99% of the time Saturday Night Live annoys me. However, their coverage of the VP debate made me laugh out loud. Check it out.

You want to see your guy win? Here you go. Skew the results anyway you want.

Mine came out for Obama with 296 electoral votes. I gave all the blue states to Obama and all the red to McCain. I also gave all the states leaning blue or red to the appropriate person. The yellow states I looked at their voting history and tried to give them to the appropriate person.

Tomorrow is Eid ul-Fitr. It’s the celebration that breaks the fast which took place during Ramadaan, which when you are a teacher at a school that is 100% Muslim you get two days off of school.

This year it fell on Tuesday and Wednesday which means that we had school today, we’re off Tuesday and Wednesday and we go back Thursday. It’s a little odd having a weekend, then one day of work, then a weekend, then two days of work, then a weekend.

Today was really not worth having. Most families celebrate the holiday by getting together and going some place fun (a popular place around here is Camp Snoopy or Chuck E. Cheese), eating a huge pile of good food and presents. Lots of presents. So today was like trying to teach on Christmas Eve. Not the most productive of days.

I got this as an e-mail forward but still…sounds like a good plan to me.

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$85,000,000,000.00 bailout of AIG.
Instead, I’m in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in a We Deserve It Dividend.
To make the math simple, let’s assume there are 200,000,000 bonafide U.S. Citizens 18+.
Our population is about 301,000,000 +/- counting every man, woman and child. So 200,000,000 might be a fair stab at adults 18 and up..
So divide 200 million adults 18+ into $85 billon that equals $425,000.00.
My plan is to give $425,000 to every person 18+ as a We Deserve It Dividend.

Of course, it would NOT be tax free.
So let’s assume a tax rate of 30%.
Every individual 18+ has to pay $127,500.00 in taxes.
That sends $25,500,000,000 right back to Uncle Sam.
But it means that every adult 18+ has $297,500.00 in their pocket.
A husband and wife has $595,000.00.

What would you do with $297,500.00 to $595,000.00 in your family?
Pay off your mortgage - housing crisis solved.
Repay college loans - what a great boost to new grads
Put away money for college - it’ll be there
Save in a bank - create money to loan to entrepreneurs.
Buy a new car - create jobs
Invest in the market - capital drives growth
Pay for your parent’s medical insurance - health care improves
Enable Deadbeat Dads to come clean - or else

Remember this is for every adult U S Citizen 18+ including the folks who lost their jobs at Lehman Brothers and every other company that is cutting back, and of course, for those serving in our Armed Forces.

If we’re going to re-distribute wealth let’s really do it…instead of trickling out a puny $1000.00 ( “vote buy” ) economic incentive that is being proposed by one of our candidates for President.

If we’re going to do an $85 billion bailout, let’s bail out every adult U S Citizen 18+!

As for AIG - liquidate it.
Sell off its parts.
Let American General go back to being American General.
Sell off the real estate.
Let the private sector bargain hunters cut it up and clean it up.

Here’s my rationale. We deserve it and AIG doesn’t.
Sure it’s a crazy idea that can “never work.”
But can you imagine the Coast-To-Coast Block Party!

How do you spell Economic Boom?

I trust my fellow adult Americans to know how to use the $85 Billion We Deserve It Dividend more than I do the geniuses at AIG or in Washington DC .

And remember, The Birk plan only really costs $59.5 Billion because $25.5 Billion is returned instantly in taxes to Uncle Sam.

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Dear Guy On A Bike That I See On My Way Home From Work At Least Twice A Week,

A few quick tips:

1. Please use the bike lane. I don’t drive down the middle of the bike lane so I’d appreciate it if you don’t ride down the middle of the street.

2. It’s great that you use your hand signals. But hand signals don’t give you the right to turn left in front of on-coming traffic causing all of us to slam on our breaks.

3. Wearing your noise-canceling headphones while biking is probably not the smartest idea.

4. Helmets are a good thing. If you are not going to use the bike lane, cut off traffic and wear headphones, you may want to invest in one.

Thank you.

Alright, in general, I’m in agreement with the breast is best movement. However this is ridiculous.

Today’s my birthday. But if you ask Lexi it’s her birthday. About a week ago I got an early birthday present. Kevin bought and installed one of those under the counter radio/cd players. It also has an input jack for my iPod (which is why I really wanted it). We have 3 levels in our house and the main floor has no music. Now, problem solved.

I also got a cool bracelet and necklace from Ten Thousand Villages, the first two seasons of How I Met Your Mother and the third season of The Cosby Show.

Apparently since I’m 30 I’m supposed to be slightly traumatized by this. Turning 30 just feels like another day of 29, with the bonus of presents.

I’m really excited about Christmas this year. Since I’ve decided to go handmade with most of my gifts, I’ve had to really think about what I can make (or who I can hire to make it) and what people would appreciate. I’m not going to go through the effort to make someone something just to have them say “thanks” and stash it in a drawer. I’m trying to come up with stuff that people will actually use or wear or play with. I started working on a couple of things this weekend - trying out a few ideas to see how they would turn out and sketching out patterns for other things.

Sorry I can’t go into details. Pictures will go up on my flickr site after the gifts have been opened.

Could someone please buy me this for my birthday? I’m trying to do quilt math and I think my head is going to explode.

….go check out my sister-in-law’s etsy shop. Aside from all her play food, she also has some new produce that is sort of food, sort of a doll and very cute. Think Christmas shopping people…