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TraceYevidence and I both follow George Takei on Facebook and everyday we are treated to these little nuggets joy. Below is one from a few weeks ago that, I can relate to really well right about now.

The Funnies: Brother X's advice

The Funnies: because sometimes our friends are funny too.

Brother X's  Facebook Post:

Dear Millionaires,
If you don't have a bookshelf that spins into another room, give me your money because you're spending it wrong.

The Funnies: An Open Letter to People in Coffee Shops in the Middle of the Day

A blog post from Hello Giggles by Annie Stamell

Dear People in Coffee Shops in the Middle of the Day,

Hi! I have a lot of questions about you! See, like you, I am one of the people who can sometimes be found in a coffee shop in the middle of the day, and I cannot help but wonder about my café-squatting brethren. I mean, I know why I am here – I am a writer and sometimes I get bored writing from home and thus a switch in location leads me to the closest coffee shop. But what about you? It’s almost 3pm on a Tuesday and you are in a coffee shop! Are you like me? I want to know what you are doing here and I want to know your story! I want to know everything about all of these people in the coffee shop in the middle of the day!

What are you doing? Are you on Facebook? Instagram? Tumblr? All three at once? Are you inventing a new social media website? Are you emailing with someone? Who? What are they saying? Are you writing? What are you writing? Is it a script? A book? An essay on coffee shop aesthetics? Are you lonely? Are you employed? Is this your job? Doesn’t it annoy you to have that plate of crumbs sitting on the table for hours on end? Wouldn’t you just go and throw it out by now? How much coffee have you had? Would you still come here even if they didn’t have free wifi? What did you do before free wifi existed? Who is your favorite superhero? Do you have any single guy friends? Do you think I’ll meet my boyfriend in this coffee shop? Do you like the music they are playing? Are you as creeped out by that one weird dude in the corner as I am?

It’s weird because if you go to a coffee shop in the middle of the day in just about any city (and probably some small towns, too!) there will always people in that coffee shop. People you might see once and never again. People who could be visiting, people who could be your next door neighbor who you’ve never met. It’s a strange existence, the coffee shop life, because I have so many questions and am so very curious about all the other people I occasionally encounter during my coffee shop visits, and yet I never actually talk to anyone or ask anyone who anyone is or what anyone is doing. That’s the thing – we’re all here for a purpose, and whatever that purpose is, because we know there is one, it’s as though the café-dwellers abide by a code. Everyone is often polite but has very little interaction with each other.

The people who go to coffee shops in the middle of the day are unified by their purpose and desire to be in the coffee shop and protected by this shared intention, even though some of us are strangers and we’ll never meet and I’ll never know what you are writing on your computer and what music you are listening to and where you came from and where you are going to.

I am writing this letter to you and I was listening to the new Solange album, “Truth” which is really good but now I am listening to the new Bjork album, “bastards” which is really weird and I came from my house and I’ll go back there soon.

What about you?

Regards,
Stamos

Urban Artwork: The Most Wonderful Time of Every 4 Years

It's that time of year again, and no I don't mean that most wonderful holiday where we pay homage to the supermarket gods by preparing way too much food and insisting that we need two helpings. Then submitting ourselves to the fate that is know as a food coma.

No, I mean the Presidential Election in the U.S. It's that time of year when you guard what you say or risk alienating acquaintances. Note the use of the word acquaintances, generally your friends know your beliefs and agree or just agree to disagree. You will also see many posts on Facebook praising one party and condemning the other. You'll drive past houses with 14 lawn signs telling you who they'll be voting for on the first Tuesday of November.

It's the homemade lawn signs that I really love. While coming home from my parents' house the other day I saw a particularly amazing one.

Now for those who don't know me, a point of reference, I am pretty liberal in comparison to others, but I am in no way an extreme liberal. I learn the facts about every question and race on the ballot and I make an informed decision based on what I believe on the individual topics.

For this election I have many reasons affirming my choice. There are stances that each candidate has taken on important topics, that fact that I grew up in a state where one of the candidates held a political office, and my satisfaction with the current president.

So when I see signs like these, I can't help but laugh at some people who feel the need to publicly declare their beliefs in a very obvious way.

If you can't read it, it says "IF Obama (Obama's Logo) WINS you can kiss your sweet a$$ (the Obama logo substitutes for the 'A') goodby"

Here are the issues I have with this sign:

1. Message - I am perfectly alright with making a political statement as long as you have facts to back it up. For example, I would find it perfectly legitimate if I said, "If Romney wins, as a woman in charge of her own reproductive organs, my rights will disappear." Romney is pro-life and wants to make it very difficult and expensive to purchase birth control. In this sign, what specific belief or stance does Obama take, that will cause me to, "kiss my sweet ass goodbye." Healthcare? Wall Street? What!?!

2. Grammar and Punctuation - This statement is missing a comma and a period to be a sentence in proper English. The way the sign should have been written: "If Obama wins, you can kiss your sweet ass goodbye."

3. Substituting Logos - As brought up by 2nd 3rd Roommate, when using a logo in a statement, it can either, mean the person's name (in this case), or replace a letter in a word. It doesn't work for both. For this sign, I will accept the use of the logo in replace of the president's name, but not as the 'a' in ass. For any sign in this election if you are going to be using a logo, here are the only appropriate uses. The Obama logo can be used for an 'o' and the Romney logo can be used for an 'r'.

3. Most Importantly...Spelling - Clearly Obama's plans for education are not that far off considering the person who constructed this sign can't even spell the word goodbye correctly.

With all of that being said, I hope everyone goes out on Tuesday and votes, no matter what you believe or who you are voting for. It's our right as American citizens to head to the polls and vote. Many people around the world don't get that option.

For more information on registering to vote or where to vote, check out this site: http://www.rockthevote.com/election-center/

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