countries that aren't America.

WHY I DON'T LIKE SARAH PALIN - It's Not as Obvious as You Think

Actually, It May Be Fairly Obvious

Anyone who's knows me or has read this blog in the past could probably guess that I would be no fan of Sarah Palin, but the main reason I don't like her is supposedly her biggest draw - she reminds me of people I know.

In my time in the U.S., I worked with many different Sarah Palins, and they are insufferable. This is not a woman thing. Of the two people I'm specifically remembering for being especially Palinesque, one was a man. I don't need to know any more about Sarah Palin to know she's just like these people.

Here's their calling card:
- They would complain if you listend to music at work, but have not problem cranking Christian radio. And let me tell you, Christian radio is bad.
- They're total hypocrites (I know, it's shocking). They talk about their Christian values in one moment, then make an off color joke the next. Johnada is no saint, but he's never pretended to be one (except that one time he played a priest Off Broadway).
- They assume you want to hear about their wonderful experience at church last week.
- They love Larry the Cable Guy. (I've got twenty dollars that says the Palins own at least two of his CDs.
- They smell funny.

I admit this is totally superficial, but the way the polls are going, that seems to be how Americans decide to vote.

(Thanks to Beaverboosh for inspiring me to write this.)

GRANDMAS FOR OBAMA

We interrupt your normally scheduled Curling Week blogging for a special announcement: Johnada has created a side project blog. It pertains to U.S. politics, so I don't think it will interest all of you, but hopefully some of you will check it out. Anyway I decided to do this because my mom didn't think I was doing enough to back up my political conviction.

Since Obama does poorly among "mature" women (according to polls and the media in general), I thought I would give his supporters with two X chromosomes (and lots of life experience) a place to offer their reasons for supporting him. Thus Grandmas for Obama was born.

When I finally decided to jump aboard this train, I knew I would need someone with better graphic design skills than mine (though my work does have certain "charm"). So I asked my friend JT to come with a design for Grandmas for Obama. Here's what he sent me:I think this design is absolutely brilliant, but it's not quite the tone I was looking for. So he went back to the drawing board. So please do me a favor and check this site out - www.grandmasforobama.com. Then come back here and tell me what I can do to improve it. Also, if you know any grandmas for Obama, send them there.

P.S. Does it count as a blog if other people do all the writing, and I just post it?