Nothing New Under The Sun?

The art of deception has had new standards set thanks to Brett Eric Drachenburg of Florida. This man put Houdini to shame when he broke into a house and stole a towel, or as the arrest report interestingly phrased it, "did unlawfully deprive the owner of the use of the towel." But most importantly, he attempted to disguise himself as the sun "with the intent to obstruct the due execution of law." The freaking sun!!! How, do you ask, was such deception executed? The report does not say. But my imagination is peaked as to how this man, holding his contraband towel, transformed himself into a blindingly bright burning ball of gas. Did he hold a lamp and fart? Was a costume involved? Did he merely hold up a newspaper entitled "The Sun" over his face? How does one become the sun?! Inquiring minds want to know. In the meantime, add another fear to the ever-growing list of things to be worried about in this world and look out for people breaking into your house to steal your linens disguised as celestial beings.

Look out for this guy.

Barack to Reality

So in case you missed me terribly and were craving your cheeze and whine....I'm back! I was on vacation in Florida.

It was all sunshine and strawberry daquiri's. Kind of nice to power out for a bit during the last few days of what has been a crazy election season and a busy time for me personally. And I thought maybe it would be nice to get some color before the snow came and I just blend in to that. (Not that I wanted to be Mitt-faced orange either.) But Florida is not a great place to be a liberal in election season. Romney ads rule the airwaves as do huge Romney billboards and Republican rants can constantly be overheard poolside. (But I'd like to point out that Romney lost Florida despite all that!)
So my plane landed back here in the cold Tuesday and I rushed off to cast my vote and hope for the best as it was certainly going to be a long election night. But despite some nail biting moments where it was neck and neck, it was all over relatively quickly.
Obama! And his victory speech reminded everyone just why it's easy to love this man and his family and be inspired by the hope he stands for. And maybe it was the weekend in sunshine, but for a moment I'm feeling optimistic.