Why I'm not voting till election day

Here in Chattanooga we have a mayoral election taking place on March 3rd. Early voting is already in progress and the candidates are encouraging people to vote early just as we all were during the recent Presidential election.

Call me old fashion but I prefer to wait until election day to actually go and vote. There's just something about marching to the polls, doing one's civic duty, and watching the results later that night, or the next day. Or in the case of 2000, weeks later.

It makes me feel more connected to the process to actually vote on Election Day. Oh, and give me that sticker to wear. You know, the one with an American flag that says "I voted." I was conned out of that little pleasure last November. It's our version of the purple finger over in Iraq.

I'm not trying to be coy, but sometimes it's good be in the game, so to speak, until the final round. What if a last minute story was to break in the news the eve of the election that would cause me to reconsider who I was voting for? Sorry Charlie to all you early voters if you were swayed at the last minute. What if my chosen candidate pulled out of the race after I'd already voted? Think the Elections Board would let me adjust my vote accordingly? Not a chance.

There was a funny catch-phrase circulating during the McCain vs Obama race that I heard many people jokingly reference: "Vote early, vote often" (in Chicago they probably weren't kidding though). I say make 'em sweat, save your vote till the very end and make it count.

Super Bowl Party

Robin & I took a good portion of our Christmas money and sat on it till plasma tv’s went on sale. We had our eye on a Samsung 50″ 1080p, but the price wasn’t to our likening. After reading several articles on how there is no substantial noticeable difference between a 720p & 1080p for sets under 54″, I decided that a 50″ 720p plasma would work just fine.

And seeing it in the family room…it does work just fine plus we saved $500 by not going with the higher model. So days after we set it up, I got the green light to host a Super Bowl party at the house. Fun for the guys & their wives (some of which are very into the game as well-at least from what I remember last year)