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til vacation……

I am still not sure if I am going back to work when it is over.

This article made me laugh this morning. What’s sad is that it’s probably true.

Big thanks to Jon for forwarding me this link. For thos who had any doubts about the electronic voting systems used during the last election, watch this.

Brad Bird on the supposed death of 2-d animation.

“It’s just happened that the newer, better, fresher stories have been done in CG. If studios idiotically assume that all you need is a computer and someone to control it to get a smash hit, the inevitable headline down the pike will be ‘Audiences losing interest in CG films.’ Well, no, they won’t be, any more than they are particularly interested in them now. Artists make the film, and they either make good decisions or bad decisions, and there’s nothing magical about the equipment. It’s just a tool. And I think the people that will survive are the best storytellers.”

The Incredibles - a movie I have been in anticipation of for about 3 years now - lived up to every expectation I had & exceeded them in most cases.

Most people are aware Pixar likes to hide inside-jokes throughout their films. One thing they like to do is add a moment or a line for each character that hints towards something in the voice-actor’s past career. There are a couple of these in Incredibles: the Sam Jackson one was quite obvious for those fans of Die Hard 3; the one for Jason Lee was much more sublte, but funny if you caught it.

One particular joke in the film at the end involves a couple of older men saying “Now that’s old school.” While it is funny within the context of the film, the comment is made on the square. The voices of the two old men are Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, two of Walt Disney’s Nine Old Men. For those unfamiliar with the Nine Old Men, they are nine of the original animators from Walt Disney Studios. These guys are the ones that took animation from a fledgling new technique and perfected it into the art we see today. So with that in mind, appreciate that joke just a little more.

Also it was pointed out to me that in Finding Nemo, one of the children in the dentist office is reading a Mr. Incredible comic book.

So we failed to vote him out of office. I can accept that. I mean at least this time he legitimately won…..but since we can’t get rid of him, how about we trade him.

I think we need to put together a petition for the Fox Network to create a tv show called “President Swap”. The name is pretty self-explanatory. Who’s with me?

I was passed this link today. So just in case G-Dub is re-elected, everyone practice with me - “God save the Queen”

At my polling location to vote today, I was asked for my name and address three times, but did not have to show an ID even once. That is utterly ridiculous in my opinion.

With the election less then 24 hours away, political ads for candidates and propositions are in full swing. As I was driving to work today, every radio commercial break had at least one politically motivated ad. One in particular caught my attention though. The ad was for a California state proposition about some government funded healthcare reform package blah blah blah etc etc etc. (I’ll be very honest here. Except for the Presidential race, I don’t know a thing about any of the other races or propositions.)

Back to my point - at the end of the particular ad in point, they listed the 20 odd organizations & individuals who are backing the partisanship of that ad. This one listed a whole bunch of groups I have never heard of. The group that caught my ear when I heard it was the “California Restuarant Association Pact” or when abbreviated - CRAP. This struck me as particularly funny since it is a food service organization. I wonder if they thought it was funny when they chose the group name or if every person in the room during the brainstorm meeting just missed it altogether.

Anyway, be sure to get out and vote. Even if you don’t want to vote, just go sign an empty ballot & make your point that you are choosing to abscend.