it's a crazy time of year

and i have been real busy as of late. but since i have the chance, i wanted to pop up on you today. here's some stuff i've/you've missed:

i heard on the news last night that david blaine will spend a week living under water. he will also attempt to break the world record for holding his breath, which if i remember correctly, was almost nine minutes. what is with this guy?

in texas, a teen was sentenced to life in prison for smoking pot once while on probation for a $2.00 stickup. unbelievable.

did you know that the rate of suicides is lower during democratic presidencies?

j-walk has posted voting facts. interestingly:

- 80% of all votes in America are counted by only two companies: Diebold and ES&S.
- Diebold's new touch screen voting machines have no paper trail of any votes. In other words, there is no way to verify that the data coming out of the machine is the same as what was legitimately put in by voters.

this reminds me of a quote from Stalin: 'It's not who votes that counts, it's who counts the votes.'