Just wasting some time before heading out to Queens for the night. Valerie just got back from DC, and is currently being entertained/interrogated/fed by her parents. Hope she calls soon - it's a long ride out to Forest Hills, and I still have to be at work at 7:00 tomorrow. Well, 7:15. Maybe 7:30 if I push it. Boss is still on vacation.
We got our Voter Information Packets today in the mail - the primaries are coming up soon for NYC mayor, comptroller, city council, and various other elected positions that really don't matter in the grand scheme of things save for keeping the political machine's wheels well-greased. Unfortunately, the guide contained information on only the Democratic and Republican candidates. No Socialist Workers Party this time. However, Krikor and I were very entertained by mayoral candidate Christopher Xavier Brodeur, whose proposals include outlawing politicians who lie, eliminating fares for subways, (but, apparently, not buses,) mandatory organ donation, and outlawing umbrellas. He also seems to have some sort of Howard Hughes-esque fear of germs, since, if elected, Brodeur will both install foot-pedal controlled water faucets and make all bathroom doors in the city open outwards, such that nobody will have to touch dirty faucet handles or doorknobs again. Further, he demands that all tables in the city be forced to have 3 legs so they don't wobble. According to him, this is a major problem, and he accuses frontrunner Fernando Ferrer of "ignoring" this crisis. Riiiight.
This website is just too good. I'm going off to post it to MonkeyFilter straight away.
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